The Ravens beat themselves in a game at Pittsburgh versus the Steelers. That's right I said it. Over the course of the first three quarters, the Ravens started off poorly falling behind 3-0 then at one point 20-10 but in the third quarter they tied it up at 20-20. There mini-comeback made it look like the Ravens could continue to gather the momentum and keeping running up and down the field in the fourth quarter. But that did not happen because of one word...PENALTIES!!
By the game's end, the Ravens had committed 11 penalties for 113 yards in every faze of the game, offense, defense and special teams. These mistakes costed them several scores and opportunities to eliminate the Steelers chances of winning the game. Derrick Mason, best wide reciever on the team, dropped one of the easiest passes thrown into the endzone you will ever see. Christopher Reeves could have caught that thing!
Honestly, if it weren't for a couple of players' (I will not mention names) undisciplined play, we could be talking about a different score, a different playoff picture and a different attitude towards a team that had the scheme and players to win on Sunday.
Shout out to Todd Heap, Joe Flacco, Ray Rice and Domonique Foxworth for playing well. Rice eclipsed 100 rushing yards against a Steelers defense who had not allowed one in 32 games. Flacco had two touchdown passes and one interception(caused by poor pass protection). Heap had another 2 touchdown day and Foxworth had another interception.
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