Ravens' John Harbaugh gives parting jab to the Rams

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Before Sunday's game against the St. Louis Rams, Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh played it safe when asked about the Rams' dirty hits, saying he would address everything with his players. A day after the game, Harbaugh didn't pull any punches, so to speak.

Harbaugh put more of the blame on the Rams than the Ravens for a sequence where his team received three penalties on a punt return.

"On that one, I saw the punter hit one of our guys dead in the back that [the officials] missed," Harbaugh said Monday. "I saw our guy retaliate, which is not what you want to see. Then I saw a free-fall out there, which is not unusual against the team we're playing."

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