"Yeah, you've got to do whatever you've got to do to win," [Roddy] said. "It was one-on-one coverage with one guy. But he was kind of flat-footed, and he tried to grab me, so I just pushed him down."

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I dont care what anyone says, it was a push off and 99/100 times if a Ravens player does the same thing they get a flag thrown at em faster than you can blink.

In all seriousness, the Ravens didnt deserve to win the game but to have the Refs blatantly steal it from them is just fucking ridiculous. It was the same reffing crew that did that Pats/Ravens game last year with the infamous phantom hit on Tom Brady flag by Suggs, and they also conveniently missed the facemask call earlier on Suggs and instead called it on him for a split seconds worth of contact with the falcons's player's facemask while he has his head turned completely around by the facemask grabbing..

The Ravens defense is crap though. Probably the 2nd worst defensive game of the year behind the Bills debacle. Im hoping for some changes over the next 10 days but honestly I dont know what they could do that would make a huge difference. At least the next game is vs Carolina so it shouldn't be that tough of a game to get things going again.

Yeah, I bet that officiating crew has a vendetta against the Baltimore Ravens.

Ray Rice, get a fucking touchdown you fuck. Fantasyyy

Damn. Good post haha WHADDUP

If you search Ron Winter, you'll find his crew is known for throwing flags. Falcons only got called for one penalty which was the one for the player going OB on the punt that gave the Ravens the extra 19 yards on their last scoring drive. The game was actually penalty free for most of the first half too.

I watched the first quarter of Super Bowl 39 and thought it was the biggest pile of crap I'd seen. Then the following season I was bored one Sunday evening so decided to give it a second chance and happened to catch a great Falcons/Patriots game and I was hooked from there.

How'd that work out for you last night? Matt Ryan doing what he does best yet again. Mother fucker gets the job done at home.

I was watching First Take on ESPN a few minutes ago and apparently ESPN has taken the liberty to update some of the NFL team logos based off of their performance so far.

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That Broncos one is so upsetting.

Skippord is going to be pissed.

lol what is that Titans one? bending over and taking it in the ass?

It's Randy Moss "mooning" Joe Buck.

"one of the most despicable acts I have ever witnessed."

One of the greatest travesties in the history of mankind

Flacco threw 1 bad interception, threw 3 TDs in the 2nd half and led a 4th quarter drive to take the lead...

and Matt Ryan has 50 pass attempts to throw for about 80 more yards than Flacco, and throws a game winning TD on a play that should have been called for illegal contact after 5 yards at a minimum, pushing them back out of FG range with 20 seconds left...

""We were actually trying to get the ball to Tony [Gonzalez]. They were double covering him. It left me wide open, with one-on-one coverage. He tried to grab me, and I just pushed him down."

The Falcons only have White..all their other WRs (not counting TE Gonzo) suck ass.

Matt Ryan is the real deal. I'd say he's better than Flacco when you consider what Flacco has to work with, Flaccos entire offense is more talented, from the line to the recievers. Matt Ryan has a quicker release, makes his reads much better and faster, and is more accurate. Matt Ryan is for reals.

If Matt Ryan was all that, he'd be a better QB on the road.

Flacco isn't statistically a good QB on the road (hes much better at home too) but at least he goes and wins games on the Road (see New England last year and Pittsburgh this year for instance). Matt Ryan is like 9-11 on the road as opposed to being 18-1 at home. If there was any team that needed to get home field advantage for the playoffs, its the Falcons, who will probably be ousted the first game they have to play on the road.

Im not too worried about the Ravens probably blowing Home field last night (rooting for the Patriots to beat the Steelers Sunday Night is like rooting to have Cancer instead of AIDS..but whatever) as they should be able to at least stay in contention for the Division and ahead of the pack when it comes to a wild card spot.

It's not like he's 0-20 on the road. It's the NFL, winning on the road isn't easy for a young QB. Matt Ryan just does everything better than Flacco and in three years it will be much more evident.

Droford, I don't think you have to justify to yourself that the Ravens lost. The Falcons are a pretty good team. The Ravens are too. The Falcons are a playoff bound team. There is no shame in losing to them.

Yes there is..

why is the Raiders logo wearing blackface?

The Falcons game plan was obviously to basically abandon the run, but use the short passing game to keep the clock running down. Everybody just stacks the box on the Falcons, so it was a good call. Matt Ryan will never have the stats to compare with Flacco because the Falcons don't play that kind of game. They play the clock-eating game, not the high-scoring offense game. And the Falcons could have easily won that game against the Steelers earlier this year, Dro. They lost on one big play in overtime, which certainly wasn't Matt Ryan's fault. Philly was certainly the only game in which they've looked pedestrian.

That's al davis..

that makes more sense

fucking dark picture

Super Bowl XXXIX was pretty damn good.

...I'm starting to like Rex:

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PS: Cleveland is so uptight. The reporter was "outraged". Bah.


Rob took it in stride:

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Yeah I know. But I was an impatient 14 year old shit that couldn't watch past the first quarter :-\ I had no idea what was going on and the ads were pissing me off.

Fucking love Red Ryan.. One of the coolest people I've ever met..

Im still pissed that the Ravens had the game won and the Refs decided they wanted to give it to Atlanta with 3 shoddy calls on the game winning drive (ticky tack pass interference call on 3rd down, questionable catch ruling with the WR going OB, and the blown call at the end).

As for Atlanta, 4 of their next 7 games are on the road and their remaining home games are vs the Packers and Saints (and not counting the panthers..), either one or both should be able to beat them.

After next week at the panthers, the Ravens dont have another easy game left though they luck out with 4 home games vs the Steelers, Bucs, Saints and Bengals and road games with Houston and Cleveland. I will go ahead and say it, if they lose the Steelers and Saints games, they won't make it to the playoffs because I dont think 10-6 or even 11-5 will get it done, and if they lose any one of the other games they're toast regarless.

That was pass interference on third down, it was a catch going out of bounds, and the push off was probably pass interference. The thing is, Ravens still had to play defense, and they didnt stop the Falcons. They were already in feild goal range anyways at the time of the "push off". Ravens defence has blown 2 leads this year. So maybe you should look at the Ravens and quit looking for outside sources to blame.

OK I just saw that Austin Collie hit for the first time. And I remember Eagles fans were bitching about the flag on it. Yeah he wasn't defenseless, but that was a blatant helmet to helmet hit. What is there to complain about, the penalty would still be unnecessary roughness regardless of whether or not he was defenseless.

Red Ryan

Jets/Brownies is gonna be awesome.

Would you guys shut the fuck up. No Push off for interference, no TD, no win for Atlanta.

Also, Ryan might be great at home, but without winning on the road, he is not the real deal.

LOL So they are selling that Head Coaches motivational DVD I worked on..

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HAHA

Fucking love that guy..

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He' just under .500 in his third season, come on used your head. Peyton Manning was only about .500 overall after his first 4 seasons.

Don't get all bum hurt because the Ravens lost. Ravens had chances to stop them before that, they didn't. They let them in FG range, and then gave up a TD. Ravens would have lost with or without that interfernce call probably.

Carson Palmer sucks so bad

the Colts dont look that great though, but they're playing a horrible Bengals team.

Dont know how the Ravens lost to them..

We can all agree on that. I hated when people would put him in the the Mannings and Bradys. I just never saw it, he had one good season like 4 years ago.