11.01.06 THE RAVENS ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE

Saints FanHouse blogger Tom Mantzouranis points out several instances of the Ravens being — well, I think the correct term is "complete assholes" — during Sunday's victory over New Orleans. Most notably, linebacker Bart Scott bragged about injuring Reggie Bush's ankle by twisting it unnecessarily:

"The media darling, aka the golden boy of the NFL, tried to take a cheap shot at me, so I told him I was going to put some extra on it. He must be used to playing against these guys in practice. He can do all those shakes he wants, but I wasn't going anywhere. I put a little hot sauce on that ankle."

During the game, the referees also penalized Ravens special teamer Gerome Sapp for diving at Sean Payton's knees after going out of bounds, and an unidentified member of the Ravens coaching staff made a sign that read "Same Ole Saints" and taunted the New Orleans fans.

This just goes to show that the Ravens are at a higher level of dirty play than the rest of the league. Some of those bush-leaguers may roll into quarterbacks' knees, but really savvy players will take the coach out. The sign needs work, though. We're talking about the Ravens here. I expected something along the lines of "FUCK YOUR HURRICANE RAVAGED CITY." I guess the only reason he didn't do that is because post-Katrina New Orleans is still a nicer city than Baltimore.

Oh, and now Scott is down-playing the comment. Whatever, dickhead.