Brady throws deep down the seam where the defensive back has perfect coverage. Instead, he just sort of pathetically falls over out of bounds without the ball. Yep, Hymes' chances of bringing this ball in were about as good as the camerman's unless he makes a great high point contested catch and toe taps. It's basically a jump ball and you need to do better against a team like New England when you have barely been able to even get into field goal range all day. The ball isn't the worst throw ever and a better receiver probably finds a way to bring it down. 2 nd and Goal from the 4, 0:09: An ugly fade that felt like it never had a prayer of being completed.3 rd and 1 from the 8, 0:23: Three yard hitch converting the first down, clock is running.2 nd and 11 from the 18, 0:30: Short pass to the flat but Daniel Wilcox puts on a nice move to pick up 10 yards and get out of bounds.It went like this:įast forward to the two minute drill, the Patriots commit several penalties to set the Ravens up with great field position at the 18 with 0:30 left in the half. In fact, you may remember a similar throw from 2012. Sure, Taylor should expect a better ball but a receiver can do more than that. The ball is not well thrown with enough loft or on the outside shoulder but Taylor could have made a much better effort: In one of the few Baltimore plays to go deep, Boller throws to Taylor on a go route for the end zone. Lest you think we haven't had enough Travis Taylor lowlights here's another gem. The tackle is basically thrown down with one arm as Suggs steps over him to force Brady to throw the ball high and outside. Their first down pass gets blown up by Suggs throwing off the left tackle like a rag doll: The Patriots get the ball back with decent field position. The receiver fails to make a block and Taylor is met far short of the line to gain: In a real sign of confidence, Baltimore calls a delayed inside draw. On the ensuing drive, Baltimore is facing third and five. Whatever the reason, it's a brutal interception. It's as if Boller never sees Randall Gay sinking into coverage to deny the out route. That grainy image doesn't do justice to just how bad an interception this is. He gets the first down though! Sadly, it doesn't matter. Somehow, he doesn't fumble the ball on that over the head pump fake with the muddy glove on. On the next third down, Kyle Boller demonstrates what has to be the most hilarious pump fake ever en route to a first down scramble: I advise you not to look up his career statistics. Hey, remember him? Yeah we picked him five spots after Jamal Lewis in the 2000 draft at 10 th overall. Much to the surprise of everyone, Baltimore converts a first down with a short pass to Travis Taylor. The Patriots would fail to convert their next first down leaving Baltimore with the ball at the 27. He hits Patten deep downfield for a big 38-yard gain just out of Ed Reed's outstretched hands: I don't know how it gets any easier than this but the referees miss it. In the second shot, we see #72 mugging Suggs from behind and still nothing is called. In this shot, Suggs has already beaten the tackle #72 as the tight end looks on in horror. He has an easy safety except he's blatantly held on the play and it's not called: With the ball at their own 2-yard line, Terrell Suggs gets fantastic penetration, splitting the tackle and tight end. New England gets the ball deep in their own territory.
Alan Ricard has a better chance of metamorphosing into a butterfly than making this first down. Not one but TWO Patriots are waiting for him: On the Ravens' first drive to start the game and facing third and 3, Boller checks down on an absolutely dismal and predictable pass to the flat. With that said, let's take a look at the lowlights! They were giving up just 14 points a game to that point, best in the NFL. The defense came to play however and their reputation preceded them. Little of significance happens in the first half other than Kyle Boller looking like Kyle Boller and the Ravens offense generally looking inept with Jamal Lewis sidelined. Here was the AFC Playoff picture:Ī win over a powerhouse like New England would have said a lot about whether these Ravens were ready for primetime after falling short in 2003. Pittsburgh and New England were both 9-1 entering the week meaning Baltimore looked like a solid bet for the wild card. You'll come running back to Joe like Cleveland fans did to LeBron James.īoller came into this game hot with two consecutive games of 100+ passer rating and the Ravens were looking strong at 7-3. If ever one should find themselves doubting Joe Flacco's value to the team, I ask you to watch this game. We get to see all the Kyle Boller glory we could ever want in this game. 2004 was the lone season in which Kyle Boller played all 16 games.
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