Ouch: Ravens give one back
The Ravens gave the ball back to the Patriots on a botched punt return and Tom Brady has hooked up with Julian Edelman on a six-yard touchdown pass to make it 24-7, but the Ravens may be second-guessing themselves twice on the offending play. The punt glanced off the back of Tom Zbikowski and appeared to be recovered on the run by Kyle Arrington as he was knocked out of bounds.
Trouble was, Arrington never had complete possession of the ball and coughed it up when he landed out of bounds, but the Ravens did not challenge the play. The replays showed that the ball was never completely secure in Arrington's hands even before he went out of bounds.
The lack of a challenge was reminiscent of another missed opportunity earlier this year at Heinz Field -- the apparent touchdown pass to Derrick Mason that was ruled incomplete and also went unchallenged because it happened so far away from the Ravens coaching staff.
Now, the Ravens have turned the ball over again, so I guess we'll have some suspense before this is over.
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Here we go again. I've been clamoring all year to get rid of Harbaugh's 'eye-in-the-sky'. He just sucks. While everyone else in the country is viewing the replay of the Carr fumble of the punt, the 'eye-in-the-sky' must be drinking beer and partying his 24-0 lead. Not for long. What a momentum breaker!
Posted by: BobbyWoontz | January 10, 2010 2:38 PM
So if Harbaugh couldn't see the play whatever happened to using a timeout to think the situation over??? This is not good for a coach that loves to run a dog house beside a club house.
Posted by: ccderek | January 10, 2010 2:45 PM
is harbaughs eye in the sky a drunk monkey with one good eye? that was a horrible nonchallenge by harbaugh. i have serious reservations about harbaugh and flacco. i am wondering if we could swap for rex ryan and sanchez.
Posted by: pop fisher | January 10, 2010 2:48 PM
Peter, whaddya think about the Pats crawling back into the game since the 2nd quarter? 27-14 is making me nervous! Ravens haven't done anything since the 1st quarter.
Posted by: RavenFan1 | January 10, 2010 3:15 PM
Pete,
I'm not one of those fans that think that every call that is made by the refs is against us. BUT, how can the ref be standing there right at the sideline where the Pats player goes out of bounds not see the ball bounding 15-20 feet away? Yes, Harbaugh should have challenged it, but he should have never had to. The refs get paid to do a job and most of the time they look like temps out there.
Posted by: Danny | January 11, 2010 8:17 AM