News - Derrick Mason
Tom Brady ran for a touchdown and passed to Randy Moss for another Sunday, piloting the New England Patriots to a 27-21 victory over the Baltimore Ravens. Brady, who completed 21-of-22 passes for 258 yards, scored on a 1-yard run in the second quarter and hooked up with Moss on a 14-yard TD in the third. The Patriots also scored on a 12-yard run by Sammy Morris and field goals of 32 and 33 yards by Stephen Gostkowski.
Baltimore's Willis McGahee ran for the first of his two touchdowns early in the first quarter Sunday and the Ravens went on to pummel the Cleveland Browns 34-3. McGahee ran for a 7-yard score and added a 15-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. Joe Flacco passed to Derrick Mason on a 72-yard touchdown play and Ray Rice ran 9 yards for another Ravens' score. Steven Hauschka kicked field goals of 36 and 33 yards for Baltimore (3-0), which led 27-0 before Cleveland (0-3) scored on a 29-yard field goal by Billy Cundiff. The Ravens racked up 479 total yards to 186 for the Browns. .
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Derrick Mason told ESPN Monday he considers himself retired but may change his mind next month. If what I'm doing becomes work then it's time for me to go, Mason told ESPN. It started to become work for me. My workouts this off-season continued to get a little harder.
Veteran Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Derrick Mason is upset by the team's apparent unwillingness to negotiate on a longer contract. Mason, 35, has is coming off back-to-back 1,000-yard receiving seasons with a combined 183 receptions and 10 touchdowns. He has been the primary receiver for three young quarterbacks -- Troy Smith, Kyle Boller and Joe Flacco. Over the last 12 years, particularly the last four, I have been one of, if not the, most consistent wide receivers in the NFL, Mason said on the jocklife.com Web site.
Matt Stover kicked a 43-yard field goal with 53 seconds to play Saturday , delivering Baltimore a 13-10 win over Tennessee in an AFC divisional playoff game. Baltimore started the winning drive at its own 24 and drove to the Tennessee 25 before Stover's winning kick.
