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Billy Cundiff. Sign Tucker.

The Steve Smith call........

It's not really that, it's the insinuation that was made by some that he should be our starter going forward and that he offers the same production and capabilities as Flacco, which is a sick joke that is not surprising given some here but still infuriating and embarrassing. And yes, I'm mad he didn't beat the Bengals realistic expectations aside, try living here, I know our fanbase cares more about the Steeler games but I think our litmus test to see if our team has returned to its previous high level will be beating the Bengals again.

So true, been trying to drill this home and I was confident the bengals were not going to approach Mallet the same way Pittsburgh did, they blitzed him and rattled him and it was easy. He is so inaccurate even with the short stuff, that WR screen was on him. No excuse for that low pass, you knew the blitz was coming and if that was the pass you were gonna make then you should know you'll be able to get it off in time and the pressure shouldn't change anything about your throw.

Miserable game to be at, a hopeless offense and it felt that way too, you could see Mallet was rattled. When he couldn't complete the WR screen to Butler in the face of an all out blitz that's when it became evident we weren't scoring any significant points with our offense today. Butler showed great field vision on that YAC too. He didn't take any chances downfield and when he did he was horribly off, our receivers don't really get open and dropped passes you have to catch in a close game. Max Williams played well but even he had some big drops that we're gonna have to have if we want to win the division next year.

Imagine if we had a situation like New England where Mallet plays a whole season and wins 11 games and throws 26 TD passes, then imagine what we'd be dealing with.

And that fake game @ Pitt to win the division when he led a game winning drive against the #1 defense on prime time where Torrey Smith dropped the 1st game winner. And that fake AFC Championship game vs Bellicheck and Brady.

I hate that fake qb that won the super bowl for us and all those other games against Pittsburgh

I got it and those over exaggerations have been irritating for sure

And I'm of the opinion of hoping that for one time, we can get Flacco an AJ Green type WR, it makes a huge difference in terms of consistent separation / helping other WRs getting open.

Actually they're of the opinion of not caring who their QB is, they just want to get over the playoff hump and win a super bowl at this point.

Fire Harbaugh? Kind of like that.....

It's not like we have Fire Harbaugh threads or anything. And I agree with what others are saying about the divisive mentality inside the Eagles locker room and I really do think a great, positive motivator like Harbaugh would turn that attitude around. We are very lucky to have him, that thread should be deleted, it's an embarrassment.

Definetely good news, maybe he can have a going out gift like Ray, with his determination and ferocity he definetely is one of those players that deserves a ring. To think that Hines Ward has two and he has none is very agitating and I don't think there's a debate as to whose better. It used to seriously bother me that Troy and Porter had rings over Suggs and Reed but that was taken care of eventually.

Yea I agree, the majority and all rational fans take the performance and its implications for what they are. At least the overreactions made for some 'fun' debate here, we never talk about Flacco here so it's a breath of fresh air.

I agree, it could be that compared to Schaub and Clausen he looks like an All-Pro and that's everyone's most recent memory.

And Flacco wasn't using deflated balls or deceptive substituon patterns that were later made illegal.....

Yea I agree with you, I'm not sure it would stop some people from getting carried away though. I definetely want to win, we're at risk of having the all time series be tied at 20-20 if we lose, I'm still mad we gave up the sweep in 2012 though I totally understand. I know everyone hates Pittsburgh the most and rightfully so but I live here (Cincinnati) and it would be nice to reverse recent history. Still love that we have won 8 of the last 11 vs Pitt though.

Yea he did, and then Terrance Brooks had a late season ACL/MCL tear with us and was back by training camp. Carson Palmer went down late last year with an ACL and is back and is playing well this year. There's hope for sure.

Yea I agree with both of you, let's just hope he comes back healthy week 1 next year.

He could probably be more consistent money if he has an AJ Green, Antonio Brown, Gronk or Dez Bryant to throw too. Just trying to stir the pot... But seriously, he's been good enough to earn the right of franchise QB going forward and not have the prospect of being replaced by Mallet being entertained. I agree with Phil Simms, this is our best player, it took Pittsburgh a while, start building around him going forward. Joe Flacco gives us our best chance to win a Super Bowl, 2012 proved that, last year showed that too, let's not waste his prime.

McNair was not a beast, in fact he delivered the biggest choke in Ravens history. That was quite possibly our best team and he blew it, for all this Flacco isn't worth the money, McNair had the definition of pedestrian numbers that year and became a zombie in that playoff game. The following year MNF he started the game with 3 straight fumbles....In a row, no plays in between.3000 yards, 16 TDs and 12INTs. All he had to do was score 16 points at home vs one of the worst defenses in the league, granted they were on a tear with Bob Sanders....16 points. Either that or the Cundiff game is the worst loss in Ravens history.

Yea I agree, what if he throws for 5TDs next week!

Totally agree