Sunday, January 22, 2012

Ravens

  • FOXBORO, Mass. -- Throughout Bill Belichicks tenure in New England, the Patriots gradually transformed themselves from a lunch-pail group of players that fed off other peoples disrespect to an offensively brilliant glamour team.
  • (CNN Sports Illustrated)
  • There was no need to ask Baltimore Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff how missing a potential game-tying field goal Sunday in the final seconds against New England with a Super Bowl trip on the line gnawed at him.
  • (Des Moines Register)
  • As appealing as it might be to vent my own frustration and play to the rage of tens of thousands of Ravens fans by ripping the TV coverage of Baltimore's agonizing 23-20 loss to the New England Patriots, facts are facts.
  • (Baltimore Sun)
  • Tom Brady waited out the final tense minutes on the sideline, and somehow his fourth-quarter leap into the end zone held up and sent him and the Patriots back to the Super Bowl.
  • (NPR News)
  • FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Dont blame Baltimores Joe Flacco. He didnt lose the AFC Championship Game. Billy Cundiff did. Or maybe it was Lee Evans. Take your pick. All I know is that Flacco did not.
  • (CBS Sports)
  • Receiver Lee Evans dropped a perfectly thrown touchdown pass with 27 seconds left in the game which would have given the Ravens a four-point victory.
  • (Baltimore Sun)
  • Deverick Howell could only stare at the television as Ravens kicker Billy Cundiffs last-chance field goal attempt hooked left of the uprights, dealing the team and its fans a heartbreaking 23-20 loss Sunday to the New England Patriots.
  • (Baltimore Sun)
  • FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Lee Evans sat on a chair facing his locker under Gillette Stadium here, alternating between fingering a piece of black athletic tape and dabbing at his eyes with a towel.
  • (Washington Post)
  • FOXBORO, Mass. -- Slumped on a stool in front of his locker, Lee Evans grabbed a towel and started wiping the tears away, using the same hands he felt betrayed him minutes earlier.
  • (Newsday)

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