Stolen

If New England goes on to enjoy an "undefeated" record this season, there should always be an asterisk to footnote the game against the Baltimore Ravens which the Patriots lost last night, despite the final score.

The game should have been over with the Ravens up by three points on a failed 4th down N.E. play in the final minute of the game. Then, to the shock and amazement of everyone, the play was called back because of a bonehead coach who had called for a time-out just as the ball was about to be snapped. Retainig possession, the patriots scored a few plays later.

If that wasn't enough, one of the Baltimore players incurred two 15 yard bad sportsmanship penalties for an untimely meltdown. That cost the Ravens a chance to return a kickoff. We'll never know if that made a difference but their special teams had been having some pretty good runbacks all night.

And still, the game ended with time running out on a hail mary pass that was caught on the two yard line. Two more yards and maybe 5 seconds would have made a big difference. Baltimore played an excellent game and everyone who watched the game knows that they wuz robbed.