Bart Scott = Super Pessimist
Ravens linebacker Bart Scott finally revealed why he went bonkers and threw an official’s flag into the stands after the Patriots scored the go-ahead touchdown.
He was just standing over Samari in an imposing fashion and was just going off on him,” Scott said. “At this point, the game was over with. … He was talking a lot of stuff about being a man. What does that mean? I said, ‘Have some integrity.’ … He’s the figure of justice out there. So why wouldn’t he be the bigger man and walk away?
The part to focus on here is “At this point, the game was over with.”
Oh really Bart? Was it? The Ravens got the ball back at their own 20 with 43 seconds left and one timeout. Sure, the offense had their work cut of for them, but just over 30 hours earlier the Bills had the ball at their own 27 with 35 seconds left and no timeouts. Their situation was much more dire than the Ravens’, but Trent Edwards still managed to lead the Bills into field goal range (even without the coaching clinic put on by Joe Gibbs).
Now let’s pretend Scott didn’t commit the penalties. A good kickoff return would have given the Ravens the ball at the 35, and then they would have needed only two or three 10-15 yard completions to give Matt Stover a chance. Thirty-five seconds and one timeout was plenty enough time to get that done.
I don’t blame Scott for what he did—if I was on a 4-8 team that just let one of the biggest upsets in NFL history slip away I might have picked up the actual official and thrown him into the stands. I also know Scott isn’t used to Kyle Boller putting points on the board (none of us are and I don’t think any of us ever will be). Still, he’s wrong to even imply his penalties didn’t hinder the Ravens comeback efforts.
4 Comments »
Chamomiles Davis on 06 Dec 2007 at 3:19 pm #
To be fair, he had just looked over Brian Billick’s shoulder as Billick wrote the words “game over” into his notebook.
Jim on 06 Dec 2007 at 4:09 pm #
Bart, did you say ‘Have some integrity’ or ‘WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY, MOTHERFUCKER?!?!’
Josh on 06 Dec 2007 at 5:41 pm #
Moreover, had the call been reversed, he would’ve given the Pats a 1st down on the 2 yard line!
Scarlett on 08 Dec 2007 at 12:37 pm #
I agree with the author of this article….I would have wanted to pick up the official (AND the mutha runnin’ his mouth) and thrown THEM in the stands. Just continue to “do what you do,’ Bart… let it go, it’ll all come out in the wash.