cost the Titans. It was a simple off-sides by Jevon Kearse.

Of course there were a lot of other mistakes but this was one mistake too many.

They had the Ravens at 2 and 15 well out of field goal range near mid field.

Kearse jumps off sides. He did not affect the play and clearly Flacco's pass would have been incomplete.

It would have been 3rd and 15.

However, since it was 2nd and 10, the Ravens took a chance on a surprise run that produced a first down.

Had it been 3rd and 15 and the odds of a conversion would have been slim to none.

The later pass completed by Flacco was under much calmer circumstances.

Funny how you can play a whole game and one small move like that can dictate the outcome.

The refs totally whiffing on the delay of game against Flacco was the biggest play of that drive. Instead of a 5 yard penalty, they got a huge completion downfield to Heap.

I have notice that in several recent games the referees are not calling that delay of game penalty. They are a blatant too. Until recently I have never seen it happen much. Something is definitely up with that.

I noticed that too

me three.

There was a blatant miss during our first game against the jests...3rd down conversion completed...Thomas Jones scores a play or two later.

The announcers always say 'There's about a 1-second delay since the ref looks at the playclock, then looks down at the ball'. This is ridiculous to me on two counts:

(a) aren't these guys essentially paid to uphold the rules of the game? can't they use their eyesight any better than that (i.e. peripheral vision to see two things at once)?

(b) if it can't be fixed by human means, certainly some simple technological device could be introduced that was synched with the playclock. When it hits '00', the device buzzes in their hand or pocket or whatever. I don't think I'm introducing rocket science with this suggestion.

This is a huge 'whiff' by the league, and I would contend that these misses have had big results on several games this season.

You mean like the shot clock in the NBA? There's a lot that the NFL could learn from the NBA, including how to handle rookie contracts.

Same here....