I am one to think you can learn more from a loss than a win, but then again I am an Orioles fan. Somebody needs to tell Flacco to stop going for the short gains all the time and look big once in a while.

in my view the ravens player who cost them the game today was laron mclain with that personal foul call in overtime.i thought the game was a good game. no big stupid penalties by the ravens other than that personal foul

Lots of finger pointing to go around; however, our special teams were horrendous. Time and time again, our returns and return coverages were horrible. After taking a 20-10 lead, Cundiff kicked off out of bounds and we gave them great field position. Also, I really have to question why Harbaugh didn't elect to go for it on the 4th down situation. I truly believe that the smartest move would have been to keep the ball out of Brady's hands and sustain that drive. Also, why were our defenders playing so far off on their receivers? Webb looked as if he was giving Branch about 8 yd off the line of scrimmage. McClain's penalty was crucial and it goes back to Harbaugh's approach. His team's lack discipline and I'm sure sometime down the road well be seeing another Raven lose self control and result in a costly penalty. Lastly, not rushing the Patriot's punter in OT and allowing a 66 yd punt with no return was just plain stupid.

My observations:

Harbaugh and Cameron played too conservatively--tried to sit on a lead--in the fourth quarter and in overtime.

Flacco needs to go to Boldin on his curl for a first down on the final series rather than throwing a difficult sideline go to Heap.

Constantly throwing dump off passes to Ray Rice--on the same delay over the middle--rather than mixing it up to the wide receivers is nuts. Where are the quick drop slant -ins to Boldin, Mason, or Housh?

The Flacco quarterback sneak with that far to go made no sense. McClain or Rice can't get a yard?

What's with the linesman on the left side who constantly did not see trapped balls by the Patriot receivers? That smelled bad.

Flacco's numbers looked good. But not playing with aggression in the fourth quarter and overtime cost the Ravens a game they should have won.

The Ravens are second in the league in time of possession. They are 5th in scrimmage plays. They are 16th in yards per game. They are 7th in third down conversion percentage. They are 11th in first downs per game.

Yet, they are 22nd in scoring.

This is just offensive stats.

One might argue they don't have an edge even when they have the lead.

Preston had it right, the Ravens lost their nerve. It's infuriating enough to see defenses go into the "prevent" when they've been shutting a team down with their normal defense all day, but much worse to watch the offense go into "prevent" when they've been moving the ball all day.
The coaching staff lost this one, playing not to lose instead of playing to win never works. I keep hoping, year after year, that the Ravens will someday have a genuine NFL caliber offense. They have the tools, it's time to make something with them.