Source- After his team's 35-31 loss, Ravens coach John Harbaugh objected to what he called a "substitution trick" by the Patriots in the third quarter of Saturday's AFC divisional playoff game, saying it was "clearly deception" that he hoped the league would examine.
The Patriots dug into their bag of tricks on their second drive of the third quarter, lining up just four offensive linemen and declaring a normally eligible receiver as ineligible to keep Baltimore off balance.
Ravens players were confused about which Patriots to match up with in coverage, and Harbaugh drew an unportsmanlike conduct penalty for running onto the field and screaming in objection. Harbaugh said after the game that the officials "didn't understand what was going on."
"We wanted an opportunity to be able to ID who the eligible players were," Harbaugh said. "What [the Patriots] were doing was they announce the ineligible player and then Tom [Brady] would take them to the line right away and snap the ball before we had a chance to figure out who was lined up where. That was the deception part of it. It was clearly deception.
If you pay attention to anything, you know that the Patriots came back from being down 14pts TWICE on Saturday against the Ravens to advance to the AFC Championship game. All week the Ravens had been more worried about not saying Tom Brady's name than playing the game its self. Good game plan. JK. Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots had some tricks up their sleeves, apparently Harbaugh and the Ravens don't know how to football. I'm pretty sure Nick Saban and Alabama used this same exact play this fall. I hate that the Ravens lose and are automatically saying the Patriots cheated and were being mean! Grow up, Ravens. You lost fair and square. The Patriots were the better team, no one expected you to win and that's exactly what happened.
P.S. This is such an awesome play. I absolutely love everyone involved.
Nobody from Ravens personnel ever said that they were being mean or cheating. Harbaugh only asked to have the play reviewed so it doesn't happen again. Bill Belichick and the sorry, sorry Patriots are notorious for being a cheap team. I wouldn't be surprised if they pulled a stupid stunt like that. Do you not remember spygate?
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