Beat the spread, good times.
Lots of mistakes at the end there though.
-Flacco throwing deep there. Why? Even if it was a TD it would have left too much time on the clock for the Brady. They were moving the ball slowly but surely - keep that going.
-Patriots not running a play or two instead of kneeling on the ball - created a punt situation.
-Why not run around and take a safety on the last play and chew clock and then a free kick that can't be blocked?
-Why on earth do the Ravens not call for a fair catch on that punt? You have a punt block called, there is no chance for a return - and it would have saved 4-5 seconds on the clock and maybe bought Flacco another play.
Bottom line this came down to the Ravens D unable to stop Patriots passing. Such a one-dimensional offense, the Patriots didn't even try to run the ball in the 2nd half and it should be easy enough to stop that kind of offense but they weren't able to make the adjustments.
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