BaseballJones said:
My teenager, when asked to clean the toilet, will often do a not-so-stellar job. I point out that there's still grime on the toilet, and he says, "Well, I wiped it down." I'll say, "The mission wasn't to 'wipe it down'. It was to make sure it's clean. Just running your paper towel over the toilet does not necessarily make it clean."
Just declaring yourself eligible to your own satisfaction is not sufficient. Gotta make sure the ref sees it.
To make the parallel.. the Ravens player is like my teenager. And the Ravens are like the dirty toilet.
Exactly. You run up to the ref talk to him face-to-face just like Vereen did last season. You practice this or at least make sure your players know to do it. Plus, if there's no announcement, then you have a pretty good idea the referee didn't notice you.