Mark Andrews wasn't ready to face the music on Monday.
After failing to speak to reporters Sunday night about his gaffe in the Ravens' blowout loss to the Bills in the playoffs, Andrews also avoided speaking to the media on Monday, when the team remained eligible until the end of the season. .
The locker room was open for an hour Monday, and the tight end did not show his face, according to ESPN.
Andrews, 29, dropped a pass while attempting a 2-point shot with 1:31 left in the fourth quarter that would have tied the game at Orchard Park.
Instead, the Ravens lost 27-25 and returned home heartbroken.
After the game, head coach John Harbaugh spoke for Andrews.
“There's no one with more heart, more compassion, more fighting than Mark,” Harbaugh told reporters. “We wouldn't be here without Mark Andrews.”
The drop wasn't Andrews' only big mistake.
After catching Lamar Jackson's pass that went past the first-down marker, Andrews fumbled the ball to the Bills near the Buffalo 45-yard line with 8:41 left in the fourth quarter, forcing a shot by Bills linebacker Terrell Bernard. The Ravens took a 5 point lead. To take the ball out of his hands.
Buffalo then went on an 11-play, 52-yard field goal drive to take an eight-point lead with 5 minutes, 12 seconds to play.
“I'm just as hurt as Mark. I don't [think it’s] It’s his fault,” Lamar Jackson said after the game. “For example, we all contributed to the game. It was a team effort. You can't say that to Mark, brother, because he's been fighting all season.
“He's done all the great things all season. It doesn't always go the way we want it to. We wanted to do it, but the timing isn't right and it doesn't seem to go our way. We understand that. There is a need.”
Andrews, a three-time Pro Bowler, finished the game with five catches on a team-high seven targets for 61 yards.
He had 55 catches for 673 yards and a career-high 11 touchdowns during the regular season.
