Last Year's so called "Lee Evans Drop Pass"....

**Tspot-D-Ravenator** · 01-19-2013, 10:23 PM

I know there are quite a lot of people here that are going to disagree with me on this issue, but I will state my belief on that play that could have sent us to the Super Bowl last year...

I still believe that if that defender does not get lucky and knock the ball out of Evans' hand, Evans comes down with the ball and it's a touchdown! We win the game and go on to beat the Giants in the Super Bowl..You can tell me all you want that he has to hold onto that ball but he was turning away from the defender when it was knocked out of his hands....However, if Cundiff makes that 36 yard FG to tie the game, it's a new ballgame and we would have gotten another chance to win it....I know I'm going to catch some flac

for this, but this is how I feel and what I believe. What about you?

**Maelstrom** · 01-19-2013, 10:28 PM

I believe if either play is made the Ravens win the Super Bowl. But they weren't and the Ravens were not. And it's still good.

The bottom line is at my bottom line - my signature pic says it all...

**PurpleApocalypse37** · 01-19-2013, 10:40 PM

Wait, what? You mean to tell me the Ravens would've been in the Super Bowl if not for two miscues! I had no idea! You sure about that?

**Bigfish** · 01-19-2013, 10:43 PM

Lee Evans had both hands on the ball cleanly and should have pulled the ball into his body while rotating his body away from the defender as if he just pulled down a rebound, protecting the biggest catch of his life. The defender was beat but had the wherewithal to desperately slap at the ball that fortunately for him, dislodged it. Lee Evans blew it, period. I've watched this a thousand times, does anyone think he shouldn't have completed the catch?

**Tspot-D-Ravenator** · 01-19-2013, 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by Bigfish

Lee Evans had both hands on the ball cleanly and should have pulled the ball into his body while rotating his body away from the defender as if he just pulled down a rebound, protecting the biggest catch of his life. The defender was beat but had the wherewithal to desperately slap at the ball that fortunately for him, dislodged it. Lee Evans blew it, period. I've watched this a thousand times, does anyone think he shouldn't have completed the catch?

Never said he shouldn't have made the catch...I am saying that IF THE DEFENDER IS NOT THERE TO KNOCK IT OUT OF HIS HANDS, IT'S A FREGGIN' TD!!

~ARRRRRGGGGGGG!!

**Tspot-D-Ravenator** · 01-19-2013, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by PurpleApocalypse37

Wait, what? You mean to tell me the Ravens would've been in the Super Bowl if not for two miscues! I had no idea! You sure about that?

some people

**Bigfish** · 01-19-2013, 11:02 PM

Originally Posted by Tspot-D-Ravenator

Never said he shouldn't have made the catch...I am saying that IF THE DEFENDER IS NOT THERE TO KNOCK IT OUT OF HIS HANDS, IT'S A FREGGIN' TD!!

~ARRRRRGGGGGGG!!

I hear ya. One day a Lee Evans autograph will be worth nothing but misery to a Ravens fan.

**micadrz400** · 01-19-2013, 11:09 PM

I don't get the supposed controversial statement. If Evans catches the ball in the end zone it's a TD and Ravens win?

**esmd** · 01-19-2013, 11:16 PM

Yeah I don't get it. Of course it's a catch if Moore doesn't break it up. What am I missing?

**Bigfish** · 01-19-2013, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by micadrz400

I don't get the supposed controversial statement. If Evans catches the ball in the end zone it's a TD and Ravens win?

Yes, Lee Evans is Baltimore's Bill Buckner. Maybe not as bad, he had an accomplice in Billy Cundiff.

**Tspot-D-Ravenator** · 01-19-2013, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by esmd

Yeah I don't get it. Of course it's a catch if Moore doesn't break it up. What am I missing?

It was a GREAT play by the defender, so it wasn't all Evans' fault

**akashicrecorder** · 01-19-2013, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by Tspot-D-Ravenator

It was a GREAT play by the defender, so it wasn't all Evans' fault

I wouldn't categorize it as "great," considering he got beat badly in the first place. It was a veteran's incompetence that even allowed his desperation swipe to matter.

**ActualSpamBot** · 01-19-2013, 11:32 PM

Ifs and buts and wishes and wants.

That's the past. The future is now. Banish thoughts of failures and what could've beens.

**Tspot-D-Ravenator** · 01-19-2013, 11:37 PM

Originally Posted by ActualSpamBot

Ifs and buts and wishes and wants.

That's the past. The future is now. Banish thoughts of failures and what could've beens.

is this Ray Ray?

**Bigfish** · 01-19-2013, 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by ActualSpamBot

Ifs and buts and wishes and wants.

That's the past. The future is now. Banish thoughts of failures and what could've beens.

We're fortunate to get a redo to correct last year. This is the Raven's "Groundhog Day". Had the Pats won the Super Bowl, that twist of fate would have been worse. I'm expecting a different outcome this time. To a man, we are the stronger team overall position by position.

**HoustonRaven** · 01-19-2013, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by PurpleApocalypse37

Wait, what? You mean to tell me the Ravens would've been in the Super Bowl if not for two miscues! I had no idea! You sure about that?

No kidding.

There's literally been a few dozen of these threads already, most of which stopped getting posts in February 2012.

**IBleedPurple2127** · 01-20-2013, 12:44 AM

Originally Posted by Bigfish

Yes, Lee Evans is Baltimore's Bill Buckner. Maybe not as bad, he had an accomplice in Billy Cundiff.

This is a bit offtopic and it doesn't matter that much but it's something that kind of irks me. It should be the other way around.

Lee Evans is the Bob Stanley (pitcher who threw the wild pitch to allow the tying run to score). If Evans makes the catch we most likely go to the superbowl. Stanley throws one more strike, Sox are world champions.

Billy Cundiff is the Buckner. The player who's miscue did "officially" lose the game but if he made the play cleanly would only have extended it. So even if the play went right, the game still was not won.

It's just a little nitpick but I think Buckner's gotten way too much crap through the years, and Stanley has gotten off easy.

**Bigfish** · 01-20-2013, 12:57 AM

Originally Posted by IBleedPurple2127

This is a bit offtopic and it doesn't matter that much but it's something that kind of irks me. It should be the other way around.

Lee Evans is the Bob Stanley (pitcher who threw the wild pitch to allow the tying run to score). If Evans makes the catch we most likely go to the superbowl. Stanley throws one more strike, Sox are world champions.

Billy Cundiff is the Buckner. The player who's miscue did "officially" lose the game but if he made the play cleanly would only have extended it. So even if the play went right, the game still was not won.

It's just a little nitpick but I think Buckner's gotten way too much crap through the years, and Stanley has gotten off easy.

I'll defer to the well thought out analogy