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A lot of "party" or bad weed. lol

I'm pretty sure a pretty good percentage of people his age love their weed, but I would guess most aren't stupid enough to ride around with 4 or 5 ounces on them.

Yeah, he had 126 grams and I'm guessing the cops weighed the oxycodone and didn't count the mg of the pills to get to 3 gms. But anyway you cut it how stupid can you be. It amazes me how these guys can make millions and still open up themselves to getting busted like this. Just sheer ignorance and stupidity.

There were no mysteries and no one asked "What happened?" with any of the three as it was obvious all three were pretty much spent and done. Housh left after his one year in Bmore, played in 9 games in Oakland the following season catching 11 passes, then retired. Evans arrived, hurt his ankle in camp, hardly saw the field all year and never played another down after his one year here. And if you were a huge Todd Heap fan like me you know that he was battered and worn from the years of being hung out by the likes of Boller, Wright and Redmond. He still played his heart out with Joe despite being a shell of his former self. Todd left going to Arizona, played sparsely in 12 games in two years catching 32 passes, and retired. Nothing "odd" or peculiar here. Edit; just a quick add on Boldin.....if he plays 16 games in '11 and '12 he likely breaks 1000 yards twice while here.

I was reading that he's been pretty nicked up the past couple of years. Only played 8 games last year.

Did you really write that the Ravens have consistently done more for Flacco than the Falcons have for Ryan? wowzer! And you are writing other things here and not understanding(maybe purposely) what you are writing. Boldin was here for 3 years and has been gone for 4. We won a SB in one of those years and were very competitive in the other two. Flacco and SSS had a good year in 2014, almost made it to the SB. 2015, 2016, injuries. Williams, Perriman and Gillmore probably haven't played a seasons worth of games between them. What is so hard to understand? I really have no interest in taking the time to disprove it, but your subjective hypothesis that "many, many teams are worse off" really has no bearing on matters. Fact is if the Ravens want to get back on top there's going to have to be improvements on offense in more areas than just the play of the QB.

"Just leaving Flacco out to dry and doing nothing"? No, not really, but they've hardly broken the bank to load the offense with weapons. And due to unfortunate injuries(Pitta, SSS, Perriman, Watson, etc.) much of the efforts haven't panned out so well. Do you think they have done as much for him as, let's say, Atlanta has done for Ryan? I'll answer that for you......hell no. To be frank, this whole line of discussion is, again, ridiculous. Everyone knows improvement is needed from Flacco and I haven't read anything here saying otherwise. I think there was improvement over the course of last year. Seems he was gaining confidence in his knee and there's no reason to think that improvement won't continue. Everyone also knows the Ravens need to add playmakers and just need to improve offensive game planning in general.

This is a joke, right? Anyone and everyone knows that improvement is needed from Flacco, that's a given and pretty much expected. But to say things like this is just ridiculous and crazy. 'Cmon MAN! LMAO!!!!!

Lol....yeah that's not true, "much better" is a huge exaggeration. Q had more targets/receptions with those teams as they featured the pass more, but his YPC were as high/higher in Bmore as any point of his career. Housh? Lee Evans? Seriously? Gimme a break. LMAO! And Todd was a shell of his former self, beaten and battered, by the time Flacco arrived. Pretty much FALSE on all counts. lol

Let's not forget about all of those great receivers that have left Bmore over the last 9 years and went on to be much better with other QBs like......like...... You get the picture. haha

Expected but still nice!

Exactly, and I think you hit the nail on the head when you mention "chemistry", or simply knowing where a receiver will be when. And I also think at times that Is a two way street where the receiver needs to be accurate and consistent in his route running.

lol....ridiculous. Said nothing of the sort and just kept with the theme and exaggerated as you did using the word "massive". But the fact is Pitta consistently falls down while catching the ball, Wallace and Aiken have often been timid in their receptions and SSS was slowed and injured last year. You don't need to see the comparative stats to know that, just need to watch the games. Also a fact that if Flacco had the advantage of having a true play maker or two the "extremely high" and "toward the body" throws you mention would not be as apparent and YAC(and consequently YPC) would be much higher. It's seen all over the league week in and week out, playmakers making plays catching less than perfect throws, running down the field, eluding tacklers.......you know, guys making plays. Think the Ravens are actively seeking a playmaker at WR and also hope Perriman, Max, Gillmore, Dixon, etc. pan out and become "that guy". Pretty obvious a QB and offense can't succeed without playmakers.

Or the massive reason could be that the receivers either fall down(Pitta), turn their backs anticipating contact(Wallace, Aiken) or were just old, slow and injured(SSS).

These were based on the 2015 season? I don't think one needs an analysis at this level to know that Joe and the offense sucked in 2015. just sayin'. I'd like to see the same analyses for 2014.

Thanks for enlightening me. In reading this it seems the facts point to the obvious(to most) reasons for sub par passing game performance. Poor receivers, lack of YAC, conservative play calling and injuries.

smh.....

While the numbers look as though they point to Britt, I don't trust him or his knees. Also, thinking those stats are probably a product of him being the lone option in the Rams receiving corps. Remember 2015 Aiken? Marshall is a beast but will be high $ and brings his own set of risks. For me Garcon is the best option of these 3. He's sure handed, been pretty healthy throughout his career and is a stand up guy. Just seems to make sense. Question is are the Skins going to let him walk and if he's available can the Ravens sign him. I for one sure hope so. Edit.... Just read some of the other related posts and it looks like I just regurgitated much of what has already been said. Sorry for the repeat.

Is Matt Ryan elite?

lol......you got me. I didn't look at the stats but only remembered winning those early playoff games and the tough luck against the steelers in the AFCG.

Let's remove names and ask the question objectively. Should an 8 year veteran QB that was named the league's MVP and plays with the league's #1 ranked offense get a pass for failing when it counted most? In the final quarter of the final game of the tournament? No need to answer and that's pretty much all I have to say on the subject.

hmmm......school me. What rookie QBs before and after 08 looked better in their first playoff games?

You wrote what you wrote in response to me saying the Ravens ended up with the right guy between Flacco and Ryan. In no way did you frame it that way when you first made the statement. But yeah, OK. lol And on your side note; I think most would say Joe performed admirably early on in the playoffs considering he was so inexperienced and had zero time as an apprentice behind an NFL franchise QB.

What other connotation could there be in what you said.

LMAO! So now he's not just "average Joe", he's the QB that "wasn't Boller bad". Too much!