OT: Saturday NFL Divisional Playoff Games
January 12th, 2013 at 8:18 PM ^
I didn't mind that call mainly because the Ravens needed a touchdown and this is the NFL instead of college (aka the clock does not stop after firstdowns). A 1:20 is not a lot of time to drive 80 yards, if you play good defense and do not give up any big passing plays at least.
If this was college though, I would of went for it. As those 10 yard underneath throws for first downs in the middle of the field will waste 20-25 seconds in the NFL compared to 5-10 in college football.
January 12th, 2013 at 8:19 PM ^
Except how many bombs has Denver given up? If Peyton is so good, let him try to make a play, get a first down and run out the clock.
January 12th, 2013 at 8:26 PM ^
Except giving up bombs in the base defense =/= giving up bombs in a prevent defense. The defense Denver was playing was designed to not give up 10+ throws to the outside (aka easy first downs and then out of bounds) and bombs with the deep safeties. The Denver safety simply misplayed the ball and timed him jump horribly. No matter what defense you run, it will fail if you players fail to execute, which is something you cannot really account for.
In my humble opinion, they made the right decision, just failed to execute on it. Where is Mathlete with the stats when you need him?
January 12th, 2013 at 8:10 PM ^
A whipped Ravens defense plus Peyton Manning equals points in my opinion.
January 12th, 2013 at 8:05 PM ^
Great game. I am really surprised Denver took a knee to go to overtime. You have Peyton Manning, 2 timeouts, and all you need is a field goal!. At least show you want to go for it and run a draw, just to see what happens. I don't understand coaches thinking sometimes.
January 12th, 2013 at 8:09 PM ^
Seriously....
You have Peyton Manning and all you need is a first down on 3rtd & 7... hand off and punt?
Then you have 30 secs and 2 timeouts only needing about 45yds for a FG chance with Peyton Manning... take a knee?
Now Baltimore wins the OT toin coss... Manning will never even get another chance to win this game...
January 12th, 2013 at 8:12 PM ^
January 12th, 2013 at 8:15 PM ^
Incomplete
January 12th, 2013 at 8:16 PM ^
January 12th, 2013 at 8:26 PM ^
January 12th, 2013 at 8:18 PM ^
God this game would be so much better if there weren't all these ticky tack calls
January 12th, 2013 at 8:20 PM ^
I know Dierdorf went to UM, but he sucks.
January 12th, 2013 at 8:23 PM ^
He has kinda been contradicting himself
January 12th, 2013 at 8:20 PM ^
January 12th, 2013 at 8:21 PM ^
I honestly couldn't believe he said that after what he said earlier. He needs to retire.
January 12th, 2013 at 8:41 PM ^
C'mon Peyton! What the fuck?!
January 12th, 2013 at 8:43 PM ^
January 12th, 2013 at 8:47 PM ^
January 12th, 2013 at 8:50 PM ^
January 12th, 2013 at 8:45 PM ^
January 12th, 2013 at 9:05 PM ^
Wanted the wind at the back of their kicker rather than into it
January 12th, 2013 at 8:47 PM ^
I love it. Suck it, Peyton. You are no Brady.
January 12th, 2013 at 8:49 PM ^
January 12th, 2013 at 10:12 PM ^
January 12th, 2013 at 8:54 PM ^
Monday.
January 12th, 2013 at 8:56 PM ^
2 of the 4 Heisman Finalists in 1997 are on the field at the same time right now...and the 3rd one just finished playing.
who was the 4th?
January 12th, 2013 at 9:22 PM ^
Currently in prison somewhere, I do believe.
January 12th, 2013 at 8:57 PM ^
Obviously Ray meant it as a sign of respect but it sure looked funny on TV.
BAM!!!
January 12th, 2013 at 9:02 PM ^
That was a bogue call, Jerome.
January 12th, 2013 at 9:03 PM ^
January 12th, 2013 at 9:09 PM ^
These are supposed to be the best refs in the regular season and so far tonight there has been some God awful officiating. I was hoping the Broncos would pull that out, I really can't stand the Ravens and I don't want to see them anywhere near a Super Bowl. Or the 49ers for that matter.
January 12th, 2013 at 10:52 PM ^
January 12th, 2013 at 9:37 PM ^
I hate to be that guy, but does anyone know where I can get a live stream of the game online?
January 12th, 2013 at 9:54 PM ^
January 12th, 2013 at 10:37 PM ^
them spread runnin QBs will never work in the nfl...
January 12th, 2013 at 10:54 PM ^
January 13th, 2013 at 1:34 AM ^
The NFL is often described as a copy-cat league. Once one team does something successfully the other teams emulate. The 1940 NFL championship game won by the Chicago Bears 73-0 over the Washington Redskins is usually cited as the game which established the T-formation as the dominant offensive formation for decades - replacing the single wing, A formation and other variants.
Could the success of Kapernick, RG3 and Wilson make teams reassess spread attack/pistol attack QBs? Granted these guys could really throw the ball but Kapernick really did major damage scrambling and on the called runs. The pistol dive option which went 50+ yards for the TD put to rest the notion that the spread can't work in the NFL.
January 12th, 2013 at 11:15 PM ^