The Baltimore Ravens played the Tennessee Titans this Sunday and lost 13-10. The Ravens played another great game but didn’t get the win. This game was all about defense and hard hits. The fist half ended at only 3-3. I believe the Ravens lost the game on a bad call by the referees. On the Titans game-winning touchdown drive the Ravens stopped the Titans on third down when they were in Ravens territory. The referees called a personal foul roughing the passer a blow to the helmet call on LB Bart Scott. This play LB Bart Scott was being blocked by one of the Titans offensive lineman. Bart Scott put his hand out to block the pass and after Kerry Collins passed the ball his arm was extended out and it hit Kerry Collins helmet. The Titans got an automatic first down and drove down the field and scored. I believe that bad call took the momentum away from the Ravens after just getting the big third down stop on the Titans. The Ravens couldn’t recover and gave up some bad plays that led the Titans to the game winning TD. It was just a bad call by the referees.

The Ravens did open up the game’s scoring after a Justin Bannan interception. The Ravens drove down the field with the help of a couple Titans penalties and got a 38-yard field goal. The Titans answered with a field goal of their own and sent the game 3-3 into halftime. The first half both teams played amazing defense and there were barely any good plays on offense. There were some turnovers as well and the Ravens offense could not come up with a legitimate drive, until just before the half. The Ravens offense drove down the field but ended up missing the field goal attempt. The Ravens got the ball at the start of the second half and wasted no time continuing there offensive success that they ended the first half with. The Ravens drove down the field and Le’ron McClain capped the drive off with a one-yard touchdown run. Going into the fourth quarter the Ravens had a 10-3 lead. To open up the fourth quarter the Titans got a field goal to put the game at 10-6. The Ravens later in the quarter drove down the field looking very impressive and making some good plays against a very tough Titans defense. The Ravens came up short of getting into field goal range and had to punt it away. On the ensuing drive the Titans drove down the field and scored a touchdown that was an 11-yard pass from Kerry Collins to Alge Crumpler. The Titans drove down the field after a missed call by the referees, which I explained earlier in my blog. When the Ravens got the ball back, on the second play Flacco threw an interception with 1:16 left in the game. The game finished Titans 13 and Ravens 10.

Joe Flacco had another impressive game although his numbers weren’t the greatest. Flacco has established a number one target in Derrick Mason. Flacco always seems to find him when he is being flushed out of the pocket and in trouble. Flacco also looks for him on crucial third down plays. Flacco managed the game well for the Ravens even though they were up against a very tough Titans defense. Flacco’s final numbers were 18 of 27 for 153 yards and 2 interceptions. Flacco got good protection from his offensive line and running backs. C Jason Brown and LG Ben Grubbs blocked Albert Haynesworth very well. As for Kyle Vanden Bosch the Ravens stopped him on some plays by getting the running backs to chop block him and it seemed to stop him. FB Le’ron McClain had another solid weak proving his versatility once again playing RB and FB. He is also thriving on tough fourth quarter yards. McClain had 11 rushes for 51 yards and 1 TD. RB Willis McGahee also had a solid game and is getting back to 100 percent. McGahee had 22 rushes for 64 yards. The Ravens defense had another solid game. They had 2 interceptions one by DT Justin Bannan and the other by CB Chris McCalister. The Ravens defense pretty much shut down the Titans offense until the last fourth quarter drive. The Titans-Ravens game was another typical game by these two teams. This game was all about hard hits and solid defense. The Ravens played another solid game just did not come out with the win.

For more post game coverage check out Titans blogger Victor Minicozzi’s blog.

Ty

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Tags: albert haynesworth, Alge Crumpler, Baltimore Ravens, Bart Scott, Ben Grubbs, Chris McCalister, Derrick Mason, Jason Brown, Joe Flacco, Justin Bannan, Kerry Collins, kyle vanden bosch, Le'ron McClain, Tennessee Titans, Willis McGahee