Ravens Quarterback Steve McNair took control in the final 18 1/2 minutes of yesterday's game in Cleveland. He turned a certain 2-1 record, an ugly, dispiriting, bandwagon-halting 2-1, into a shiny, glorious 3-0. He didn't forget what went on with Baltimore's offense the first 41 1/2 minutes, or most of the two entire games before that -- he learned from it, he adjusted and he made it all right again. And when it was time to march from his 20-yard line into Matt Stover territory in the final three minutes on a hostile field, he made everybody around him swell with confidence, rise with anticipation, stretch that extra inch, hold a block that extra split-second -- even jump and shout and chant like college kids while the pressure is mounting and defeat is one misstep away, at the end of a game full of missteps. This what makes the Ravens different this year. This is what makes them 3-0.
For Baltimore Sun columnist David Steele's full take, read: http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/football/bal-sp.steele25sep25,0,7824324.column?coll=bal-home-headlines
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