Quote: Originally Posted by bigdaddybruce44 Eh, they called 14 penalties against Baltimore. There were awful calls against both teams.

It wasn't remotely close to evenly officiated, counting penalties does not tell the story. It's the impact and egregiousness of the calls that impacts the game. The Ravens had two different touchdown drives (both Smith TDs) which were extended by phantom calls on the defense on 3rd down, whereas the Patriots had at least one drive stalled by terrible offensive penalties.

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