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January 25, 2012

No Crying in Football
Update: Harbaugh: "nonsense."

Awwww....I know it hurts...let it out...

Baltimore Ravens kicking consultant Randy Brown told Angelo Cataldi and The Morning Team today on 94 WIP that the scoreboard in New England was incorrect during that final drive. “The scoreboard was one down behind, the entire last three plays, from what we understand,” Brown said. That caused Billy Cundiff to have to rush on to the field with just seconds left on the play clock to try and make the kick, which he missed.

When Cataldi asked Brown if he thought the Patriots did it it on purpose to gain an advantage, Brown replied, “I don’t think you can rule anything out in New England, can you?”

Losing such a close game has got to hurt, but this sort of whining is just unbecoming. This guy was the coach directly responsible for the kicker, he's trying to take the heat off himself and he knows the best way to do that is point fingers at a team and a guy disliked by many in the league.

Is Brown trying to suggest that not one person on the Ravens sideline could accurately count downs? Not one of the coordinators let Harbaugh know there was a mistake? If Brown's looking to blame someone, he can look at his coach, who had a time out he could have used but did not.

If the Ravens want to make it to the Super Bowl, they've got to be honest about their weaknesses and fix them instead of looking for villains to blame.

UPDATE - Harbaugh responded earlier today.

“Any suggestion the wrong down info was a deliberate effort to affect the outcome of the game is nonsense,” Harbaugh said Wednesday, per Jeff Zrebiec of the Baltimore Sun.

Good for him. Unless teams have strong evidence, they shouldn't throw around these sort of accusations.

Posted by slublog at January 25, 2012 09:57 AM

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