Time management-Attn. Ravens

[crazyraven]

losac lets be fair about billick, he has never done this in a regular season game. trying it in practice and preseason is a different story. getting back to what I was saying earlier about the offense knowing a few plays while stepping up to the line instead of huddling up is the positive to take away from all of this. I think they will get better as the preseason winds down and the regular season starts up. The team is really looking good.

Knowing this, why leave it in the refs hands?

Because they are part of the game. Its there job to get that ball set and ready. Better that they are aware of this flub now then in the reg season. I'm glad billick called them out on this in case we are in this sitiuation again perhaps the refs wont switch up the balls.

If the Ravens are faced with this scenario agaisnt the Stealers (down by 7, 18 or 19 seconds on the 2nd hald game clock) and we win, we can all look back and say how foolish we were to ever doubt them. But right now, today, in the scenario we just faced...it was a fools decision.

Going into halftime you want to score points. You have two whole quarters to score more points. true if the ravens are down by 7 points in the 4th and they run the FG unit out there would be hell to pay.

Ask Mike Holmgren about leaving the game in the refs hands.

Good joke but with all seriousness you should expect a good job from the refs and for them to make the correct calls.

If it was a regular season game, and we lost by 3 points, wouldn't be a bigger deal than it is now?

I dont know if its because people are so sick of billick but we have to keep in mind that at this point in the game it was half time.

I agree with that article. it made reinforced the intial feelings I had when the play unfolded.