He's by far the best QB we've had since I've pulled for the Ravens. I wish he'd have better field vision and make better protection adjustments against obvious blitzes. His arm strength is great and he's pretty athletic. Joe seems to struggle with anticipation throws. If Kubiak was still here I think we'd be doing much better. He moved the pocket a lot and made the reads quicker and more simplified. Of course he'll be taking a pay cut after this year. Joes just a middle of the pack QB and without a stacked team around him we will continue to be sub 500. Looking around the league right now I'd say he's about the 15th best QB. I just hate hearing how everyone is letting him down when he's playing crappy just like everyone else - for the most part. We keep letting FA go and get those comp picks but outside of Davis, Williams and Mosely... the last 3 or 4 drafts are contributing 0 right now. We keep bringing in these average guys and talking them up like they're good enough to take the places of all-pro's and legends. I read once the Ravens have this formula - if they can get 80% of the perfonance out of a player for half the price then it's a good swap. If you keep following that philosophy eventually you'll end up with average talent everywhere. But to be honest I think where were lacking the most is in emotional leaders. It's easy to dismiss the importance of it with all the analytics these days but as anyone can tell you who's played organized sports having an emotional leader that can also bring it on the field is huge to establishing an identity. That's where I feel Joe needs to step up the most. He looks and acts so indifferent or laissez-faire evertime you see him. It's about time to blow it up and start over. We need to rehaul the secondary... get some mean, fast, ugly, speed rushers. The defensive line will be fine, our guards are top notch. Need more consistent tackles. Obviously a true number one WR... who knows if Perriman will ever stay healthy... and for the love of god quit bringing in and drafting injury prone players... I can't imagine after this year we'll still be so willing to bring in these projects. I'm not sure about the RB position TBH... Tailaferro can't stay on the filed... we'll see about Buck Allen soon enough. Forsett maybe has a couple of years left and I really like his running style. I keep getting crucified for not being blindly optimisitc on here but man I have to make sense to someone.
