01-22-2015, 07:22 AM
(01-21-2015, 07:36 PM)idsnowdog Wrote: In the after game analysis Jimmy Johnson said that the "illegal play" that John Harbaugh was complaining about was a very old play that he last ran when he was a highschool coach. Also the week afterward on inside the NFL Willie McGuinest said that the Ravens defensive coordinator used to work for the Patriots and they used to run that play in practice, so it couldn't have been a surprise. He also said that the Ravens had timeouts, so they could have called a timeout and studied the formation. Lastly he said that whenever the Patriots couldn't recognize a formation they lined up in two different general purpose defenses.
I am not talking about the trick plays I am talking about the deflated balls. Most likely they were deflated in the Ravens game also which was much closer. If the ball help a RB hold on tighter and not fumble or aided a completion or two that could have been the difference in the game.