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Without Bart we are 15-1What about Bart Scott and his throwing of the yellow flag?
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On the false start call, can the Ravens decline the penalty in that situation?
I loved what I saw watching last night, Ngata being the beast that he is inside vs Koppen, and us controlling Wilfork while McGahee racked up 139 yds a lot if them between the tackles.
If we do that on Sunday it will be a long day for the Pats.
We had so many stupid penalties giving you guys yards and a few personal fouls that absolutely killed us.
Under Harbaugh that does not happen.
That was Kevin Faulk.
Here's another: on the same fourth-and-one after Brady was stood up during Tubby Wrecks' premature timeout call, Heath Evans lost a yard. But that play ALSO was nullified because Russ Hochstein was flagged for a false start, making it fourth-and-six. On the ensuing fourth-and-six, Brady scrambled for a first down. So, we have a rare example of a team eventually winning because of a false-start call against them. Ironically, Hochstein probably jumped early because of crowd noise, so Ravens fans can blame themselves for losing that game.
I was at that game by the way. Great experience being there. Ravens fans were devastated afterward.
No, because the play is whistled dead as soon as the false start is committed. It's not like penalties when a flag is thrown and the play continues. Instead it is similar to a delay of game penalty; the whistle blows and play immediately stops at that point.On the false start call, can the Ravens decline the penalty in that situation?
Still one of the most nail biting games i have ever seen.. Easily top 5 pats games ever seen
Speaking of top 5 Pats games, all the hyperbole about how big and strong and tough the Ravens are at every position reminds me of the 2006 AFC playoff game against San Diego, one off my all time favorites. We were clearly overmatched physically - they were bigger, stronger, and faster than we were, and threatened to blow us out of the water in the first half. Men against boys. They had gone 14-2 and were the dominant team in the NFL during the regular season, and had that SB look to them.
Except that we held tough. Kept it close. Then used experience and took advantage of opportunities in the 2nd half. Which team won the game? The boys, not the men. We wanted it more, which was shown most clearly when Troy Brown won a tug-o-war for the ball.
I'll be curious to see how ou "boys" do against the big bad "men" of Baltimore on Sunday.
Strange that you use the "men against boys" analogy. Against San Diego, I think the biggest factor in the game was the maturity of the Patriots versus the immaturity of the Chargers.
True. But perhaps we would have still ended up 18-1 if that had happened.
The thing about that play is if Hochstein did not false start, the defender would not have been in the backfield to make the play. The defender came through the hole that was created when Russ pulled too early. No false start and Evans probably would have gotten the first down.
Are you sure about that? I thought Hochstein was playing on the right and the play got stacked up on the left side.
3) Linebacker Eric Alexander who stopped Mark Clayton at the 3 yard line after Clayton had snagged a hail-mary from Kyle Boller.
Watched this game earlier today. How WILDY unacceptable is it that the D gave up that hail mary at the end. Just absolutely awful. Knock the F-ing ball DOWN.
- I stand by my assertion that the sportsmanship on the Ravens at the end of the game was the worst I've seen in my lifetime, and that includes children & adolescent sports in which there is probably at least one outburst a game. Seriously, what a joke. They were really hamming it up back there, even Ed Reed was a drama queen.
By that point, Billick had no control over the players, Ryan continued to encourage that kind of "passion," and we just didn't have anything to lose in general as our 13-3 campaign in 2006 was followed up with a horrible 2007.