Ravens comeback seals playoff place

Joe Flacco's 15th TD of the year was enough to see the Ravens past The Browns as the Ravens claimed a place in this years play offs. Flacco found TE Todd Heap on 4th and goal from 3 yds out with 44 seconds left to crown a remarkable comeback.

The Browns had led for the entire game, after they went ahead on the back of 10 minute/17 play drive from the opening kick off when HB James Davis found the end zone from a yard out in the first. They extended their lead in the dying minutes of the second thanks to a Dawson FG as The Browns dominated the first half with 20 minutes of the possession.

The Ravens defence stepped up a gear in the 2nd half, led by team captain Ray Lewis, who recorded 12 tackles in the game. He was ably assisted by defensive linemen Kelly Gregg and Cory Redding who both recorded 2 sacks each. As the Ravens finally found some time with the ball in hand, Flacco led the team up the field on succesive drives, only to be halted as Shayne Graham slotted field goals from 38 and 25yds to bring the Ravens to within a score at 10 - 6.

Clevelands defence tried it's hardest to deny the Ravens as time wound down, thinking they game was won after Coleman sacked Flacco to bring up 4th and 16. Flacco found Ray Rice on the following play to claim first and goal but followed up with three incompletions before he again converted when he found Heap for the winning score.

The win confirms Baltimores place in the playoffs, one win behind the 12/3 Steelers. With Pittsburgh facing a trip to the 3/12 Browns it seems unlikely that The Ravens match up with The Bengals next week will have much bearing on the final standings.

NFL Scoreboard - Baltimore Ravens (11/4) at Cleveland Browns (3/12)

December 26, 2010 1 2 3 4 F Baltimore Ravens 0 0 3 10 13 Cleveland Browns 7 1 0 0 10 Top Performers Baltimore Ravens - Stats J Flacco 17/38 190yds 1TD T Heap 5rec 57yds 1TD Cleveland Browns - Stats J Delhomme 16/22 126yds 1int J Harrison 74yds 3.8yds	Team Stats Comparison BAL CLE First Downs 13 14 3rd Down Efficiency 6/14 8/15 4th Down Efficiency 2/2 0/0 Total Yards 304 314 Passing Yards 181 99 Rushing Yards 62 134 Penalties-Penalty Yards 0/0 9/76 Turnovers 1 1 Time of Possession 25:41 34:19
Scoring Summary First Quarter BAL CLE CLE 05:40 J Davis 1yd run (P Dawson kick) 0 7 Second Quarter BAL CLE CLE 01:23 P Dawson 26yd FG 0 10 Third Quarter BAL CLE BAL 06:12 S Graham 38yd FG 3 10 Fourth Quarter BAL CLE BAL 07:20 S Graham 25yd FG 6 10 BAL 00:44 T Heap 3yd pass from J Flacco 13 10
Baltimore Ravens Passing C/ATT YDS TD INT J Flacco 17/38 190 1 0 Rushing ATT YDS AVG TD R Rice 18 63 3.5 0 D Brown 1 1 1.0 0 Receiving REC YDS AVG TD T Heap 5 57 11.4 1 R Rice 5 54 10.8 0 D Mason 3 36 12.0 0 A Boldin 3 32 10.6 0 Defense TKL SACK INT TD R Lewis 12 0 0 0 K Gregg 4 2 0 0 C Redding 3 2 0 0 T Suggs 2 0 1 0 Kicking FGM/A XPM/A PTS LONG S Graham 2/2 1/ 7 39 Cleveland Browns Passing C/ATT YDS TD INT J Delhomme 16/22 126 0 1 Rushing ATT YDS AVG TD J Harrison 19 74 3.8 0 M Hardesty 8 50 6.2 0 Receiving REC YDS AVG TD C Stuckey 4 42 10.5 0 M Massaquoi 3 33 11.0 0 B Rosikie 3 23 7.6 0 J Cribbs 2 17 8.5 0 Defense TKL SACK INT TD D Jackson 8 0 0 0 B McDonald 6 0 0 0 K Coleman 3 1 0 0 S Fujita 4 0 0 0 Kicking FGM/A XPM/A PTS LONG P Dawson 1/1 1/1 4 27

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NFL Standings - NFL - 2010 Season

Teams	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	PF	PA
X - Steelers	12	3	0	80.0	L1	305	239
Y - Cowboys	12	3	0	80.0	W4	366	266
Y - Vikings	12	3	0	80.0	W8	377	249
Y - Chargers	11	4	0	73.3	W5	330	277
X - Ravens	11	4	0	73.3	W1	336	240
Y - Saints	10	5	0	66.6	L1	362	227
Jets	10	5	0	66.6	W1	274	208
Cardinals	9	6	0	60.0	L3	288	283
Y - Jaguars	9	6	0	60.0	W1	272	225
Bengals	9	6	0	60.0	L1	322	287

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