Nothing like over-coaching

Fourth-and-1, his team down by four, less then two minutes to play and Tom Brady is stuffed. End of possession. End of winning streak.

Corks were about to pop down in Miami late Monday night.

Wait. Who called timeout?

Baltimore defensive coordinator Rex Ryan did.

Why? To get the right personnel on the field?

To put the Ravens in a better defensive set?

How can anything be better than the personnel and defensive set that stuffed the quarterback sneak and won you the ball game?

All the timeout would do was allow New England more time to plan for the crucial play.

Think they are wondering about that in Baltimore today after the Ravens' last-minute meltdown allowed Brady to rally New England for the win?

Forget Brady’s 12-yard run on fourth-and-6 and the holding penalty on the Pats' next fourth-down attempt that nullified a game-ending incompletion and extended the winning touchdown drive.

None of that wouldn’t have happened had Baltimore not called timeout.

That was a blatant example of over-coaching. We see it every week. Football coaches have to control everything. Why can’t they let the players play?

The Ravens' defense knew what to do. They saw how the Patriots were lined up. They realized Brady wanted to get the play off quick. They knew he was going to try and get the yard himself.

Brady didn’t, and later said he heard the ref’s whistle.

Maybe he did. Maybe he didn’t.

Either way, he wasn’t getting that yard until the Ravens’ coaching staff got in its own way.