Some missed field goals have bigger consequences than others.<\/p>\n
For the Ravens, the 44-yard attempt from rookie kicker Tyler Loop that sailed wide at the conclusion of Sunday night\u2019s game against the Steelers ended the season \u2014 and it ended the 18-year tenure of head coach John Harbaugh.<\/p>\n
Whatever the label (some say fired, some say \u201cparted ways\u201d), Harbaugh is moving on.<\/p>\n
He arrived in 2008, getting the job after more than a decade as a special-teams coordinator. A year as the defensive backs coach under Andy Reid in Philadelphia opened the door for a head-coaching opportunity. And Harbaugh ran through it.<\/p>\n
His teams consistently contended, making it to the playoffs in 12 of his 18 seasons. The Ravens won Super Bowl XLVII, with the push fueled by a gutsy late-season offensive coordinator change from Cam Cameron to Jim Caldwell.<\/p>\n
Harbaugh exits Baltimore with a regular-season record of 180\u2013113, a 61.4-percent success rate. He was 13-11 in the postseason.<\/p>\n
More recently, the Ravens have failed to fulfill their potential. Since quarterback Lamar Jackson emerged as an MVP-level performer, the Ravens have made it to the AFC Championship only once. This year, a 1-5 start made it very hard to dig out, with plenty of losses punctuated by blown double-digit leads. (They led the Steelers on Sunday, 10-0.)<\/p>\n
Currently, Harbaugh is 14th all time in regular-season wins. And he\u2019ll instantly become a top candidate for one of the existing vacancies.<\/p>\n
Indeed, some teams that have yet to make a move may consider making a change if it means having a viable shot at upgrading to Harbaugh.<\/p>\n
Regardless, he\u2019ll have options elsewhere. After 18 years, it was time for a change, for both sides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Some missed field goals have bigger consequences than others. For the Ravens, the 44-yard attempt from rookie kicker…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-393130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=393130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/393130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=393130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=393130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=393130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}