The Baltimore Ravens have been dealt a bad hand in regards to injuries. Even so, this team has been competitive throughout the season, regardless of who is on the field. Although, Baltimore has suffered two tough losses after failing to convert late two-point conversions. John Harbaugh backs his decision-making.

These decisions have been a debate amongst the football world. Analytics says going for the two-point conversion in that situation is a great idea. However, the Ravens have lost two games because of it. Although that's true, Harbaugh goes a different route in defending his decisions.

According to ESPN, John Harbaugh claims, “his decisions are based on ‘mostly gut' over analytics.” The Ravens have suffered losses over these decisions, but it seems Harbaugh believes he's made the right choices lately.

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He continues to back up his claim by stating, “We were just trying to get the win right there. I think our chances of winning right there were a little bit higher than overtime, maybe if you calculate it out. I felt good about it.” It's true. Had the Ravens opted for the field goal, there's a 50-50 chance the Packers win the overtime coin toss and Aaron Rodgers marches down the field and wins the game.

“The numbers are the numbers, but the numbers aren't perfect. I can tell you this; I've shot a lot of holes in the numbers with the numbers guys. They don't take everything into account, so you just make a decision. The numbers are part of it, but the numbers aren't the main decision.” – John Harbaugh

Although the Ravens have suffered these losses lately, it seems these decisions will come to fruition once again if Baltimore finds themselves in these situations again. We'll see how it plays out for this franchise, as the Cincinnati Bengals currently hold the top seed of the AFC North, pending the result of the Las Vegas Raiders-Cleveland Browns game on Monday.