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Anyone, even an idiotic blogger, could have told you that the Ravens weren’t as good as their record. The Cincinnati Bengals ran ragged over them. If Justin McCareins could catch, they could have easily lost to the Jets. Were it not for a 15-yard penalty awarded on the game-winning drive, they might not have beaten Arizona either.

And now they went to “lowly” Cleveland, and let their quarterback and running back castoffs beat them soundly. How could this happen to the mighty Ravens? Could it be that the Ravens defense is past its prime? Could it be that they should have kept Adalius Thomas instead of Ray Lewis?

Well, Billick is too media-savvy to just come out and blame the officials straight up for the Ravens loss. But he’s also not one to accept blame. So it’s not surprising that in the postgame press conference he said: “The officiating matched our play.” Typical way of saying that his team didn’t perform, but at the same time, making an excuse that it wasn’t really their fault.