Ravens not happy with officiating

[mgteich]

I agree with your comments. BALT had a chance to win and didn't execute. They shouldn't be blaming the refs. Of course, patriot fans have never said that ref's call made the difference in our losing games.

The Ravens can't say the officiating cost them the game. They had their chance to win. What they're doing is deflecting attention away from their inadequacies on the field by pointing fingers at the officials. Everything I've seen from them is about the officials. It starts with Lewis, goes through the team, staff and right to the fans. This has been, is and will be their downfall.

 

[Frezo]

I agree with your comments. BALT had a chance to win and didn't execute. They shouldn't be blaming the refs. Of course, patriot fans have never said that ref's call made the difference in our losing games.

They're not really blaming the refs for the loss. They are carrying on about what they perceive to be bad officiating so they don't have to talk about the fact that the game was within their grasp and they couldn't get it done. They always seem to do this in their locker room and post game press after a loss or at least after a loss to the Pats. Until they man up and own up publicly to their mistakes and errors, they'll get no respect from me.

 

[Satchboogie3]

Will reporters ever have balls again? Why doesn't anyone call them on this BS. Will not one reporter speak up and call them what they are, sore losers?

 

[ausbacker]

Ravens complaining about officiating after a loss is like David Letterman trying to be funny. You know both are inevitable and irritating.

 

[Patspsycho]

Will reporters ever have balls again? Why doesn't anyone call them on this BS. Will not one reporter speak up and call them what they are, sore losers?

Have a little sympathy for them..

After all, they've never won against us ever since they moved from Cleveland.

 

[tuckeverlasting]

too bad ray ray wasn't this effusive after he saw those stabbings and he had all that blood in his limo.

 

[upstater1]

Will reporters ever have balls again? Why doesn't anyone call them on this BS. Will not one reporter speak up and call them what they are, sore losers?

The crazy thing is that Mike Reiss wrote the article for ESPN and he did not correct Ray Lewis' quote when he claimed that the roughing call on Suggs was a 3 and out play that kept the Patriots drive alive.

 

[Delicate Genius]

too bad ray ray wasn't this effusive after he saw those stabbings and he had all that blood in his limo.

YouTube - Ray of Light (Ray Lewis)

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

Coaching has something to do with it. Heard Brady on WEEI this AM and he observed that BB had warned them about these officials during the week. BB told them that this crew had called the most penalties in 2007 and 2008. Guess Wright was daydreaming in the team meeting.

Point being that world class HCs prepare their team for everything.

 

[in 12 we trust]

Ravens can be frustrated, but any athlete on any team does not want to get robbed by the officials, as a fan I was upset when they didnt call holding on the o line in the Super Bowl with the Giants when Tyree caught the ball on his head........but the Patriots still had chances to keep them from scoring and didnt, so they have to blame themselves................. And the Ravens shouldnt feel that way..after all was said and done...they had the ball with 2:00 minutes to go inside the Patriots 40 yd line. They score, they win, game over.....they didnt, so they lost. They just have to blame themselves too.

 

[doesntmatter1]

I am a dedicated pats fan but i saw that the refs were trying to screw the ravens just a little bit but it had no effect on the outcome of the game. That pass interference on welker was ticky tacky. And they had the microphones to close to the field because i could hear what the players were yelling like "he didn't even touch him" and I clearly heard (not reading his lips, heard) the ravens coach say "that call was bullsht". But this drive ended as a three and out for the pats. The roughing the passer calls weren't really nothing but i doubt you raven fans were complaining when Mike Wright got a sack on third down that was negated by brushing flacco's head.

Lastly, never dive at Brady's leg, accident or not. Brady is an ironman that can take hits that most qbs can't but no one is immune from those vicious attacks on the knee. The refs are just protecting the face of the NFL. It is still a business and everyone loses out if Brady isn't there except the Ravens. I wonder how the Ravens would have made the playoffs last year if Brady was there to help us win one more game last year. Last thing i want to say. The Pats get screwed by refs in big time games all the time so i don't really care if the Ravens got screwed this time around.

 

[jczxohn1]

I agree with your comments. BALT had a chance to win and didn't execute. They shouldn't be blaming the refs. Of course, patriot fans have never said that ref's call made the difference in our losing games.

You're tongue-in-cheek remark misleads. While Pats fans may have many reactions to questionable calls, I have never heard Bellicek say or give approval to any complaint about referee calls.

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Will reporters ever have balls again? Why doesn't anyone call them on this BS. Will not one reporter speak up and call them what they are, sore losers?

Bob Ryan, of all people, comes pretty close in his Globe column today...

 

[PatsFanSince74]

Have a little sympathy for them..

After all, they've never won against us ever since they moved from Cleveland.

and they can't beat the steelers in a big game either...pretty frustrating when you know the road to the SB will go through one of those two teams most years and you also know you haven't shown you can beat them....

 

[Kontradiction]

I'm pretty sick of hearing about the officiating costing Baltimore the game. Number one, those bad calls went both ways. Baltimore did get the shaft on the first Ngata roughing penalty, but we got the shaft on the Wright roughing penalty. All even from there. Number two, I wasn't aware that Joe Flacco throwing a key interception at the end of the first half was a penalty. Blame their loss on THAT and quit crying about the officiating which was horrible to both teams.

 

[Funktopus]

- Ray Ray sprinting down the field after a gain of 2 on 4th and 1. Didn't really cost them the game...but was such a strange combination of stupidity and punkishness that it had to be mentioned.

He's so frenzied and 100% emotionally berzerk that he didn't know down or distance or something. I guess you live with that if you're the Ravens.

On the other hand, it strikes me that lack of attention to detail can lose close games. Not that that knowing down and distance is a detail and not that that was the game deciding play. I just see his leadership style affecting the Ravens in a negative way sometimes. Even though it's well established that he is an sensational football player.

 

[TruthSeeker]

You obviously don't follow the Ravens at all .

They always blow this stuff out of proportion, but they do have a basic point.

Ray isn't disputing whether the call was correct or not, he is just frustrated that as a linebacker, he cannot even think about taking a shot at Brady unless Tom has absolutely no clue the rush is coming and still has the ball tucked away. Otherwise, just let Brady throw the ball and hope it isn't caught.

Hey, no need to single out Tom Brady here. As you practically acknowledge, you can [fill in the name of the QB]. That's the rule in the NFL. Most of us don't like it, but it works both ways and is called that way every week throughout the League. Complaining about it after a loss is just sour grapes - the refs called roughing the passer the way they always call roughing the passer.

 

[TruthSeeker]

It was a presnap penalty. I may have the rules wrong. I will admit that.

The call was right though. Eventhough Baker's body was out of bounds, none of his body touched the ground until the ball got passed the first down marker while in bounds. The ball carrier isn't out of bounds until a part of his body touches the ground out of bounds or the ball goes out of bounds. You see players getting TDs all the time like this where they are going out of bounds and he stretches his arm so the ball goes inside the pilons. The call was right even if it looked wrong.

I believe the rule is that you get the ball forward's progress as long as you haven't touched out of bounds and any part of your body is still in bounds (i.e. over the field of play) - except when going into the endzone in which case the ball must be in bounds for it to count.

 

[Funktopus]

interesting poll from the Baltimore Sun. (Appologies if this was already discovered and posted by any of the luminaries here.)

Poll: What cost the Ravens the game? -- baltimoresun.com

More ravens fans felt that "Clayton's dropped pass" or "Brady dissecting the defense" were more a factor than, "Officiating"

looks like ray ray needs to comeback to reality reality.

 

[Metaphors]

interesting poll from the Baltimore Sun. (Appologies if this was already discovered and posted by any of the luminaries here.)

Poll: What cost the Ravens the game? -- baltimoresun.com

More ravens fans felt that "Clayton's dropped pass" or "Brady dissecting the defense" were more a factor than, "Officiating"

looks like ray ray needs to comeback to reality reality.

How about adding these to the list:

- Harbaugh giving the Pats 15 yards on the opening drive of the 2nd half when it looked like the Pats might not be able to get out of their own end.

- Harbaugh blowing both of the Ravens 2nd half challenges and 2 timeouts. Couldn't challenge the spot on their 4th down run (didn't make it anyway) and not having timeouts late prevented the Ravens from using the run on their last drive.

- Pats going 1-for-1 on 4th down (resulted in a TD) and Ravens going 0-for-2 on 4th down (ended the last 2 drives in a 6 point loss)

- Ray Ray sprinting down the field after a gain of 2 on 4th and 1. Didn't really cost them the game...but was such a strange combination of stupidity and punkishness that it had to be mentioned.