While John Harbaugh is being criticized by local media and fans for his aggressive decision-making, the Baltimore Ravens coach is being lauded as royalty by the football analytics community.
In Sunday’s 33-28 loss in Kansas City, the Ravens chose to go for two-point conversions three times based on win probability. Even though Baltimore failed on every attempt, Aaron Schatz, the head of Football Outsiders, called Harbaugh “the prince that was promised.”
Warren Sharp, who excels in predictive NFL analytics and visualized data at Sharp Football, wrote, "This is the right way to make decisions.