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Saying he's the best QB in Ravens history isn't saying a lot... outside of one good year from an over the hill Steve McNair in '06 their QB situation has always been laughably bad.

I don't see top 5 potential with him. Too many holes in his game. He throws an accurate deep ball with great touch, but Cameron still has to keep him insulated because he doesn't have it upstairs. When the windows tighten up, he can make some awful decisions and his intermediate accuracy isn't great unless it's on a designed out. When he's got to think and go through multiple reads, his accuracy greatly suffers. Still has trouble reading the middle of the field too. A lot of his deficiencies get covered up by playing behind a very good o-line and with a coordinator like Cameron (not to mention, the check down security blanket that Ray Rice provides is HUGE, and it's a luxury not a lot of other guys have).

He is what he is: an above average QB. He'll likely always struggle with consistency, will have some down years mixed in with some really good play. He'll have a string of 3 or 4 games where he looks very good, then he'll have a game where he looks like a rookie and is completely befuddled. In terms of just fantasy though, I think he'll be a nice option the rest of the way, but one thing that hurts him is that the Ravens don't really have a go to red zone guy, and they'd much rather pound it with McGahee in those situations. I don't think you'll get consistent TD production out of him unless he's consistently hitting the deep ball.

 
He is a young, maturing above average QB. Seems to bea winner with I tangibles. Looks to be a franchise QB, though not an elite talent. Even so, well above average talent.

For the next couple years he will have really good weapons and it's a well managed team and franchise.

Should still improve (not sure how he doesn't have it upstairs. Guys real young and a winner). Top 10-12 potential maybe chance for top 8 if things all click moving forward)

 
Flacco owner and Ravens homer. I think Flacco has QB1 upside, but will mostly perform as solid QB2. He is well on his way to being Troy Aikman (with more every-week upside) -- a great NFL QB, but mediocre fantasy QB.

As Ravens homer, one reason Bal'moreans are "Wacco for Flacco" is that in the real game, he is a winner. He finds a way to make big plays when they need it. Not necessarily like an Elway/Favre come back the last two minutes in the 4th quarter. And certainly not like big play threat every time the ball snaps. But when the Ravens need momentum from a big play, Flacco has an uncanny ability to come through. At the same time, his history suggests he does not make a ton of mistakes. This year, he is actually causing some to question his history, but that has been his history.

And, even if you didn't know the Ravens history, it's pretty clear when a third-year QB who is in a run-first offense for 2 of those 3 years (remains to be seen on third year), is about to set the franchise passing record, that the franchise has not been known for it's QB play. Vinny Testaverde (actually was prolific for us), Jim Harbaugh, Tony Banks, Trent Dilfer (just don't turn the ball over, Trent!), Elvis Grbac (had blanked that one from my mind), Jeff Blake (same), Kyle Boller (courtesy of the great offensive mastermind Brian Billick), McNair, and a bunch of backups with starts during injuries.

 
Saying he's the best QB in Ravens history isn't saying a lot... outside of one good year from an over the hill Steve McNair in '06 their QB situation has always been laughably bad. I don't see top 5 potential with him. Too many holes in his game. He throws an accurate deep ball with great touch, but Cameron still has to keep him insulated because he doesn't have it upstairs. When the windows tighten up, he can make some awful decisions and his intermediate accuracy isn't great unless it's on a designed out. When he's got to think and go through multiple reads, his accuracy greatly suffers. Still has trouble reading the middle of the field too. A lot of his deficiencies get covered up by playing behind a very good o-line and with a coordinator like Cameron (not to mention, the check down security blanket that Ray Rice provides is HUGE, and it's a luxury not a lot of other guys have). He is what he is: an above average QB. He'll likely always struggle with consistency, will have some down years mixed in with some really good play. He'll have a string of 3 or 4 games where he looks very good, then he'll have a game where he looks like a rookie and is completely befuddled. In terms of just fantasy though, I think he'll be a nice option the rest of the way, but one thing that hurts him is that the Ravens don't really have a go to red zone guy, and they'd much rather pound it with McGahee in those situations. I don't think you'll get consistent TD production out of him unless he's consistently hitting the deep ball.
My goodness. There are so many things to take issue with here, I'm not sure where to start.1. Vinny T had the best year a Ravens QB has had in '96. Not that it was a season for the ages, but 33 TDs ain't nothing to sneeze about.2. You failed to mention one of his strengths - the 10 to 20 yard out that most NFL QBs can't throw. Most of the analyists I hear (including ex-QBs like Jaws, Gannon, Dilfer, Aikman) marvel at his ability to do so. 3. He "doesn't have it upstairs"? That goes against just about everything I've heard about him. Kyle Boller didn't (don't mean to say Boller was dumb, just that he never learned), but Flacco has come miles from his first season (hell, from last season). He's less and less making the same mistakes over and over.4. As for the middle of the field, have you watched him lately? Both of his recent game-winning TD passes were down the middle. I'm with anyone who says he waited almost too long to hit Housh in Pittsburgh, but that wasn't indecision - it was the called play and there was no checking off - it was ego-arm, which about a zillion QBs both good and bad have been guilty of.5. No red zone targets? Again, have you watched the Ravens this year? I'll wager that their red zone receivers - as a group - are as good as anyone's.6. The Rice Factor. Funny that when Flacco had his two best passing games of the season that those were the two Rice was hurt. I'm not saying having Rice isn't in Flacco's best interest - it is - but he's not helpless when Ray's not playing either.Look, I don't think Flacco will ever be a consistent Top 5 FF QB either - the dynamic of the Ravens will see to that even if Flacco's got the talent to do so. There's a push-pull thing going on between Harbaugh (wants to be a tough team) and Cameron (mad scientist) that plays out a little on the field, IMO. But who ARE the consistent Top 5 QBs? Brady? Manning? McNabb a few years ago? Warner? You're talking about sure-or-near HOFers there who can do it for several years. I think Flacco can be at least as good as Eli has been FF-wise and - NFL-wise - I'd rather have him over nitwits like Romo or Cutler.
 

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