One step from Superbowl

AFC CHAMPIONSHIP
Ravens @ Colts

The Colts won the coin
toss and elected to receive.
And almost cost them early,
as Manning recovered his
own fumble inside the Colts
20.The Ravens defense
set the stage, forcing the
Colts to punt and ending
up with good field position
at the Colts 47.

The run heavy drive was
capped by free agent
signing fullback O.O'Neal
from 1yd out.

The Colts struck back later
in the 1st Q with a  72yd
catch and run by Colts WR
P.Garcon who went all the
way down the left sideline
with outstanding downfield
blocking.Making the score
7-7.

Ray Rice breaks free on an 80yd TD scamper.

Not to be out done Ravens
RB Ray Rice,followed FB
L.McClains block out into
the open that would spring
him for an 80yd TD run.
Colts safety
Bob Sanders failed
with an arm tackle
at the Colts 30 yard
line.Ravens 14-7.

Another run heavy drive
would lead to a Ravens
27yd FG, wrapping up
the scoring in the first
half with a Ravens
17-7 lead.

Baltimore QB Joe Flacco
was not on form going
3 of 11 passing in the first
half,the bad QB play
would continue with Flacco
throwing an INT to Colts
A.Bethea.,who returned
the ball to the Raven 38.

Baltimores defense held
tough against Addai's
running and forced the
Colts offense to settle
for a 24yd FG.Making
the 3rd Q score 17-10
Ravens.

Colts RB J.Addai broke
free on on a 15yd pass
from Manning for a score,
at the start of the 4th Q.
To tie the score up
17-17.

Ravens QB J.Flacco
continued to struggle
and the Ravens offense
soon had to punt.

Baltimores defense held
but the Colts still managed
to squeak in a 49yd FG.
Taking the lead 20-17
with 3.47 left in the game.

Joe Flacco suddenly woke
up and looked more comfortable
in the hurry up offense.
Giving the Ravens hope again
as the drive ended with a 24yd FG.
And bringing the teams level 20-20
with 1.30 to go in the game.

Time would stand still
for an eternity as Raven safety
D.Landry would see Colts WR
P.Garcon get behind him into
the endzone and catch a Manning
strike for 50 yds and a game
dagger plunging TD.
Giving the Colts the lead 27-20
with 52 seconds left.

Ravens QB Flacco again looked
comfortable in the hurry up.
And drove the Ravens down
to the Colts 20.But with 2
seconds left Flacco was
forced to fire a wild incomplete
pass or be sacked to end the
game for a bitter Ravens loss
27-20.

The hammer blow,Garcons 50yd game winning TD.

Ravens RB Ray Rice rushed for 158yds 1TD and added 87yds receiving.
Colts WR P.Garcon had 6 receptions for 215yds 2TD's
Colts RB J.Addai rushed for 99yds

SUPERBOWL

Colts 19-31 Saints

Free Agency 
Players of note picked up
Colts WR P.Garcon
Panthers LE T.Brayton
Pittsburgh QB Dennis Dixon
Cowboys LT Alex Barron

Players of note lost
LT     J.Gaither
DT    K.Gregg
OG   M.Yanda
QB   T.Smith

Retired
CB     S.Springs
WR.   D.Mason
WR    T.Owens

Draft picks of note overall rating
OVR 75 CB 1st Rnd
OVR 84 DT  2nd Rnd

An NFL playoff classic

Ravens @ Pats div playoff game
New England looked unstoppable
on their opening drive.Taking the
lead with a 31yd screen pass from
Pats QB Tom Brady to RB
L.Maroney.

Boldin breaks tackles

The alarms bells could have started
ringing early on the Ravens sidelines.
But big free agent signing WR
Boldin broke 2 tackles on a slant
to break free for a 48yd TD to
tie the score 7-7.

The Patriots struck back with a
2yd dive by RB S.Morris.

Ray Lewis stops New Englands drive with an INT.

With the PAT's up 7 and driving
again in the 2nd Q. Future Hall
of Famer Ray Lewis stepped
infront of a Brady pass and
returned the ball
7yds to the Patriots 28.

The Ravens soon tied it up
14-14 with a 20yd TD pass
from Joe Flacco to FB L.McClain.

Baltimore looked to be driving
when Joe Flacco found Pat's
LB J.Mayo on the sideline.

Who returned the interception
48yds and a 21-14 Patriots lead.

Baltimore managed a quick 2
minute drive ending with a FG
closing the 24-17 Pat's
halftime lead.

K.Faulk gives up another costly turnover.

The 3rd Q
opened with
a big hit from
Raven safety
D.Landry causing
a fumble,and
Raven LB
T.Gooden
recovered the
ball at the
Pat's 26.
The Ravens
could only
manage a
42yd FG,closing
the score to
24-20.

Raven DE D.McClover seeing
limited playing time managed
to jump infront of a Brady
pass and sprint his way
back for a 45yd
score.And giving the Ravens
a 27-24 lead with 9 seconds
left in the 3rd Q .

The Patriots horrible play
continued with a missed 53yd
FG.

But it was Ray Rices fumble
that gave New England life
at the Pat's 47. Patriot WR
T.Holt gave New England
a 31-27 lead with 2.02 left
in the game.

Boldin would come up big
again with a 71yd pass
reception from Joe Flacco
to the Pat's 4.

With 1.27 left L.McClain dived
into the endzone from a yard out
giving the Ravens a 34-31 lead.

Tom Brady showed amazing
calmness moving New England
down the field for them to
kick a 32yd FG and send
the game to OT
with the score 34-34.

The Raven defense stepped up
yet again on the Patriots
opening OT drive with
Ngata stripping
the ball for Raven safety Ed
Reed to recover at the Pat's 38.

L.McClain would barge his way
in from 8yds out. To give the
Ravens an incredible 40-34
OT win.

Playoff results
Colts 25  v 13  Jets
Saints 41 v 17 Giants
Cards 27 v 10 Redskins

AFC Champ

Ravens @ Colts

NFC Champ

Cards @  Saints

AFC Wildcard

Foxworth makes the games first big play.

Ravens @ Steelers
Heinz field Pittsburgh snow
and high winds would bring
any QB to their knees.
But it was Steeler QB
B.Roethlisberger who made
the first mistake of the game
throwing an Int to Raven CB
D.Foxworth who returned the
ball to the Pitt 45.

The Ravens moved into
scoring position when
Raven QB Joe Flacco
would face the same fate,
throwing a pick in the Steeler endzone.

It wasn't until the 2nd Q that the Ravens
manged to put points on the scoreboard
a 15yd TD catch by Raven TE Todd Heap.

Pittsburgh had trouble moving out of
their own half and when they did
Raven LB T.Suggs was there waiting

TO wide open for Flacco's 2nd TD throw

for them,intercepting  Steeler
QB B.Roethlisberger at the Ravens 44.

Flacco brought the
Ravens back down
the field finding a
wide open T.Owens
for a 16yd TD
and a 14-0
1st half lead.

The Ravens had successfully
coverted two 4th downs in
the first half.But no call was
bigger than the 4th & 1
which lead to Raven
WR TO's 2nd TD
catch of the game this time
from 15yds out.Bringing the
score to 21-3 in the 3rd Q.

The Ravens would not stop there,with
Ray Rice brushing off Steeler defenders
taking Flacco's pass in for a 11yd score.

J.Miller gives the Steeler faithful a  leaving present.

And while the Steeler faithful
were heading to the exits,
unused free agent CB
standing in for an
injured L.Webb
caught hold of
Roethlisbergers bomb
and weaved his way
back past 11 Steeler
players for a 83 yd
Int return TD.

Raven QB Joe Flacco
threw 4 TD's as
the Ravens embarrass
the Steelers 35-10.

Raven RB Ray Rice had
yet another all round
performance with
75yds rushing
and 66yds 1TD receiving.

Flacco went 22 of 34 216yds 4TD's 1Int

WILDCARD RESULTS

Giants 16- 6 Packers
Jets 36 - 17 Broncos
Cards 33 - 13 Seahawks

Ravens Div playoff game

@ Patriots 14-2 

The final game of the regular season

Week 17 v Bengals

Todd Heaps 29yd TD catch

The Ravens jumped to an early
10-0 lead.Thanks to a Ray Rice
51yd scamper on the Ravens
second drive which led to a
Todd Heap 29yd TD catch.

As if this was not enough
the Raven TE rumbled
down the right sideline
for a 2nd TD covering

Todd Heaps 2nd TD of the game for 38yds.

38yds.

The Bengals woke up with
a poor read by Raven QB
Joe Flacco as LB K.Rivers
returned an INT 58yds for
a TD.

The following Raven drive
saw Willis McGahee break
to the outside on a 35yd
TD run.

The Bengals offense were held
to a total of 47yds for the half.

The last Raven score came on
D.Foxworth 43 Int return for
a TD. Giving the Ravens a
45-23 win over the Bengals.

Rice piled up 145yds rushing.
TE Heap 129yds receiving.
Kelly Greg had 3 sacks.
And the Ravens D chalked
up a combined 8 sacks on Palmer.

The Ravens had more to celebrate
when they found out they had
reached the playoffs and have to face
Pittsburgh for their wildcard game.

Season performers

Raven QB Joe Flacco 3797yds 24 TD's 24 INT's
Raven RB Ray Rice 1413yds rushing 6 TD's
                            + 759yds receiving 4TD's
Raven TE Todd Heap 1104 yds receiving 5 TD's
Raven WR T.Owens     886yds receiving 7 TD's
Raven DT K.Gregg 8 sacks.
Raven CB's Foxworth & Washington tied with 4 INT's.

AFC wildcard race heats up.

Week 15 v Saints
The snow had returned to M&T and was the only
hope of shutting down the deadly passing attack
of Drew Brees and the Saints.

L.Webb was having some success returning punts
after WR D.Stallworth was placed on IR. So the
tone was set when Webb caught the Saints
punt and zig zagged his way back for a 65yd TD.

The good fortune continued when Raven LB Gooden
forced a fumble on the Saints kick return,Safety Nakamura
recovered and moved the ball down to the Saints 5yd line.
Which led to a 3yd TD dive by backup FB O.O'Neal.

The Ravens looked to add to their commanding lead but
Raven RB Ray Rice fumbled his pass reception at the Saints
5yd line. Saint C.Vaughn recovered and raced 95yds back for
a TD.

Derek Mason secures a Raven victory.

To stop any thought of a comeback
Raven  WR D.Mason
broke free down the middle
for a 20yd TD catch to put the
game away 33-24 in the 4th.

Raven RB Ray Rice had an
outstanding day with 127yds
rushing,and 103yds receiving.


Week 16 @ Browns
The second play of the game saw
Raven WR A.Boldin beat inside coverage
and raced down the sideline for a
78yd TD.

T.Pryce shows agility intercepting and scoring a TD

Once again in the snow
the Ravens played tough.
Seeing Ngata bringing
down Brown QB Jake
Delhomme who wildly
threw the ball straight into
the arms of Raven DE T.Pryce
who took the gift 13yds for a TD.

Just to add insult to injury
Raven QB J.Flacco found WR
T.Owens on a deep post.The
Raven receiver outraced two
defenders to the endzone for
a 57yd score.

Raven RB Ray Rice closed out
the scoring with a 44yd TD run.
To give the Ravens a 38-14 victory.

AFC wildcard race

Ravens 10-5 last game v Bengals 6-9
Broncos 10-5 last game v Chargers 9-6
Jets       10-5  last game v Bills 5-10

Race for AFCN division

Week 12 v Buccs
A defensive struggle was topped by
great blitzing pressure on Buccs QB
J.Freeman causing a poor throw to
be Intercepted by Raven safety Ed Reed
and returned 50yds for the winning score.
As the Ravens won 17-10 and move to
7-4 in the AFCN division.

WR D.Stallworth was placed on IR after
getting injured on a kick return.

TE Dickson got the only Raven TD

Week 13 v Steelers
On a snowy field at M&T the Ravens
had their best chance to tie up the
division lead with Pittsburgh.
Raven QB Flacco did not feel
comfortable with the weather conditions
throwing 3 picks,one returned by Steeler
CB I.Taylor for a 34yd TD.

H.Ward 8 rec 97yds 2TD's was the Steelers
star as Pittsburgh  won 24-7 and held on to
the AFC North lead.

Week 14 @ Texans
Once again the Ravens turned in an impressive
performance after a poor outing the week before.

As Joe Flacco broke 3000yds passing for the season.
And Ray Rice broke 1000yds rushing for the season.

Raven QB Flacco threw for 3 TD's one to Ray Rice
for 71yds as the Ravens beat the Texans 34-17.

AFCN Division Standings
Steelers  9-4
Ravens   8-5
Bengals  5-8
Browns   4-9

Top Raven Season stats
Raven QB Joe Flacco  3103yds passing 18 TD's 20 Int's
Raven RB Ray Rice     1018yds rushing 5 TD's.
            +                      57 rec 554yds 4 TD's.
Raven TE Todd Heap  71 rec 920yds 3 TD's.
Raven WR Terrell Owens 48 rec 794yds 6 TD's.

Ravens start to turn season around.

Week 10 @ Falcons

Ray Rice gets the win in Atlanta.

Raven CB F.Washington got the Ravens off to a
good start with a 77yd Int return TD.But with
the Ravens down 27-20 to the Falcons late in the
4th Q a deep desperation pass to Boldin resulted
in a PI call at the Falcon 8 with no time left on  the clock.

Raven QB Flacco stayed calm in the pocket and
tied the score up 27-27 with an 8yd TD
pass to WR T.Owens to force overtime.

The Ravens won the coin toss in OT and marched
downfield capping their drive with a 50yd TD run by R.Rice.

Raven RB R.Rice ended the day with 189yds rushing and 66yds receiving.
As the Ravens won in OT 33-27.

Week 11 @ Panthers
The Ravens turned the game around in the 4th Q
with a great punt by Koch
to the Panther 2yd line,which led to a safety of QB
M.Moore in the Carolina endzone.

Baltimore took full advantage of getting the ball back after the kick
with a 10yd TD pass from Flacco to T.Owens,who
also converted  with a one handed catch for 2 points.
The Ravens got their 4th straight win,with the score 17-14.

Raven TE T.Heap 4 rec 136yds 1TD for 77yds.
Raven MLB Ray Lewis out with ankle injury for 2 weeks.
Raven OLB P.Kruger was placed on IR.

Setup

[All Pro] 7 minute quarters normal clock.

Boldin finger tip catch

Free Agents

Signed WR Terrell Owens.
CB Shawn Springs

Week 1 @ Jets

Ravens go up 17-0 only to
lose  35-24  giving up
21 points in the 4th Q.

Raven QB Flacco threw for 488yds 2TD's 3 Ints.
Jets QB Sanchez threw for 426yds 3TD's 1 Int .

Week 2 @ Bengals
Ravens took a 14-3 lead  but ended up losing
again 27-24,on a Bengal 33yd FG with 15 seconds left in the game.

Raven QB Flacco threw for 321yds 3 TD's.
Bengal QB Palmer threw for 311yds 2 TD's.

Bengal RB C.Benson had the biggest play of the game an 80yd TD run.

Week 3 v Browns
Ravens took a 10-0 lead but again went on to lose as the Browns scored 13 unanswered points in the fourth Q to win 13-10.Dropping the Ravens to 0-3.

Week 4 @ Steelers
Ravens raced out to a 21-10 1st half lead and got their first  win of the season 21-17.

Big plays of the game.
Raven QB Flacco pass to RB Rice for a 78yd TD.
Raven CB L.Webb 77yd Int return TD.
Pitt WR H.Ward 86yd TD catch.

Week 5 v Broncos
Raven CB L.Webb got his 2nd Int return TD of the season this one for 49yds to give the Ravens their 2nd straight win of the season 28-21.

Best player.Raven TE T.Heap 10 rec 160yds.

Week 6 @ Patriots
The Ravens winning streak came crashing back to earth as three Raven QB's
threw a total of 7 Int's.As the Patriots went on to win 37-10.

Best Player.Patriot WR W.Welker 9 rec 160yds 1TD

Week 7 v Bills
The Ravens unleashed their frustrations out on the Bills with a 31-7 victory.

Raven RB R.Rice had his best game of the season with 124yds 1TD rushing,
and 55yds 1TD receiving.

Week 9 v Dolphins

Ravens experience their best defensive game of the season beating Miami 24-3.

Raven RB R.Rice continued his strong form with 23 rush's for 143yds 2TD's.
While Raven WR T.Owens had 3 rec 102yds.

AFCN Standings
Steeelers 5-3
Ravens   4-4
Browns  3-5
Bengals  3-5