Ravens Start the “Patriots Cheated” Talk. What Took So Long?
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Billy Cundiff didn’t know what down it was on Sunday when he rushed on to the field to try and kick a game tying field goal in the AFC Championship game, and it wasn’t his fault. 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?”
This took, what? All of 48 hours? Less? How did the Ravens manage to hold out so long before the finger pointing and excuse making started? Congratulations, Baltimore. That’s more restraint than you ever showed before.
I have a confession to make. There’s been a lot of talk the last two days about what happened on the Ravens sideline, but I was unaware of all this as it was happening. I didn’t even see Cundiff sprinting to the Ravens formation from about the Foxboro/ Walpole line. But in fairness to me, I was too busy throwing up in my mouth and wishing I’d never been born to notice. I had to go back and check the DVR. But who could’ve imagined this? A kicker not being ready to kick is like a firefighter not being ready to fight a fire or a hooker not being ready to give head when a guy walks down an alley with cash.
That said, who really is at fault here? Not to let Cundiff off the hook, but isn’t this really on his coaches? If the student fails, isn’t it really the teacher that failed? In addition to “Kicking Consultant” Brown, Baltimore had the following coaches on that sidelines:
*Asst. Head Coach/ Special Teams Coordinator Jerry Rosburg
*Asst. Special Teams Coach Marwan Maalouf
*Offensive Quality Control Jason Brooks
*Offensive Asst. Todd Washington
*…Not to mention Head fucking Coach John Harbaugh who hired all these people, paid them good money, gave them overly long titles full of diminutives like “Asst” and “Consultant” only to watch Brown and the rest of them stand around in crunch time with their thumbs up their asses.
I say the blame is square on Brown. I mean, Cundiff is a kicker. A foot soldier (pun intended). What the hell was the “Kicking Consultant” doing if not… you know… consulting the kicker? And news flash to Brown: The Patriots are not in charge of managing the clock, the scoreboard, the down & distance or keeping the chains. The NFL does that. They have no more control over that shit than Ray Lewis does. If the Ravens were confused and befuddled, they should take it up with the commissioner. I guarantee you everyone on the Patriots knew what the situation was. The Ravens panicked and the Pats didn’t and that’s why New England plays on, period. So anyone on that Baltimore sidelines who cracked under pressure can take their “cheating” talk and cram it up their ass. Though they’ll probably miss, wide left. @JerryThornton1
And don’t forget that timeout they kept in their pocket to carry over to their first preseason game
BAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA shut the fuck brown you dipshit. We’re going to the superbowl and you’re not cocksucker. Deal with it. Actually just fuck yourself for that matter.
Excuses are like assholes…. Umm too bad the NFL runs the scoreboard. It’s the ref’s responsibility to make sure it’s correct, AND THERE IS A BIG ORANGE FUCKING STICK WITH THE DOWN ON IT. Wow, shittiest excuse I’ve seen in a long time.
Everyone in the league hates the Patriots. I get that. But even taking that at face value, blah blah blah Do ANY of these assholes understand how fucking stupid they look?
Call. A. Fucking. Timeout. Period. If they call that timeout, Brady is playing Poppy Hills this weekend. It’s just that simple. I think the Ravens may have had the momentum going into OT. Just the feeling I had being the stadium. Catch the ball. Call a timeout. Make a kick. whatever – do one of those things and you win.
fucking losers.
Anybody who has ever played sports at any level knows you can’t rely on the scoreboard for everything. Scoreboards are for the fans, and are wrong more often than people realize. If you’re on the field and your head is in the game, then you know what down it is. The coaches knew what down it was, that’s why they were trying to find him to get his ass on the field.
Dipshit is right. Brown should be fined by the league for making shit up about an opponent when the opponent has nothing to do with it. Is this guy new to the nfl? Where’d they find him? So fucking sad. I gotta drive through Baltimore tomorrow, I’ll be wearing my afc champ hat with wide left written on dirty window. Won’t be stopping in that shithole though.
Achart is spot on, Harbaugh went into full retard mode with clock management on that kick. You never go full retard.
OK JT, you redeemed yourself with this article, nice work. Cram it up their ass, though they’d probably miss wide left is classic.
So basically the Ravens are saying they didnt know what down it was on the last drive of the afc championship game to go to the fuckin superbowl?!?!!!? What a fuckin joke, they should feel embarassed about saying anything relevant to not knowing what down it was. EMBARASSED.
It was probably that fucking electrical engineer/janitor from the Buffalo Wild Wings ads… Find and kill him, Baltimore
Bigdefense ftw!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_crew
It was right in there fucking face stop looking at the scoreboard and look right across from you at the guy holding the stick in your face.
and if ur confused use what we call a time out.
I was there and noticed what they are talking about. In fact, I was yelling “why are they kicking on 3rd down” because I saw 3rd and 1 on scoreboard. That said, no excuse because all they had to do was call a timeout.
Did Cundiff have a regulation ball? Was there even air in it?
Why the fuck is a kicking assistant being asked for an opinion?
So according to Baltimore and their ass-hat coaches, the Patriots are “cheaters”. Thusly, according to Baltimore, and their ass-hat coaches, the Baltimore coaching staff is too fucking stupid to really, really, REALLY watch for cheating going on by the Patriots. Not even subtle cheating mind you, like having a ballboy piss in their big Gatorade jug. No. Not these guys. These guys fuck around with the scoreboard so the entire world can see just how corrupt things are in New England.
Hey Baltimore, and the rest of you cock-sucking candied-ass motherfuckers. Fuck you!
i was at the game and everyone was so confused why they werent going for it on 3rd and whatever with :15 left and a timeout. the game ended before ne one knew what was going on. I didnt realize it was 4th down til i got home and watched it on tv. every screen in Gillette said 3rd down. but if they were that confused just use ur friggin timeout u douches
And if your title is “NFL kicking assistant” you are way better off taking a sharp knife and slicing your own throat from ear-to-ear while listening to Lenny Kravitz fuck up a perfectly good song.
I know NFL players are all 300 pound steroid monsters but have you ever heard more pussy wide complaining from any league about any team that constantly outplays and outsmarts everyone else like you do with the NFL and the Patriots? God it’s like listening to OccupyFoxboro fucking assholes ever since 2007. Evertime the Pats win it’s time to bitch and whine cause someone lost a close game….had to be stealing signs…had to be taping practices…had to be putting up fake downs in case an idiot kicker wasn’t following a game. It just goes on and on and on. Unreal.
i can imagine all the baltimore fans standing 100% behind this artlicle. NEWSFLASH, the scoreboard didn’t lose you the game, your fucking pathetic coaches did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44HQGlTUyh8
skips a douche
“cundiff didn’t know what down it was”
I assume he did know that if he missed on third down, you don’t get another chance, right.
What fucking down did they think it was? Third? Why not call timeout, take a quick shot at the endzone, then kick on 4th. If they thought it might be 4th, why the fuck did they not call timeout to let the guy get on the fucking field. Total clusterfuck on their sideline.
Last thing, if je was so worried about the play clock, either call timeout or take the delay of game. What’s worse, rushing through and shanking a 32 yarder or taking all day to line up a 37 ? Suck it Baltimore.
Who are you idiots that went to the game?
I was there, sitting on the 40 yard line, second row, and we all knew it was fourth down. I was behind the Baltimore bench, they all knew it was fourth down. What kind of moron couldn’t figure it out?
This all goes on the head coach. Can’t find your kicker on fourth down with the tying points on the board, call a timeout that you have to spare.
Jerry, we get it, you like the Patriots.
Relax guy.
Same with all these people commenting trying to get the attention of the staff.
Relax
http://soundcloud.com/the-promusitist/still-white-noise-and-d-r-e
thats what happens when you win, everybody hates you, ask america
ummm so can we please address the hideous smokeshow today? Wow. Brutal Pres. Brutal.
Gee, the entire offensive unit seemed to know tht ot was4 th down. They were helmet less on the sideline when the kicker and special teams coaches now claim they were the only clueless people on the team.
WHY DIDNT THEY JUST USE THERE LAST TIME OUT? 100% COACHES FAULT END OF STORY
finally a blog by jerry that wasnt absurdly long. and the joke at he end was great
by postig58 on January 24, 2012 at 9:44 pm
Jerry, we get it, you like the Patriots.
Relax guy.
Same with all these people commenting trying to get the attention of the staff.
Relax
Hey bro, not sure if you noticed, but the Pats are going to the Super Bowl, which is sort of a big deal and something people talk about. Just a heads up in case you want to wise off to anyone else that you think is talking too much about the Patriots lately.
Thanks maximumkool for a link from a blog posted yesterday
postig58 with a cool, calm and collective response to make sure every one is staying level headed. Thank god for him.
the argument starts and finishes with the fact that the ravens had a timeout. as soon as you see your kicker is semi rattled, you call that shit.
That girl is a smokeshow? GTFO
postig58 – thanks for having me relax. Before I read that I kicked my dog and broke a glass. I am better now, I just need to relax. Also – sorry staff.
Kill yourself you cunt.
The Fix is in.
Haven’t read a stitch of any of this article or comments except for the headline, so I apologize if I repeat anything… but everyone realizes that the NFL provides the scoreboard keepers and the clock keepers for each game… Not the home team… just so everyone knows…
The way the AFC Championship ended is more proof of Belichick’s genius.
Harbaugh and his staff has acknowledged they had a time out they could use. They claim they did not because they saw Belichick on the opposite field motioning to a sideline judge as if he were going to call a time out to ice Cundiff. Harbaugh and co. assumed there would be a timeout so they did not call one on their own.
Belichick, obviously, did not call the time out and the rest is history. It is an assumption on my part, but Belichick and the NE staff had to have been aware that Cundiff was rushing onto the field and would be a little hurried in making the kick. The way the reports are coming from the papers, there were 6 coaches on the Baltimore sideline screaming for Cundiff.
Better preparation and better awareness of the situation.
I’d love to see statistics on how many suicides/murders there were in Baltimore once the game ended. The way I see it, Baltimore lost this game as a conspiracy to thin the population of their city and work to improve the shit hole. Well done guys! Cundiff for mayor!
Postig58, you’re quite possibly the biggest cum guzzling, anal juicing, dog raping, faggot queen to have ever “graced” this site with your wisdom. Kill yourself. Better yet, move to Baltimore. Then kill yourself
Complete failure on their coaching staff.
i love that these coaches and players who get paid MILLIONS dont even know what the fuck goes on in their own league. like Baltimore has their own stadium that has its scoreboard run by people who work for the NFL right? do they think that only happens at their stadium and that the Pats organization has some special clause that allows them to put whatever corrupt Pats homer masshole in charge of the Gillette scoreboard? sue this kicking coach for slander and stupidity asap. or just have someone point out that they use these huge ten foot orange things on the sidelines right in front of you to tell you what fucking down it is.
tootalljones: Links to any of those articles? I’d like to read that.
And throwing the obligatory “shut the fuck up” to postig58.
Ravens fans, I’ll make this simple. Sterling Moore made two amazing plays. And your kicker choked. Live with it.
Crazy Joe:
http://espn.go.com/espn/page2/story/_/id/7494388/tmq-says-giants-patriots-rematch-better-your-typical-sequel?eleven=twelve
Scroll down to “SWEET PLAY OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND”
The aftermath of this game is typical following a major f-up. No one will accept responsibility. Without going through the individual excuses of each coach and the kicker, the fact remains that even if they perhaps are less culpable than others – one of these coaches should have been aware of the situation, stepped up, and done something about it.
It wasn’t the clock being inaccurate, or the assumption that NE would call a timeout. It was not being aware of what was happening and the options available at that specific moment in time.
If Harbaugh has the brains and the balls – he should not only chew everyone’s ass out, but consider firing some people to send the message – because if brain dead moves like that happen again he’ll be fired himself (or killed if Ray Lewis is still playing for him….)
the ravens have consistently proven they are the biggest group of sore losers in the NFL. have never heard a ravens player after losing to the pats take responsibility and admit they got outplayed
Right on Mike123. Everey single time we’ve beaten the Ravens over the last 5 years, they always come up with a crybaby excuse. As much as I hate the Jets, they always took their beatings as a man.
You guys are the real barstool groupies not the chicks, its pathetic hahaha
and commenting back with names and curses really affects me please dont do it………
So the PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL PLAYER, Billy Cundiff, didn’t know what down it was? Its his fucking job to know what down it is. He “plays” professional football! I love the lack of responsibility from the Ravens… akin to Generation Y “Everything is someone else’s fault.” Take responsibility. You lost. You got beat. Swallow hard, congratulate your opponent, and move on.
I, personally, am in IT. So, if I start turning off the servers cuz I the calendar at work says Sunday, and not Monday, its probably my boss’ fault, or my IT consultant, or basically anyone but me, cuz, you know, the calendar at work said Sunday.
when peyton and the colts whined the NFL changed the rules cuz the pats were too tough. At least when baltimore whines nothing happens. the nfl let’s them have a murderer on their team so no rules changes based on their whines
agreed with quann
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