BaltimoreRavens.com has their Top 5 touchdowns of 2006 online, and it’s up to the fans to vote in their favorite.

To be honest, this was my single favorite moment in 2006:

Ah, memories. But really, here are BR.com’s top five (listed chronologically):

• Chris McAlister’s 60-yard interception return at Tampa Bay (Week 1)
• Todd Heap dives into the end zone from the 3-yard line for the game-winning TD vs. San Diego (Week 4)
• Steve McNair’s untouched QB-draw at New Orleans (Week 8 )
• McNair hooks up with Derrick Mason in the back of the end zone for what proved to be the game-winning TD at Tennessee (Week 10)
• Mark Clayton’s 87-yard reception from McNair at Kansas City (Week 14)

If I had to rank ‘em, here’s how I would go:

1. Mark Clayton’s 87-yard reception in Kansas City. For starters, I was actually at the game. I had ironically just left D.C. and was flying out of BWI at 6-ish in the morning with a whole boatload of Ravens fans. It was kind of cool being on the Purple and Black plane.Anyway, being from St. Louis, I’ve run into my fair share of Chiefs fans, one of which is my good friend, John. John managed to get tickets to the game, so when I had the opportunity to fly out of BWI and into KC, I had to jump at it. I had been to Camarohead once before, for a Chiefs vs. Texans matchup (that KC lost, by the way), so I knew how hostile the environment would be. Nonetheless, I proudly wore my black Ed Reed jersey and took shit from everyone around.

   It’s brutally hard to win in KC in the winter months, and when I saw Clayton streaking out, having just burned the D-back on a sweet double-move, I stood up in awe. I saw McNair unload a PERFECT pass right into Clayton’s outstretched arms and just couldn’t believe it…

2. Todd Heap does his Superman impression, beating the Chargers in Week 4. I love watching football. Lord, do I love it. But I hate close games. I nearly had three heart attacks last season, and Week 4 was no different.  McNair engineered a 60 yard drive that was capped with Heap giving Steroids Merriman the cold shoulder (see? steroids don’t help you stop bad-ass TEs from winning games). When Heap dropped his shoulder into ‘ole Roidy, I thought that the drive was over… but when he leaped into the end zone with the football extended, I literally spit out my beer and nearly fainted. Todd Heap just PWN3D Shawne Merriman and the Bolts.
3. McNair to Mason Redux, Week 10. Yet another game I was able to attend. Y’see, if I can’t make it out to Baltimore for the games, I travel really, really well. This time, I dragged the soon-to-be wife out to the game to experience some Ravens football… and I really wish I would have left her at home the way the Ravens played! The Ravens played scared in the first half, with McNair looking like a pile of crap, throwing like a pile of crap, and the defense playing like a pile of crap, not able to stop the run. Then something cool happened - the Ravens charged back from what I felt was a nearly impossible deficit, capped with McNair to Mason… something all too familiar with the Titans fans. 20 unanswered points and a Trevor Price blocked punt later, we headed down to my favorite Nashville bar, the Beer Sellar.
4. Chris McAlister sets the defensive tone for the season with a Week 1 INT returned for a Touchdown. I’ll make this one short, as I’ve rambled quite a bit… so… I knew we’d beat the crap out of the Buccaneers, I just didn’t know we’d make Phil Simms look so bad. What an opener!
5. McNair opens up the Weak 8 defense in New Orleans and marches in (see what I did there?). I’ll be honest: I wasn’t able to watch this game, which is why this is so low on my list. Y’see, I was at the St. Louis Cardinals’ World Series Championship parade. I was, however, getting updates sent to my phone constantly. I still have the game on my TiVo, so I should probably watch it sometime before the 2007 season kicks off…

So, there you have it - my top 5 plays, in order, as picked by BR.com. (I still think that Bart Scott totally owning Ben Worthlessberger is my absolutely favorite moment of last year)