The Ravens came into Buffalo on Sunday ready to avenge their loss to the Bills in the divisional round last January. The Ravens rolled over the Bills throughout the game, with Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry putting in dominant performances to take a 40-25 lead with under five minutes to play.
Baltimore was well on their way to revenge and a Week 1 win over one of their top AFC rivals, until the Bills remarkably came back to win the game.
Josh Allen and the Bills lowered the Ravens' lead to 40-32 by scoring a touchdown with just under four minutes remaining, and then Henry fumbled to give Buffalo the ball again. The Bills scored a touchdown off that fumble, but then failed to make the two-point conversion. Still, the Buffalo defense stepped up, forcing the Ravens to punt after a three-and-out, and giving Allen enough time to march down the field for a game-winning kick off the foot of Matt Prater to win 41-40.
Despite having over a 99% chance of winning, the Ravens somehow blew the lead. Here's a look at the top reactions after Baltimore's unbelievable loss.
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— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) September 8, 2025
#Bills win. What a game. The #Ravens collapse in the 4th quarter. No idea how that happened.
FOOTBALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! pic.twitter.com/pUf2X60kKt
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) September 8, 2025
I hate to say it but in big games, the Ravens just invent ways to lose. My goodness!
— Chris Broussard (@Chris_Broussard) September 8, 2025
Nobody beats the Baltimore Ravens like the Baltimore Ravens
— Kevin Oestreicher (@koestreicher34) September 8, 2025
The Ravens will simply always be… the Ravens.
An unbelievably talented team with an all time quarterback who simply can’t win *these* games, for a multitude of reasons.
At least they’ll always have all those DVOA banners, though.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) September 8, 2025
The Ravens have now lost 8 games since the 2021 season in which they, at one point, had a win probability of at least 90%.
That's three more than the next closest team.
— Benjamin Solak (@BenjaminSolak) September 8, 2025
Only the Ravens could find a way to outdo this loss pic.twitter.com/JrYuBeTSC2
— TylerCWhitmore (@TylerCWhitmore) September 8, 2025
One of the worst ravens losses I’ve ever watched. Zack Orr and the ravens defense should be embarrassed
— DW (@Dnastyy2) September 8, 2025
That is without question… the worst loss during the John Harbaugh era in Baltimore. 40-25 with 4 minutes left, Ravens had a 99.9% chance to win the game, and the Bills come back to win 41-40.
This dude knows how to lose games. pic.twitter.com/xSvtnQRlxB
— Dave Robicheaux 🛜 (@UncleRobicheaux) September 8, 2025
Outside of the Ravens' crushing blown lead, the game was anointed an instant classic. Bills-Ravens was expected to be a showdown between two great teams and MVP-winning quarterbacks, and it more than lived up to the hype. Several fans took to social media to already call it the "game of the year,” even with so much season left to play.
Can you have the Game of the Year in Week 1?
— Scott Hanson (@ScottHanson) September 8, 2025
That was one of the best games I've ever seen. I feel like I say that a few times a year.
The NFL is KING!
— Torrey Smith (@TorreySmithWR) September 8, 2025
that ravens bills game was game of the year
— timthetatman👑 (@timthetatman) September 8, 2025
Game of the Year, and we just got started.
— Brett Kollmann (@BrettKollmann) September 8, 2025
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