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January 24, 2012
I won't belabor this, since the Ravens themselves have decided to move on and let it go...But as John Harbaugh and Ozzie Newsome fly down to Mobile for Senior Bowl scouting duties, and the Ravens players clean out their lockers, here is one last look at the technicality of a play which I think the refs missed and the NFL Review Booth was precluded from taking a procedural jurisdiction...
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January 23, 2012
FOXBORO - Lee Evans sat on a chair facing his locker under Gillette Stadium, alternating between fingering...
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January 22, 2012
Yep, I can't believe he missed it either.
Billy Cundiff missed a 32-yard field goal in the closing seconds of Sunday’s AFC Championship game to put the New England Patriots back into Super Bowl with a 23-20 victory.
In a season rarity, the Patriots defense bailed out Tom Brady and the offense throughout the game and late in the fourth quarter.
As Baltimore closed in...
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January 23, 2012
The similarities were too striking to ignore. Lee Evans, like T.J. Houshmandzadeh in last year’s playoffs, couldn’t corral a pass that would have kept the Ravens’ hopes for a Super Bowl alive. (In Evans’ case, his catch would have likely sent Baltimore to the big game.) Just like Housh, Evans was a late and desperate veteran…
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January 22, 2012
Baltimore wide receiver Lee Evans dropped a game-winning touchdown pass and Billy Cundiff missed a 32-yard game-tying field goal, allowing the New England Patriots to pull out a 23-20 win.
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January 23, 2012
Lee Evans had victory in his hands. Billy Cundiff had a tie game on his toe. Two chances in the final 30 seconds to keep their Super Bowl hopes alive and the Ravens let both slip away.
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January 22, 2012
((HT: CSNBaltimore))The New England Patriots are heading to the roman numeral classic version 45 in Indianapolis, and a lot of people would say that there are two people directly responsible- The Baltimore Ravens WR Lee Evans and kicker Billy Cundiff.Cundiff missed a 32 yard, game-tying field goal with time running out in Foxborough. If you look at his plant foot, it was aiming left...
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January 22, 2012
First, the win and a Super Bowl berth was knocked out of Lee Evans' hands. Then, Billy Cundiff pulled the Ravens' chance to tie the game wide left.
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January 24, 2012
Each time I see the replay of Sterling Moore knocking the ball away from Lee Evans I can’t believe that the rookie with only a few games of NFL experience had the presence of mind to make that play. But thank God he did because when you combine that with just an awful field goal attempt by Baltimore it sent the Patriots to Super Bowl XLVI.
I say that whole attempt was bad, not...
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January 22, 2012
The AFC Championship Game gamed ended abruptly when Billy Cundiff yanked the would-be tying field goal after Lee Evans couldn’t hang onto the potential game-winning TD pass. And there went Baltimore’s chance to upset the Patriots in New England and advance to the Super Bowl.Here is how the Twitterverse reacted:Steve Rushin: “Delighted for Tom Brady. About time life went his...
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January 22, 2012
A drop and a hook ended the Baltimore Ravens' shot at the Super Bowl. Lee Evans was clutching Joe Flacco's pass and a victory in his hands in the right corner of the end zone. But Sterling Moore knocked the ball away with 22 seconds left. Two plays later, Billy Cundiff pushed his potential tying 32-yard field goal attempt to the left with 11 seconds to go, and the New England Patriots...
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January 22, 2012
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA BALTIMORE GATORADE BATHS FOR ALL HARF HARF HARF HARF HARF
This game broke Twitter and for good reason. It was truly awesome. Flacco outplayed Brady and still lost. The ultimate Troll Genius move. Ray Lewis played like dogsh*t and got owned by Nate Solder all game. Lee Evans dropped a game-winning touchdown in the end zone. Bernard...
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January 22, 2012
All I can say is, "wow." Joe Flacco did his part. He deserves a lot of credit, despite the Ravens loss to the New England Patriots. Flacco threw the game winning touchdown to Lee Evans who had the ball promptly ripped out of his grasp on a play he'll likely have nightmares about for weeks or months to come. The game looked as if it was set up for an overtime finish...
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January 23, 2012
We probably won't get another Sunday of conference championship games like this anytime soon.
Two games that came down to the final snap in games overstuffed with heroes and goats are a lot to ask on a typical regular season Sunday with a dozen games for our enjoyment. To get them back to back at this point in the season is a gift that football fans should savor for a good long...
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