Sometimes there are pivotal moments in a franchise’s history. Last Sunday many people asked me why I wasn’t so upset when we lost to the Steelers. My response was that no Ravens loss could ever equal the way I felt when Evans dropped the ball against the Patriots. After that everything is secondary. The Ravens will make the playoffs this year and have a chance to get to the promised land so a few losses won’t destroy the hope.
Here’s my worry. Often a team is about to reach a pinnacle and then something strange happens. Buffalo’s Scott Norwood missed a FG against the Giants that would have won the Title—Bills have long since vanished
Jeffrey Maier stole a victory from the O’s in the playoffs and the O’s never recovered and still haven’t really.
The Caps still can’t get over the hump after being an elite regular season team year after year. The list of near misses is endless. So now Evans drops Flacco’s pass and then Cundiff shanks a FG a high schooler could make. It lingers on –it doesn’t go away. The same Cam Cameron who was a drop away from engineering the Ravens offense into a stunning upset over clearly the best QB in the past 2 decades–is scapegoated after a 9-4 start. The Ravens suddenly look thin across the lines and some of the magic has vanished. Without Ray and Suggs the defense appears leaderless, surviving only on vicious hitting and Haloti Ngata.
Fans and press alike have been blaming Cam for everything wrong with the offense for years. Look, I hope Joe comes out and throws for 400 and 5 TDs on Sunday and we can look at the move and understand. But I doubt that will happen.
Sunday presents itself as a true Judgment day for every player on this team. It’s time to step up and save the suddenly downward spiral.
We all know what will make us forget about ‘A Drop and a Shank.”
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