Quoth the Ravens "Can't We Catch a Fucking Break??"

It was an unbelieveable (it can't be believed Cotton) ending to a crazy game in Baltimore today. After the anemic Ravens offense sputtered through the first half managing something like 50 total yards in the first half 43 of which on the final posession they came to life after half time. The defense which had been on the field for more than a quarter at half time somehow kept this team in the game. Kyle Boller led four scoring drives including what looked to be a game winning field goal from Matt Stover with 26 seconds left. But as it's gone all season the ball was not going to bounce the Ravens way.

For some reason the kick off team can't fucking tackle the Browns return man as he ended up near the 40 on all but one kick and with 16 seconds the Browns have the ball near mid field. Of course the defense can't hold for this short period of time and give up two passes that give Phil Dawson the chance at a 51 yard field goal. At first glance this kick looked to be no good. It bounced off the cross bar and out onto the field of play and was ruled by both officials as no good. The Ravens ran off the field celebrating a long over due victory and all was right with the world. However after further reveiw on a play that is not reviewable it was determined that because the ball hit off the back of the goal post and then bounced out that it was in fact a good kick.

Half the Ravens were in the locker room untaping themselves and celebrating only to be told that the game was not over and they needed to play overtime. While I agree that ultimately the call appears to be right (even though there is no precedence for a play like this) if something is non reviewable (and the ref clearly went under the hood) than even if you're wrong you have to stick to your call. That is probably just the bitter taste of defeat talking but give me a break! A game that was a must win, an offense that finally comes alive and we still can't get a fucking win. Granted if we hadn't given up that 100 yard interception return for a touchdown or could fucking tackle Josh Cribbs before he gets to mid field it would've been different. Oh well, we've got the worst three game stretch in NFL history coming up with the Chargers, Pats, and Colts on consecutive weeks so if nothing else we should be at the top third of the drafing pool to get a decent quarterback of the future!!