Watching the Ravens-Packers game on Monday night was very frustrating because of all of the yellow on the field. No, it wasn’t Green Bay Packer yellow, it was yellow flags from the referees.
Every time the Baltimore Ravens made a good defensive play it was marred by a penalty. I don’t think everything the Ravens did to Green Bay was a penalty and certainly not the first pass interference call on Domonique Foxworth. Foxworth played textbook man coverage and was whistled for a penalty. It seems that the secondary, especially Frank Walker, has been penalized all season long.
The problems didn’t start with Green Bay, and I’m sure they won’t end this week with Detroit. Part of the problem with the Ravens is their reputation. For years Baltimore trash-talked their way through games and made the rest of the NFL despise them. Not so much the league, or the refs, but the teams. Since John Harbaugh took over last season, the Ravens have stopped with the extra activities after the plays. The reputation, however, has stuck.
Maybe the Ravens can work on this perception in the last four games of this season and keep it up next season, but it might be a little rough at times until there is a noticeable change in the attitude of the Ravens players.
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