Ravens-Titans Fourth Quarter Blogging

> Flacco rolls out, finds McGahee, but he can't get in, so Stover comes on to give the Ravens their first lead of the day. 10-7 with 14:30 left.

> A good return that starts the Titans on their 35 is followed by a nice ball from Collins to White for 15. The Slow One has a huge hole to the right where he gets another 10 yards. Collins then pump fakes and throws into double coverage deep; it's incomplete, and Kerry Collins is still a shaky proposition. Someone named Gantner loses two as Titans Fan mourns the loss of Chris Johnson from his ankle injury, but Gage saves them again with a first down catch. A White yard is followed by a back-foot incomplete for Collins, who then does the smart thing and finds Gage Again on a slant for the first. Justin Gage with 125 yards for the game. And the Titans have... seven points. Yeah, I can't figure it out either.

> White for two, and then the Titans turn it over for the *third* time today, this one on a fumble by Algae Crumpler inside the seven. The Ravens recover at the 1 with 8:57 left, and boy, you have to go back a long time to find a winning team with a negative three turnover count in a home playoff game.

> From the 1, with the Titans defense looking for the safety, the Ravens with a false start on first. Flacco sneaks for a couple. McClain loses a yard on second. Third and 10, Flacco's foot looks out of the end zone, and NO ONE IS SEEING IT. CHALLENGE! NOPE... and after a false start, there's still no challenge. I can't believe we're not seeing a reply here. The punt happens, and the Titans start at the Ravens 43. I still can't believe no one showed a replay on this. CBS is horrible. I'm pretty sure I'll see a replay of that play on, well, Tuesday. A million replays of obvious plays, but not a single one of a play that could change the game. You have to love NFL coverage.

> Collins to Jones for first as Justin McCairens is benched for some reason. Collins now has 270 yards, just an incredible amount against this defense for just 7 points. White with another big hole for another first down. Dierdorf is talking about ball security now, which is just unseemly. White to the 16 for a couple, and there's six minutes left. Titans in no hurry, which, given their turnovers, seems right. Bart Scott stops White cold for a 3 yard loss in the flat. The third and 10 from the 19 is a play where Titan Fan is probably hoping they will just take a knee and the field goal. Instead, Collins gets it to Gage, who gets close to the sticks, and it's Measurement Time. If he's short, they have to kick the field goal -- just have to. Gage is short, and Fisher isn't an idiot, so he sends in Bironas for the tie. From 27 yards away with 4:35 left, he's straight down the middle, and we're 4:23 away from a midfield fistfight between Collins and Flacco. (In a better world. Take Flacco and the points -- he's 14 years younger and has the reach.)

> Ravens start at their 24. McGahee for 6, as the Titans defense has looked a little vulnerable to the run in the second half. 3:45 left. McGahee again, doesn't get the first. Ravens taking their time, probably trying to get their defense some rest. Flacco looking flustered for play call reception. On 3rd and 2 with the clock clearly showing zeroes for a long time, Flacco finds Heap for a long one over the middle, and man, the home team is getting jobbed. Raven Fans make their presence known with a Heap chant after the play ends. CBS is all over the zero play count, but not a safety. Kill me.

> Dierdorf then covers for the refs by saying the flag for delay must have been a nanosecond away. Um, HOW LONG DOES THE CLOCK HAVE TO SHOW ZERO FOR THE FLAG THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO GET WHEN THE CLOCK SHOWS ZERO?

> Two minute warning after another Flacco deep ball that should have been picked. Kearse, back on the field, jumps the snap for a flag. McGahee with a big hole on a draw, and gets out of bounds with the first down. Ravens are a 52-yarder away from Utter Theft. McGahee for 2, and the clock is running despite three Titan timeouts. Bad move, Fisher. McClain stopped for a loss, and the Ravens call time with 1:04 left for the Dierdorf mouth job. No such luck for the previous 40 seconds of clock loss.

> Third and nine with a 51-yarder. Flacco completes it to Clayton, but he's short of the first, and that might be enough to get Stover in for a 42-yarder with the wind. Titans call time with 57 seconds left, their second. Stover's on, and Dierdorf mouth jobs him for being 40 years old... and he nails it. 13-10 Ravens with 53 seconds left, and after a decent run back, the Titans get it at the 35.

> Bad middle pass to Jones takes a lot of time off the clock for low gain. An out to Gage is incomplete. 23 seconds left and third and five here. Titans have to be perfect... and instead, there's an awful middle pass where the safety can't hold on for the pick. Final play of the Titans' season? They rush three, Collins misses an open receiver, and Baltimore has completed incredible theft. 13-10 is your final, and I'm 1-5 so far this year, with two of those losses coming from the Ravens. They'll get the chance to make it three next week, in all likelihood.

> CBS gives Flacco the mouth job post-game. No word, of course, on the fact the play clock was showing zeros, and that he committed a safety that no one saw. He's the winning QB, he's got to be the hero!