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Originally Posted by MaTH716
I thought that the Ray Lewis personal foul was very boarderline. The guy was trying to prevent a TD, it was close but I don't think that call is made away from Indy. Then on the play before the TD (before halftime). The Colts ran a play (forgot what it was) and only 2 seconds came off the clock. The play clearly took longer than 2 seconds. In fact I think that's why the Ravens took a timeout before the next play to see if it would be reviewed. But 2 seconds at that point might have led the Colts to kick the FG instead of trying for the endzone one more time (which of course they score). There was also a sketchy pass interference call somewhere (honestly don't remember if it was that drive).
It seemed to me that the Colts got most of the calls last night. That being said, I really don't think it would have mattered. The Colts were the better team and the Ravens couldn't do anything positive on offense. The beeter team won. But it was a very tough 2 minutes for the Ravens that pretty much closed the deal last night.
I'm sorry he had time to throw the ball away. Most likely 30 other QB's in the league would have been blasted about just going down and not throwing the ball away. But since it's Peyton Manning, it's acceptable just to drop and take a sack (maybe Eli taugh it that one cause he's mastered that one). My problem isn't really with Manning, but it is with the way Dierdof gushed over a QB taking a 5 yard loss versus just throwing the ball in the stands.
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You might be right on the clock issue, but the others I thought were legit.
As for Manning taking a slide, perhaps his goal was to keep the clock running. At that point time was the biggest issue for them.