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. Several plays since could bump a few from THIS LIST.
We’ll revisit the list but over the course of the next 2 Flashback Fridays, presenting what we once regarded as the 10 best in pairs. We will then ask YOU to help us create a new list.
Here are the plays we ranked as the 3rd and 4th best in Ravens history 6 years ago…
4. SHARPE GOES THE DISTANCE: After a scoreless first quarter during which the usually reliable Matt Stover missed an easy field goal, the Ravens found themselves on their own 4 yard line facing a third down and long. Sensing a potential safety he Raiders brought the house.
Trent Dilfer was able to get off a quick slant to Shannon Sharpe. Sharpe eluded one tackler and thanks to a Brandon Stokley block, he sprung into the open Raiders’ secondary that was left thin due to the all out blitz. Escorted down the field by Patrick Johnson, Sharpe finished off the longest play from scrimmage in an AFC Conference Championship ~ a 96 yard touchdown. Tampa seemed within reach.
3. DILFER GOES DEEP: Super Bowl XXXV was scoreless. The Ravens had just missed on a couple of long attempts to Patrick Johnson. A normally conservative offense took a wide open approach. It appeared as though they were looking to expose a match up in the Giants secondary.
And then it happened.
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Trent Dilfer hit Brandon Stokley who had beaten Jason Sehorn. From the moment it left Dilfer’s hands, those of us fortunate enough to be at the game knew that the pass had 6 written all over it. I can remember feeling that the play was in slow motion and the ball couldn’t get to Stokley fast enough. Eventually it did and the Ravens had a 7-0 lead. The way the defense looked that day, those 7 points looked like 40.
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