Week 3 · 2025–26 season
Ravens
L 30-38 vs Lions · Sep 22, 2025
Misery Index · Despair
Ravens fans eulogizing the 2023 window, the run defense, and the Macdonald era in a single 38-point breath.
The emotional rollercoaster
Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.
What happened
D.Montgomery's 72-yard gash to the Baltimore 13 in the third quarter cracked something open, and D.Henry's fumble at the 21 — punched out by A.Hutchinson — sealed the case that Detroit was simply the better team in the trenches. M.Andrews' touchdown from L.Jackson kept it interesting on the scoreboard, never on the field. The quiet fear in the stands isn't this loss; it's that 2023 may have been the ceiling.
What fans said
“this was the signal of our window closing sooner than we thought.”
u/JohnnyZyns▲ 179despair
“Truly one of the few games in the Lamar era where I felt the other team was better.”
u/Hle078▲ 179despair
“I’ll never get over letting Mike McDonald leave”
u/ivealreadyreddit69▲ 91betrayal
“2023 year was the year and we wasted it. We were the best team in football with a genius DC and tossed it away”
u/cjackc11▲ 107despair
“2023 was the year. We were fucking unstoppable.”
u/reedsgrayhair▲ 78despair
“Imagine scoring 30 and losing. Fire Zach Orr Tonight!!!”
u/1Perfect_Kangaroo▲ 50rage
14 more
“Rip ravens run defense 1996-2023”
u/dookaboor▲ 82despair
“This year’s looking dire already. No way we keep Harbs after this year if we keep this up.”
u/OriolesMets▲ 63despair
“ZERO sacks against the crippled Jared Goff. Just humiliating.”
u/Weird-Wolf-6916▲ 39rage
“you were my everything”
u/ReyDragons▲ 59despair
“A 98 and 96 yard drive. Orr is a shit DC”
u/Ashamed_Gene9571▲ 35rage
“this team can't hang with the big dogs.”
u/MightyMyrmidon▲ 141frustration
“Has this defense ever made a game changing turnover. Like Jesus Christ way to let Lamar down year after year. Just horrific”
u/Popular-Difficulty29▲ 27rage
“The game has passed him by and he has no ability to compete any more and has no balls to do what's necessary.”
u/Ravensfan967▲ 30rage
“Letting Macdonald walk was the worst thing this team ever did.”
u/Chiranosuk3▲ 30rage
“Shouldnt have been hired in the first place when we have a generational QB in his prime”
u/about_60_Hobos▲ 57betrayal
“So done with his dumbass choices based solely on loyalty over winning.”
u/k_pasa▲ 43rage
“Only to get absolutely dog-walked by the first semi-competent team we see in the playoffs.”
u/Fantastic_Weather▲ 53despair
“If this is Harbaugh’s last year, the final nail in the coffin is going to be that he gambled this Super Bowl window on Zach Orr figuring it out on the job”
u/this_curain_buzzez▲ 41despair
“This organization learned nothing in the offseason. They can't get to the QB. They did nothing to address it. Now they reap it. Again.”
u/Weird-Wolf-6916▲ 83frustration