I'm still a little exhausted from the final minutes of last night's thriller and the Baltimore Ravens are still bitter. So sour, in fact, they're calling it a fix.
I don't like the Patriots as much as the next person outside Boston, but just as there were several close calls there were more situations where Baltimore could have controlled them game themselves."Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs on officiating: "Everybody is kind of cheering for them to go undefeated and break all the records. They called them the greatest offense on earth. So who knows? ... They made one more play than us and they got a little help."
Suggs on the timeout attributed to the Ravens, which gave New England another chance on fourth down after Baltimore appeared to stop Tom Brady short on a sneak: "You only get a few times to really get the NFL's poster boy in that type of situation. I don't know. It looked like all 22 men on the field played as if no timeout was called. But if it was called, it was called. I don't get into that part of the game. I just do my job."
Suggs on officiating: "It's kind of the feeling of the 2001 tuck rule. It kind of feels like the tuck rule. That is the NFL for you, man. When they got a guy like that that is selling a lot of tickets, you want to keep him selling tickets."
Ravens linebacker Bart Scott on the timeout: "I didn't hear a timeout. That was very convenient."
Scott: "We outplayed them, plain and simple. We punched them in the mouth on both sides of the ball."
Ravens receiver Derrick Mason: "Allow the players to dictate how the game is going to go, especially the last couple of seconds. It's kind of like basketball. There's three seconds on the clock. Let the guys play. The best team is going to win. You don't let outside circumstances dictate how the game is going to go. It's hard to play against the best team in the NFL and beat them. You are out there and working hard. You are playing against them and then also you have the other guys and it seems you are playing against them, also.""
It wasn't the refs fault Ed Reed fumbled his interception return that would have likely given the Ravens three more points. It wasn't the refs fault Kyle Boller threw that atrocious interception. It wasn't the refs fault Bart Scott lost his ****, OK maybe it was just a little. It wasn't the refs fault Baltimore showed everyone how NOT to run a 45-second drill.
The Patriots being undefeated is the story of the season and a compelling drama, but I have a hard time buying "the fix."
NFL Fixing Games for the Patriots? [Larry Brown Sports]
Ravens: The fix was in for Patriots [Hashmarks]











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