Lewis totally jumped the play. He timed his run from about 7 yards off the line of scrimmage so perfectly that he shot the gap between the center and the guard before either of them could look up. It wasn't a matter of bad blocking, bad running, or even bad play calling (although to your point the ravens weren't stopping the pass), it was just an amazing individual effort by Ray.
You're right, but it doesn't make it taste any better.
The play call I will definitely call Norv on was not going for the TD to end the first half.
There were a lot of bad calls against the Bolts too.
* Roughing the kicker. It looked like Larry English was pushed past the blockers, but he made an obvious effort to stop and avoid the punter.
* A non-call on an obvious PI on Chambers that would have been a TD.
* Not restarting the 25 second clock when it was the boneheads up stairs who wanted the challenge - please. They need to change that rule - if the game clock is running and its stopped for a review - the GAME clock needs to start when the ball is spotted. its gives an unnecessary advantage to one side EVERY time. but if you just resume the game clock - things are status quo and normal time outs, or grounding the ball applies and not luck of the clock stopping. That alone was HUGE. It took us from first down on the one, with an easy punch into the end zone, back to the 6 with a much harder task.
But I guess I can take heart in the fact that the Bolts did pretty well with a patchwork OL and DL of scrubs and rookies. The Ravens still have a solid defense and the Bolts still could have and should have won that game.
