After a half a day to reflect on this game, it just was a perfect mix of sucky circumstances.
A kicker who was hurt (I think anyway, but also a kicker who doesn't have much power even when he's healthy)
A secondary decimated by injuries
Pretty conservative playcalling down the stretch and poor clock management at the end (to me, the risk of the Ravens running out of time vs. the reward of having more time to get a FG is heavy on the side of having more time to get into FG range, or even possibly a TD)
So while I'm still irritated with Reich, he was dealt a lousy hand with the first two cards there.
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