As always when he win the coin toss Belichick decided to kick the ball, Baltimore put up an impressive drive with all passes and just 1 short run, in fact Flacco decided to alternate short and medium distance passes in multiple situations and formations, he has been so effective on paly action fakes and has been a play action pass to WR Aiken from a power formation who caught the entire Pats defense by surprise and gave the 1st TD of the game to the Ravens. Great start also by the Ravens defense who stop the Pats easy and gave their offense a chance to increase their lead and they did with a very good catch by Steve Smith in the end zone on a slant route after a very well coached drive that shown more balance than the 1st one but explained everyone where the Pats are vulnerable, inside the numbers their passing defense left too many free zones and chances to receive the ball.
Great reaction by the Pats on the following drive especially with 2 long Gronk receptions who took them close to the Ravens end zone and on a 3rd down Brady took the ball on the end zone by himself on a clever run force by the overload side blitz by the Ravens who left the left side completely uncovered and Brady took advantage of it. After some minutes dominated by both defense the Pats tied the game with a drive full of his typical Bray short passes and Amendola received 1 of them on an out route from the slot to score the game tying TD. With less than 2 minutes left Brady got the chance to get their 1st lead of the game but he wasted it at midfield trying to find Gronk on a seem but he got picked by MLB Smith who read it perfectly, Flacco didn't waste his chance and along with a Revis pass interference he has been able to get close to the Pats end zone and once there he found TE Owen Daniels on a seem in the end zone even if he has been well covered by Hightower.
Good stop by the Ravens defense to begin the 2nd half and that gave the possession of the ball to Flacco who again killed the Pats defense this time with outside passes the best 1 on a 4th and 6 to find T.Smith close to the NE's end zone despite a pass interference but they cameback by 15 yards due to a taunting call and on the very next play Forsett received and scored a TD on a flat route. Brady cut the deficit on the following drive with another drive full of passes especially with seems to TEs and out routes to his WRs, they finally found Gronk in the end zone on a quick slant. Baltimore got stopped quickly and NE tied the game on the very next play with beautiful trick play faking an outside screen to Edelman who received it and then passed it down the field for a 51 yards TD by Amendola who was alone on a vertical route. Flacco snap his 186 consecutive postseasons passes without get picked when he missed the pass to T.Smith on an out route and McCourthy punished him but fortunately for the Ravens the Pats cameout with nothing. Baltimore changed his offensive strategy with good results running the ball the majority of the snaps but they fell a lil bit short of the end zone and they regained the lead with a Tucker's short yardage FG. The Pats fought back after an infinite numbers of short passes they went deep on a vertical route to WR LaFell to score the TD that gave them the 1st lead of the game with 5 minutes left. Flake seemed to win the game for his team but he made an huge mistake passing the ball deep to T.Smith but D.Harmon intercepted him in the end zone, NE chewed nearly all the clock out and gave the time just for an hail mary that has been deflected to the ground by S McCourthy.
Baltimore played great for 3 an a half quarters on both offense and defense but Flacco unpatience killed them, if he would continue to play safe i m sure they would win this game.
New England shown another time that this year the have the letter D on their DNA and this kept them alive on a very difficult game when their offense struggled more than usually do that's why i give to the "jolly" McCourthy the MVP trophy of this game.
Good stop by the Ravens defense to begin the 2nd half and that gave the possession of the ball to Flacco who again killed the Pats defense this time with outside passes the best 1 on a 4th and 6 to find T.Smith close to the NE's end zone despite a pass interference but they cameback by 15 yards due to a taunting call and on the very next play Forsett received and scored a TD on a flat route. Brady cut the deficit on the following drive with another drive full of passes especially with seems to TEs and out routes to his WRs, they finally found Gronk in the end zone on a quick slant. Baltimore got stopped quickly and NE tied the game on the very next play with beautiful trick play faking an outside screen to Edelman who received it and then passed it down the field for a 51 yards TD by Amendola who was alone on a vertical route. Flacco snap his 186 consecutive postseasons passes without get picked when he missed the pass to T.Smith on an out route and McCourthy punished him but fortunately for the Ravens the Pats cameout with nothing. Baltimore changed his offensive strategy with good results running the ball the majority of the snaps but they fell a lil bit short of the end zone and they regained the lead with a Tucker's short yardage FG. The Pats fought back after an infinite numbers of short passes they went deep on a vertical route to WR LaFell to score the TD that gave them the 1st lead of the game with 5 minutes left. Flake seemed to win the game for his team but he made an huge mistake passing the ball deep to T.Smith but D.Harmon intercepted him in the end zone, NE chewed nearly all the clock out and gave the time just for an hail mary that has been deflected to the ground by S McCourthy.
Baltimore played great for 3 an a half quarters on both offense and defense but Flacco unpatience killed them, if he would continue to play safe i m sure they would win this game.
New England shown another time that this year the have the letter D on their DNA and this kept them alive on a very difficult game when their offense struggled more than usually do that's why i give to the "jolly" McCourthy the MVP trophy of this game.
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