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ird and short. Woodley and Farrior come up with a huge stop to keep McGahee short of the sticks and bring up a fourth and short from the 34. In no-man's land, the Ravens elect to go for it. They try to spread the Steelers out by emptying the backfield, but Polamalu reads the QB-sneak and flies over the line and decapitates Flacco.
TURNOVER ON DOWNS.
Parker carries once and the quarter runs out to end one of the longest first quarters in memory.
Second Quarter
Hines comes back after the break to test his banged up knee on a quick out, but he goes nowhere, setting up third and nine. Ben rolls out under pressure and heaves one up for Santonio down the right side of the field...this one was too pretty for words, let's go to the tape:
In something new, here's a breakdown of the play:
The Ravens are bringing seven on the blitz. You'll notice Ed Reed backs out of the play and is playing deep centerfield on the play, leaving the corners in man coverage on the outside.
Baltimore's two blitzing safeties are going to converge on the Steelers left guard (Kemoeatu). Heath Miller steps up and takes care of one of them, while Kemoeatu gets the other after throwing an initial block on Ray Lewis.
The Ravens right end (Pryce I think) blitzes wide around the outside, pulling Starks out of his stance and giving Ben a hole to step up in. Moore moves over to seal the block on Pryce and Ben steps up and to the left (shown in orange), buying himself some time.
The Ravens right end (Pryce I think) blitzes wide around the outside, pulling Starks out of his stance and giving Ben a hole to step up in. Moore moves over to seal the block on Pryce and Ben steps up and to the left (shown in orange), buying himself some time.
The Ravens corner (I believe Fabian Washington) gets caught looking into the backfield. Ben throws it long so that Washington is stuck on his heels and Holmes is able to make the catch over his head.
The rest of the play was made by Santonio cutting it back up the field (you can see that on the video clip). But something that jumped out at me was Heath Miller, who was in the backfield picking up the blitz, was able to run downfield and throw a key block to lead Holmes down the sidelines. Watch the video again. Heck of an effort by Heath.
Holmes made a heck of a dive past Ed Reed to get inside the pylon, then does a little birdie dance.
The rest of the play was made by Santonio cutting it back up the field (you can see that on the video clip). But something that jumped out at me was Heath Miller, who was in the backfield picking up the blitz, was able to run downfield and throw a key block to lead Holmes down the sidelines. Watch the video again. Heck of an effort by Heath.
Holmes made a heck of a dive past Ed Reed to get inside the pylon, then does a little birdie dance.
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