It's so funny too. I would not call the Ravens the most talented team in the world (yeah they had nice pieces on defense but a lot of those guys were getting old) but they were the ultimate matchup quirk against NE and Harbaugh went toe-to-toe w Belichick.
@@somerandomguy84 you underrate the ravens talent. The Ravens had some great players on offense. Good TEs and WRs, Flacco was good when he was consistent, and the Patriots faced Suggs and Nagata in their prime years. Reed and Lewis were still pro-bowlers, and the Ravens also had a lot of other studs on their defense.
Unspoken fact...The Patriots went to 8 straight AFC Championship games starting from this game. They won 5 of those Championship games and 3 Super bowls. Elite lvl
sigh cundiff.... we could have had two Super Bowls back to back. But this motivated us the next year and we drafted the best kicker in a long time after this.
If we would've won in 2011 , the Raven's I don't think 🤔 we get back in 2012, bc of all the injuries plus the lucky Denver game. We've wasn't that dominant of a team 2011 was better by far just switched the kickers.
Its crazy to watch this game and think it was only 10 years ago yet the game moves so different in the way they officiate it and show replays without all the new camera angles. It also crazy to see Alberto Riveron actually on the field. He was also a very good field referee.
yep, about 15 more flags would have been thrown for illegal hits if this game was officiated in 2021. the nfl let defenses play back then. sad that it came to this
He took you guys way further than should have been possible. To the doorstep of victory, and as a Dallas fan, I really wanted you guys to stick it to the Giants this time, but ah well. With that defense, it should not have been considered an upset like 2007 was tbh. Very few QBs could have taken such an unbalanced team and gone 13-3 with it. In reality that was more like a 10 win team at best on balance, but Brady was just so good that year. The problem was their offense had to play perfect to win, they didn't have much margin for error.
I always say thats the biggest part of his pennance. Nobody remembers how good he was. The Pats gave him an extension before Gronk. And nobody remembers.
@@zachshaw951 I always thought the biggest part of his penance was getting a life sentence after killing that dude who was dating his fiancee's sister, then killing himself in prison, but I guess I learned something today.
You're right the '11 Pats below avg. defense squeezed every last ounce they had to give in the AFC title game and SB 46 and it should have been enough. In both games against the Giants, the Pats superior offense didn't hold up their end of the deal.
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Not only was the 2011 season one of my favorites even though my team didn’t make it to the playoffs, but aside from the first wild card game, there wasn’t a dull postseason game. This game proved to be one of the best that year
Losing the super bowl that year hurt. That missed field goal by the Ravens felt like Myra Krafts spirit aiding the Patriots along their season. The Patriots just had so much bad luck in that super bowl and the giants of course being the derp that they were got all the luck. There's way more analysis that goes into SB46 but the Patriots, just like in SB42, had the Giants beat but just couldn't put the final nail in. I won't cry with 6 rings but that year.... doing it for Myra..... just felt right. Damn.
that's the way luck works, though. The belichick-brady pats made the super bowl 9 times in total and won 6 while the other 3 were still really close games. youre going to get unlucky in some of those super bowls. but the pats showed why they were the greatest dynasty ever by winning 6.
Lol typical Patriots fan, only acknowledges what went against them not went for them. The Patriots didn't beat a single team with an above .500 record that year until they beat the better and more complete Ravens team because of a dropped pass and missed field goal. What bad luck in the Super Bowl...you can't be talking about the dumb intentionally grounding that led to a safety on the first drive, or what about the dum throw downfield to a hobbled Gronkowski...Patriots beat themselves and they didn't even deserve to be in that Super Bowl. If we are talking about luck, then clearly the Ravens and niners deserved that Super Bowl more than the giants that beat the miners mostly because of one player, Kyle Williams choking, and the Pats got in because of two guys choking.
As an old Baltimore Colt fan , now Ravens , Belichick was on Colts staff for some years teething. I would think if you asked him what team Patriots feared playing during the brady era, it would be the Baltimore ravens.
@@rmh941 The New England Patriots were the perfect storm . Brady , Belichick & Kraft we’re all responsible for the Twenty Year Dynasty. You can say whatever . AND TB12 IS THE G O A T ! 🐐 🏈🍺🍕
Gives me chills tho, when Jim Nantz says “the kick .... LOOK OUT LOOK OUT ITS NO GOOD ITS NO GOOD!!!!” This game gives me chills and 2011 was a truly a magical season, even though we didn’t win, we made it to the super bowl and almost won it for Myra, if only Welker could make ONE more just for Myra
Myra passed away the Giants won the Super Bowl. Ann Mara passed away the Patriots won the Super Bowl on the same day! Crazy! Can't make this stuff up!!!!
Julian Edelman man-to-man against Anquan Boldin in the Ravens final drive with a Super Bowl on the line is one of the most insane things I've seen in football to this day, and the worst part is that it didn't work at all
I remember I was in third grade when that happened. It was the first time I saw the Patriots make it to the Super Bowl, before they unfortunately lost. I remember I went on Minecraft following this game so happy that they were going to the super bowl. Man, time does fly
George Burnett Facts. This was my favorite rivalry besides the Steelers. I respect the pats y’all brought the best out of us. Many blessings on the pats journey moving forward.
@George Burnett yea man that was a great game very entertaining throughout, unfortunately Mcsorley suffered a mild knee sprain and is out for the remainder of the regular season but rgiii is coming back and will be the backup to Lamar. Patriots are a franchise that I used to hate a lot but I respect the hell out of em. Still can’t get over we’re never gonna get those good ol’ Joe Flacco vs Tom Brady matchups anymore😔
2:04:11 The Patriots messed up by running on 2nd and 3 to close the game. The two minute warning was going to hit either way. Put the ball in Brady's hands instead of BenJarvus Green-Ellis.
The play before the 2 minute warning you should always run the ball or throw over the middle, since you can’t otherwise do that in the final minutes without using a timeout. It’s the last time you are guaranteed a chance to run the ball
No question the Ravens would've torched the Giants. And I'm such a Patriots apologist, I admit it, if the Pats had done the unthinkable and benched Logan Mankins at half-time they would've won that SB.
Man shoutout to The flacco, Ray Rice, bold in and Torrey Smith Era. Flacco was really the goat. Ice in his veins during the playoffs. Should have been to two SBs if Lee Evans didn't drop the ball.. Lamar has to catch up in terms of Playoff stature.. he has a long way to go
Tbh this was my favorite year watching the nfl it was still football I still love to watch it I’m addicted to it but in them days u could lay a hit on someone u didn’t have al these penalties it’s just soft today I loved to watch the qb get smacked
Ravens went from 9-14 to almost beating the patriots and going to the super bowl and they would’ve won it no doubt,then end up winning a super bowl the next year in ray Lewis’s last year nobody talks about how good this team actually was they beat Peyton and Tom Brady on the road to win the super bowl that’s crazy doesn’t get talked about at all though because people love to hate the ravens even today with lamar
Ravens would’ve made it back to back Super Bowls if Sterling Moore didn’t have enough time to knock the ball out of Lee Evans’s hands for the game winning TD. The Billy Cundiff miss field goal would never happened in the first place
this was the game where i learned how strong a fushigi ball is.(guys remember that toy?) A slammed that ball down when cundiff shanked that kick on my hardwood floor. then later that night the 49ers muffed a punt in overtime allowing the giants to win. I was rooting for both teams. I then called it, 49ers -Ravens Super Bowl next year, and my god it came true.
@Ravens Fan4 hmmmmm..... pleading to a lesser charge would lead some to believe he was more involved. If Goodell was the sitting commissioner at the time, his career would have been done.
Even though the ravens lost, they played a hell of a game. This ravens team was much better than their 2012 team. If they converted that 2nd and 1 at the end, they beat the giants in the super bowl
And? They went back and won the next year it doesn't matter if a team is better year to year it's a matter of can they get the job done look at the giants that year 9-7 and won the Superbowl
That miss with Nantz' call of "Look out! Look out!" Reminds me way too much of the fictional NFL Films clip with radio call of Ray Finkle's miss in Ace Ventura.
Ok so i am looking for when Aarron herenadez gets a concussion. By my research this game is the only docucmented case he had. Does anyone see what I am not? I cannot find gthe instance for the life of me.
damn Damn DAMN! lol Lee No catching Evans, and Billy Cum squat! I knew he was going to miss that field goal. His kicking was off towards the end of the season. Soon as they brought him out there, I said "damn I think he's gonna miss" lol
Yeah, that was a close call - one more step and it would have been a completed pass and a TD. Moore saved the day, and the game, and the season, right there.
I've always wondered why teams don't use young recievers as corners especially in nickel packages covering underneath slot receivers and running backs. It seems fairly high reward and low risk with a safety over the top. Think of all those 5'10" to 6'1" 22 year olds who are often smarter and quicker than they are pure talent and burner speed. You could take some risks jumping routes and getting a pick 6 and with the safety help only risk 8 yards
Damn, if Brady had just converted that 3rd and 4 at 2:04:37, the Patriots would’ve been able to run out the clock and Flacco would’ve never even had a chance for a game tying/winning drive. (Cundiff/Evans wouldn’t have happened)
bigblue99 things could’ve went different like what if they kicked a field goal instead of going for it on 4th down the possession before the missed field goal and what if Cundiff made it then this would’ve been a game winning field goal and not a game tying field goal and the fact that he missed it, Brady had 3 timeouts and only 11 seconds so he probably would’ve launched a deep ball to get into field goal range or if incomplete hope for a pass interference call, u never know so many different outcomes could’ve happened had the Ravens kicked a field goal earlier
This bring back great memories. This team was so maligned because of their defense but they weren't that bad here. Everybody wanted to Patriots win and shut the spygate exploiters up.
@@ivandragokrizanac9429 True, but I remember they couldn't get off the field and the pass defense was atrocious. It's a miracle they even made it that far. Tom Brady carried that team and was a catch away from winning a super bowl. He is the Dynasty.
@@hisdness1 it was bend dont break (not the best version lol) but yeah the offense and special teams gave them great field position a lot of the time. if they had bad field position they woulda gotten shit on and probs wouldve actually been 31st overall. what saved them from those long drives always ending up in td's was probs a lot of the offense's doing. BUT HEY! all 3 phases! but yeah without Brady we woulda been bottom of the league imo. dude carried belichick so damn hard
In the Time's of King's And Queen's. Vince Wilfork would have been a Warrior King he would've got all the Women and all the Food. Any challenger's faced a Violent Death.
The Ravens and 49ers Lost the 2011 Pennance but it was the other way around in late 2012 this time the 49ers and Ravens won the 2012 Pennance and went to Super Bowl 47
