Thyrl

Here's how I saw it On the next play, the controversy would begin. On first and 10 from their own 12, the Titans ran Chris Johnson up the middle for a gain of 7 yards. Although the game book credits Ray Lewis and Terrell Suggs with the tackle, most remember it for the way that Ed Reed seemed to twist Chris Johnson up in a fight for the ball while Johnson was trying to eek out some extra yardage. Many have speculated that this was the play that injured Johnson as well, but he continued to play well for a few plays after. On the 7-yard gain, the referees called an unnecessary roughness penalty on the Titans’ David Stewart. Initially they announced it as having occurred after the play meaning that they would have marked off half the distance to the goal line to the Tennessee 9 ½ yard line and left the Titans in second and 12 ½ from there. If you listen closely, under the announcers talking, you can hear the referee make the correction that the foul occurred during the play, and therefore it was still first down. The problem though is that the penalty should have been marked from the original line of scrimmage if the down wasn’t going to count. So it should have been, either second and 12 ½ from the 9 ½ yard line, or first and 16 from the 6. Instead it was first and 12 ½ from the 9 ½ yard line. Chris Johnson ran right on the next play, out of bounds for a 10-yard gain, and looked pretty healthy doing it. He did call to the sideline though and went out seemingly just to catch his breath. LenDale White was stopped for no gain on the next play, and the bonus down was a completion to Justin Gage which would extend the drive, result in a couple of key injuries, and change field position dramatically, but also set the precedent for red zone turnovers that would continue to haunt the Titans for the rest of the day. A second straight completion to Gage would push the ball across mid field for the Titans and set up the run that would be Chris Johnson’s last. On first and 10 from the Baltimore 46, Chris Johnson got around the outside to the left, and after a gain of 4 yards was wrapped up by Brandon McKinney around both legs from behind. It was McKinney’s only tackle of the day but it proved to be a big one. Wrapping Johnson around his calves from behind as if with a lasso, McKinney made the tackle with both of Johnson’s ankles seeming to land under the weight of McKinney’s ample torso. No one made much fuss about it at the time, but Johnson grimaced as he got up, and never returned to action after that. the rest