Ravens Red Zone Stats: Week 10

by Bruce Raffel on Nov 15, 2010 9:43 AM EST in Xfinity Sponsored Posts

ATLANTA - NOVEMBER 11: Quarterback Joe Flacco #5 of the Baltimore Ravens reacts after tossing a touchdown reception against the Atlanta Falcons at Georgia Dome on November 11 2010 in Atlanta Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

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The Baltimore Ravens might not have been perfect in their 26-21 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday Night Football, but they were perfect inside the Red Zone. Three trips inside the Falcons' 20 yard line all resulted in touchdowns off the rocket arm of QB Joe Flacco. Flacco three three touchdown passes in the second half, from five, six and nine yards, the final one coming with just over a minute to go in the game. However, that obviously was too much time to leave on the clock as Atanta's QB Matt Ryan drive his team downfield for the game-winning TD pass of his own to WR Roddy White, who benefited from a non-call on what looked to be an obvious offensive pass interference push-off, or more like a shove-down.

However, it was still nice to see the Ravens put the ball in the end zone from the Red Zone when they ad the chance and hopefully that percentage will continue next week at the Carolina Panthers.

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So 3 trips to the red zone and 3 tds I am guessing? Wow, alot better than the 1 for 7 against Miami. Just too bad we did not have any trips to the red zone in the first half.

That first half dug us in a hole that it seemed we would never get out of. Even though we took a 1 point lead towards the end, it would have been nice to at least get 6 points in the first half.

"He kept on throwing soft jabs on the field, and we just kept on hitting him harder," Mason said. "Eventually, he fell. It’s kind of like one of [Muhammad] Ali’s fights. Keep on talking, ‘What’s my name? What’s my name?’ And every time I looked up, that guy was either on the ground, getting pushed out of bounds, Willis [McGahee] stiff-armed him. - WR Derrick Mason on Miami LB Channing Crowder

by Mr MaLoR on Nov 15, 2010 12:34 PM EST reply actions

Or even no turnovers

That would have put us up by seven and that final Falcons TD would have only tied the score and perhaps we would have played a deeper defense. Who knows…

aka 'Rexx'

by Bruce Raffel on Nov 15, 2010 12:57 PM EST up reply actions

The Falcons overall stat line is a perfect indication of what won the game.

Sacks/QB pressure, turnovers (2 to 0), TOP, passing yards, etc.

by Mr MaLoR on Nov 15, 2010 1:01 PM EST up reply actions

Absolutely

Atlanta earned that win and if we had won, it would have been seen as us “stealing” it from them, which would have been just fine by me.

aka 'Rexx'

by Bruce Raffel on Nov 15, 2010 6:16 PM EST up reply actions

The refs screwed the NFC playoff contenders as well as the Ravens

Peter Kings take:

“I think two calls will live in infamy from the final minutes of the Falcons’ 26-21 victory over the Ravens. I’ve watched them several times. Let’s address both to see how they affected the outcome of the game:

a. The Terrell Suggs facemask call with 13:11 left. Atlanta led 13-7 and had a third-and-10 at the Baltimore 33. Matt Ryan completed a seven-yard pass to Jason Snelling to the Raven 26. Suggs was called for a facemask violation. What happened is that Suggs and the offending Falcon grabbed each other’s mask; but only Suggs was called. Instead of replaying the down and again trying to convert a third-and-10, Atlanta got a down and continued a touchdown drive.

The non-pass-interference call against Roddy White on the winning touchdown pass. Baltimore led 21-20 and Atlanta had a first-and-10 at the Ravens’ 33 with 27 seconds left. White ran nine yards off the line of scrimmage, came into contract with Ravens cornerback Josh Wilson and pushed him. Wilson fell to the ground. "I just pushed him down,’’ White admitted in the middle of a detailed explanation of the play after the game. White continued downfield and, alone, caught the winning pass from Ryan.

If interference had been called on White, Atlanta would have had first-and-20 from the Ravens’ 43 with 20 seconds to go … time enough for at least two more plays to gain the 12 to 15 yards to get into reasonable field-goal range. Would the Falcons have made it? Maybe. But the fact that White didn’t get an offensive pass-interference call had the Ravens privately seething, both immediately after the game and the day after the game. And they were right to be seething. That’s a blatant non-call that, as I pointed out on NBC Saturday afternoon, could play a major role in home-field advantage in both conferences.

Atlanta, after 10 weeks, is tied for the top spot in home-field competition in the NFC at 7-2; Baltimore, 6-3, is now a game off the pace for home-field edge. And if you don’t think home field is a big advantage in January — at least for the Falcons —a you’re not a student of numbers. Matt Ryan is 18-1 in the Georgia Dome as a starting quarterback."

by TheShadow on Nov 15, 2010 8:17 PM EST up reply actions

I was very surprised

to see the falcons move down the field on that last drive to score. I’ve watched that same scenario too many times with the steelers but have become resigned to that being a risk of Lebeau’s bend-don’t-break philosophy. I haven’t seen it from the ravens though. Was it the prowess of Matt Ryan or a little dropping off of the ferocious Ray Lewis led ravens D?

by qwikdoc on Nov 16, 2010 2:15 PM EST up reply actions

Both

Ryan is a legit QB and our defense has a few more chinks in the armor as the years have gone by.

And Roddy White has a set of knee pads for each ref, but that is is another story… Its the only explanation…

by vlad755 on Nov 16, 2010 3:38 PM EST up reply actions

White did push off

but I don’t think it was as egregious as people say. Looked like Wilson ran into white also. Should have been called though. Had your linebacker not mugged Gonzales earlier, the White play wouldn’t have mattered. That PI was on 3rd down if I remember

by qwikdoc on Nov 16, 2010 4:27 PM EST up reply actions

That was

Actually pretty good coverage. Gonzo was parallel to the ground and the LB was parallel with him -not sure what else the LB could have done to defend that pass. Actually, kind of a ticky-tacky call as the LB was barely touching Gonzo when they were both in the air parallel to the ground.

by vlad755 on Nov 17, 2010 9:29 AM EST up reply actions

sorry vlad can't agree with you there

I’m biased towards defense since I played LB in college and almost always give the benefit of the doubt to the defender but that was interference. I just hope your D stays soft in the 4th quarter when we play you again:)

by qwikdoc on Nov 17, 2010 10:43 AM EST up reply actions