TheBigPurpleBird

Its most likely is not a matter of paying the tickets, more probable that he accumulated too many points for speeding within a time period, (rapid point violation) which automatically triggers a suspension. I had something similar happen with speeding tickets where even though I didn't have to go to court for the tickets, (I could prepay through the mail), that I got pulled over on the 20th of Jan for faulty light, but got arrested for driving on suspension. Turns out that on the 18th, the DMV had suspended my license for a rapid point violation of the last ticket, and the court date was a week prior to them issuing the DMV issueing the suspension. They sent out a notice that I didn't actually get until the 23rd, notifying me of my suspension. Easily cleared up, (other than the suspension part), but it was still a pita, car got towed and impounded, had to go to jail and someone had to come bail me out, ect. He might not have even known and might not have been at fault for the accident, could have gotten rear ended at a light and when police arrived...bam. Stuff happens, but when your a star athlete or movie star everything is always blown out of proportion.

@fusuymada I can't believe your serious, 20 QB's better than Joe? I might be able to agree with you on that he can't carry a team on his own, but there are maybe 3 QB's in this league that can. Re-read the article and ask yourself who you would trade Flacco for? I honestly wouldn't trade him for Brady, and I know Brady is a better QB on paper, but how many years does he have left? (plus, everytime we meet in the playoffs, Flacco has a MUCH better game than Brady). Rodgers, sure, he is probably the best QB in the league right now, but look how he did last year without talent, and Joe seems to be in that same situation every year. Luck? Injury concern right now, but he is good and maybe better. Wilson and Newton round out the other two possibilities, but if you watched the last SB, you have to know that he needs to mature quite a bit more and it would be hard to argue that the pressure didn't get to him, Flacco would have been much better in the same situation. I am not sold on Wilson yet, but last year he lit it up, so if he can maintain that again this year then an argument could be made. I was impressed with his playoff performances this year. Brees, Rivers, Romo, Manning (Peyton not Eli), Palmer are all too old, and while they might have better stats in some categories, (Brees consistently throws for more than 4k a season as an example), they are not more reliable nor are they a notch above. I wouldn't take Rothlisbooger or Eli either, not over Joe at least. Here is the one thing that you have to acknowledge about Flacco, when the game is on the line, no matter how good or bad he has done up to that minute, it has no effect on the next play. He knows how to win, and the bigger the game the better he plays. He could be more consistent, but my gosh, how about the team provide some consistency for him? How many coordinators? How many different systems? How many different receivers, or more specifically; how many top notch receivers? For better or worse, the top QB's in this league have had some consistency and more specifically had a top flight receiver. Also, why you have to be excited that Steve Smith is coming back! If you have been a fan of the Ravens long enough, the QB position has been our Achilles for years. Credit the D all you want, but that dominate force that could win the game on their own without any O, has not been there since 2003. I would wager that there are 20 teams out there that would trade their 1st round pick and their starting QB for Flacco, and be happy paying him what the Ravens are. Just saying, you can hate all you want, but thats all your really doing, because there really are not more than a few options at best that would be better than Joe... at least if your being honest and not biased.

I know this won't make headlines, but Koch is one of the top weapons in the game. He consistently puts the defense in a good position, and not only are his coffin punts accurrate, I can't count the number of times in the past when the offense left him to punt inside his own 20 and he still flipped the field. Couple that with his snagging skills as place holder and its one of the reasons tucker is as good as he is. You never see a bad place no matter how terrible the snap or conditions, (not ragging on cox either). I don't know why punters don't get more respesct, I guess maybe because nobody likes seeing him on the field because it means the offense failed. No matter how good he does on 4th down, its always a disappointment. I love his shirts though, I need to get one.