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Is Flacco the long term answer for Ravens? (1 Viewer)
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Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Believe it or not, I'm rooting for him today. I need POINTS! 50 of em, to be exact.
mr roboto
Footballguy
Well, he just whipped 2 perfect passes into tight coverage.I think there are twin Flacco boys. They alternate series.Believe it or not, I'm rooting for him today. I need POINTS! 50 of em, to be exact.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
He can look SO good or SO awful. He needs a lot more of the SO good.Well, he just whipped 2 perfect passes into tight coverage.I think there are twin Flacco boys. They alternate series.Believe it or not, I'm rooting for him today. I need POINTS! 50 of em, to be exact.
mr roboto
Footballguy
Here's what we know about Flacco...
1. He has the arm/accuracy to be a good NFL QB.
2. He lacks the ability to get to his 2nd and/or 3rd read even in a clean pocket. (worrisome he hasn't gotten noticably better here)
3. The Ravens O is very unimaginative and Cam Cameron has likely stalled Flacco's development a bit.
4. Their O-line collapses too often.
5. They have had unimpressive WR's in Balt (Smith and Boldin with Evans as the 3 may be the best he has had).
6. This is his 4th year coming out of a D-I FCS school, not a big-time program.
I dont think you can come to an answer on whether or not he can be the long term answer based on his last 4 seasons. Rodgers looked TERRIBLE his first 2-3 years in the league, he was just able to hide it from the public sitting on the bench.
1. He has the arm/accuracy to be a good NFL QB.
2. He lacks the ability to get to his 2nd and/or 3rd read even in a clean pocket. (worrisome he hasn't gotten noticably better here)
3. The Ravens O is very unimaginative and Cam Cameron has likely stalled Flacco's development a bit.
4. Their O-line collapses too often.
5. They have had unimpressive WR's in Balt (Smith and Boldin with Evans as the 3 may be the best he has had).
6. This is his 4th year coming out of a D-I FCS school, not a big-time program.
I dont think you can come to an answer on whether or not he can be the long term answer based on his last 4 seasons. Rodgers looked TERRIBLE his first 2-3 years in the league, he was just able to hide it from the public sitting on the bench.
The_Man
Footballguy
Flacco's my boy. The question now is whether the Flacco-Rice-Smith combo is good enough to win game as the defense ages and is no longer so dominant. But I hope we don't have to hear all the BS anymore about how Flacco sucks.
He is somewhere between #10-15 among NFL starting QBs. Good enough for me.
He is somewhere between #10-15 among NFL starting QBs. Good enough for me.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Agreed. He is erratic at times, but he played huge today. Ultimately, he made a Super Bowl throw to Evans, which was dropped, and his kicked missed a chip shot. Not his fault.
Alex P Keaton
Footballguy
No way.
Ghost Rider
Footballguy
Who is better among 2011 starters? For sure:
Rodgers
Brees
Brady
Eli
Roethlisberger
Rivers
Pretty sure:
Romo
Stafford
Schaub
I'd then put Flacco in the next tier with:
M. Ryan
Vick
Cutler
Newton
Alex Smith
So, in the 10-15 range, but closer to 15 than 10 for sure That makes him an average NFL starting QB, which I think most would give him.
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Alex P Keaton
Footballguy
I'm lazy, but would easily add Bradford to the list. And there is zero chance I'd take Flacco above anyone on the above list. Hell, for a one-year stint I'd take a ton of other guys over him too. (but I realize the above refers to long-term answer). So is he close to #15? Sure, maybe. But he's not even in the vicinity of #10. Huge dropoff.
coolnerd
Footballguy
Erractic is the word...this week he outplayed Brady and last week I am not sure he was any better than TJ yates. What I noticed that it is not just game to game or even quarter to quarter. Literally he will throw a WTF negative pass followed up immediately WTF positive. Only slight more good than bad. As Baltimore becomes more dependent on its offense, not sure what to think.
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