If there was any doubt, the Ravens are for real.
Eight years after beating the top-seeded Titans in Nashville, Baltimore has done it again.
This time, the victory was aided by two questionable calls late in the game.
First, quarterback Joe Flacco looked to step out of the end zone on a third-and-ten play midway through the fourth quarter. If he did, and if it had been called, the score would have been cut to 10-9 Ravens, and the Titans would have gotten the ball back after a free kick.
Second, after the Titans tied the game at 10, Flacco allowed the play clock to run out. But the officials didn’t throw a flag for delay of game. And on the play that proceeded without a whistle and a flag, Flacco fired a strike to tight end Todd Heap that put the team into Tennessee territory.
Regardless, the Ravens get the winner of tomorrow’s Chargers-Steelers game.