Ravens cry foul over noncall on final play of loss to Chiefs

[Hammock Parties]

BITTER RATBIRDS

https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/...209-story.html

As Ravens quarterback Robert Griffin III dropped back to pass on what proved to be the final play of Sunday’s game, the odds were not good.

The Ravens were down a field goal in overtime. Starting quarterback Lamar Jackson was out with an ankle injury. Under two minutes remained. The team faced a fourth-and-22 from its 41-yard line. According to ESPN, the Kansas City Chiefs’ win probability was over 79 percent.

But after the pass fell incomplete and the 27-24 overtime loss was sealed, the Ravens were unhappy the game hadn’t lasted at least a play longer. Coach John Harbaugh, wide receiver Willie Snead IV and Griffin said the officials missed a pass-interference penalty on Chiefs cornerback and Baltimore native Kendall Fuller.

The penalty would’ve produced an automatic Ravens first down and kept alive their hopes for a game-tying field goal or game-winning touchdown.

“Yeah, I saw it,” Harbaugh said. “I think you guys should write what you see. You want us to get up here and criticize the officiating. You saw the officiating all day. You know what it was. You should write what you see. You don’t get fined for it, right?” (Coaches are subject to NFL fines for criticism of the officiating.)

Griffin said he didn’t have a chance to warm up before entering the game facing a third-and-22. His first throw was an incompletion, and after Jackson did not return to the huddle, the team’s third-string quarterback dropped back one final time.

He targeted Snead, running an out-breaking route close to the line to gain. “I was like, ‘I got a chance here,’ ” Snead recalled thinking. Had he made a sixth catch Sunday, the reception might have come up just short of the 37-yard line he needed to reach.

But he said he felt premature contact from Fuller, and Griffin saw the same.

“I mean, of course I did,” said Snead, who had a team-high 61 yards. “I thought that. At the end of the day, it’s out of my control. I got to catch the ball, but I felt like I would’ve been short anyways, but at the end of the day, there was contact. But it is what it is. You just got to learn from it and move on.”

He added: “There were calls we could’ve got all over the game, but at the end of the day, it came down to that play. I didn’t get the call. At the end of the day, I didn’t get the catch.”

Griffin, who said he hadn’t been able to watch a replay of the coverage, blamed himself for not throwing a better pass. But he pointed to the Ravens’ indignant sideline reaction as a reflection of his own perception of the noncall.

“I felt like Willie ran a great route and the DB got there a little early, and they didn't call it,” Griffin said. “It makes me feel a little bad. I feel like I let the team down in that situation. I was ready to go and I tried to do the best I could at that time. Just wish I could've done more."

[Hammock Parties]

Originally Posted by carcosa

I hope their plane crashes!!!!!!!

that is a hell of a thing for you to say

[carcosa]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

that is a hell of a thing for you to say

I stand by it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rain Man]

Somewhere there's a person complaining that a Raven should have been penalized for murdering a guy. So I guess it evens out.

[greg63]

Originally Posted by thegame214

losers stop Mahomes 4th and 9 and 4th and Goal and it's over

Exactly! They are, after all, the best defensive team in the league.

[MVChiefFan]

Originally Posted by IowaHawkeyeChief

Not me... They would have some weird type of draft among the other teams to fill their roster...

And, by some unfortunate stroke of “because Chiefs”, Mahomes is accidentally left off the do not touch list and they draft him with the first pick.

[Flying High D]

They need to tone it down before Mahoney goes all 4th and 9 on them.

[suzzer99]

Clay can you gif up that last hit on Mahomes on 3rd down at the end of our OT FG drive? That really looked like helmet to helmet and late hit in real time. I'd like to shove it back in their faces.

[Hammock Parties]

no

[suzzer99]

Please?

[Chief Northman]

Lol

[carcosa]

Originally Posted by Hammock Parties

no

not very nice

[TinyEvel]

Refs seemed to not be calling stuff all the first half, then called too much stuff, then pulled it back right at the right time.

[BlackOp]

Originally Posted by suzzer99

Clay can you gif up that last hit on Mahomes on 3rd down at the end of our OT FG drive? That really looked like helmet to helmet and late hit in real time. I'd like to shove it back in their faces.

I'm the first person to call out the officials regardless if it benefits KC or not...

There were missed calls on both teams...but nothing as terrible as what the Chargers have been getting in their favor.

Romo even pointed out that one of their players should have had 4 penalties already...and it was still the first quarter. They no called a DH on Hill on the first drive which essentially ended the possession.

The most glaring no call was a late hit to the chest of Mahomes in OT. That has been called every time this year...It would have put KC at the 5 with a 1st down....and TD wins it in OT. The PI call they are complaining about doesn't happen if they call that hit correctly....the game is likely already over.

I'm actually glad they didn't call it...it would have kind of cheapened such a competitive game...likewise with a ticky tack 4th and 22 PI call. They let them play in OT...

[suzzer99]

Right - the refs were letting them play all game - and really swallowing their whistles at the end.

I doubt that Fuller DPI call, where the defender has good coverage but gets there a shade early, is made 1/3 of the time in non-game situations. Even less in a YOOGE spot like that. Stop whining Ravens.

[BWillie]

Looked like a great play by Fuller to me. He was nails all day.