Back in June of 2008 we put together our list of the Best Plays in Ravens History.
Of course time has a way of changing things. The Mile High Miracle may arguably be the greatest of all.
We’ll revisit the list but over the course of the next 5 Flashback Fridays we’ll present what we once regarded as the 10 best in pairs and then we’ll ask your help in creating an updated list.
Here are the plays we ranked as the 7th and 8th best in Ravens history 6 years ago…
Last Week’s 9th & 10th best…
8. JAMAL TRUCKS COLLEGE TEAMMATE: Leading 14-3 early in the second half, the Ravens took advantage of great field position at the Denver 28. On second and nine, Trent Dilfer handed the ball to Jamal Lewis on a bitter cold New Year’s Eve afternoon in Baltimore in 2000.
Jamal broke through the line and then leveled his former college roommate, Al Wilson and continued into the end zone for a 27-yard score. Although it was still early in the third quarter the packed PSI Net Stadium crowd knew that with the Ravens stifling defense, the franchise’s first ever playoff victory was in the bag.
7. SHARPE SAVES THE DAY: Same Denver playoff game…Trent Dilfer clanks a pass off the shoulder pads of Jamal Lewis. The ball caroms into the air just waiting to be picked off.
Instead, Shannon Sharpe snatched the ball out of the cold December air and took off down the visitor’s sideline. It appeared as though the rapidly closing Bill Romanowski would knock Shannon out of bounds, but that never happened thanks to a crushing block by Sam Gash.
Gash sent Romo rolling towards his own bench as Shannon Sharpe tight roped the sideline into the end zone for a 58-yard score and a 14-3 Ravens lead.
The crowd noise reached decibel levels reminiscent of the Insane Asylum on 33rd Street.
