It was a battle and the Ravens did what they could to keep it close....The team overachieved and are ahead of schedule, but once you get in the postseason anything can happen....It sure was a thrilling game and i was a tough way to lose , that penalty from Zues sure didn`t help any but in reality Tenn. is the better team...I hope they make it to the Bowl...
Stopping Jamal: Titans' mission accomplished
Jan. 3, 2004
SportsLine.com wire reports
BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Ravens had four Pro Bowlers on defense, and the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
The Tennessee Titans? They pride themselves on stopping the run before anything else, and they proved Saturday that they, not the Ravens, are the league's best at it.
Focusing on stopping NFL Offensive Player of the Year Jamal Lewis, Tennessee held the man who had 2,066 yards rushing to his worst performance this season in a 20-17 victory in an AFC wild-card game.
Tennessee allowed only one 100-yard rusher in 2003. Lewis had topped 100 yards in 12 games this season, but with the Titans tackling him every time he moved, he managed just 14 carries for 35 yards.
That left the Ravens to depend on Anthony Wright, the one-time third-string quarterback turned starter, to pick on a defense that was one of the league's worst against the pass. Wright did his best, throwing for 202 yards and a late touchdown that tied the game.
But the Ravens never could get Lewis going. Lewis had just 3 yards rushing in the first quarter and 12 at halftime. He had his longest run, an 8-yarder, in the second half, and the Ravens already were throwing more than running by then.
Lewis has never topped 100 yards against the Titans, with his best being 99 yards in 2000 when Baltimore snapped a 12-game home winning streak for Tennessee.
The Titans have not allowed a 100-yard rusher since Week 2, when Indianapolis' Edgerrin James got 120 yards.
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Jan. 3, 2004
SportsLine.com wire reports
BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Ravens had four Pro Bowlers on defense, and the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
The Tennessee Titans? They pride themselves on stopping the run before anything else, and they proved Saturday that they, not the Ravens, are the league's best at it.
Focusing on stopping NFL Offensive Player of the Year Jamal Lewis, Tennessee held the man who had 2,066 yards rushing to his worst performance this season in a 20-17 victory in an AFC wild-card game.
Tennessee allowed only one 100-yard rusher in 2003. Lewis had topped 100 yards in 12 games this season, but with the Titans tackling him every time he moved, he managed just 14 carries for 35 yards.
That left the Ravens to depend on Anthony Wright, the one-time third-string quarterback turned starter, to pick on a defense that was one of the league's worst against the pass. Wright did his best, throwing for 202 yards and a late touchdown that tied the game.
But the Ravens never could get Lewis going. Lewis had just 3 yards rushing in the first quarter and 12 at halftime. He had his longest run, an 8-yarder, in the second half, and the Ravens already were throwing more than running by then.
Lewis has never topped 100 yards against the Titans, with his best being 99 yards in 2000 when Baltimore snapped a 12-game home winning streak for Tennessee.
The Titans have not allowed a 100-yard rusher since Week 2, when Indianapolis' Edgerrin James got 120 yards.
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