I still think that Flacco is all the quarterback we need and more. However, the problem now is that the Front Office has allowed the team to deteriorate around him, both offensively and defensively. (Worse yet, seeing how they didn't appreciate the chemistry, I'm now convinced the aggregation of the Championship team was mostly luck.) Flacco is 31 years old, his window of opportunity was upon us when Newsome made the decision to rebuild the championship team and jettison key contributors and Flaccos favorite weapon. Everything that has gone South since those purges has been the result of Front Office scrambling to undo the harm of the purge.
Realizing Flacco was gonna miss Boldin they sign an injured Pitta. I won't get into how the Boldin Cap Savings was squandered due to bad decision making. Having purged their safeties they draft an unqualified Elam. Having missed on Elam, they have gambled on Free Agents that really weren't up to the task. They just gotta have Monroe and then they don't to more dead money. Our receiving corps has been horribly neglected under Flacco, for crying out loud, look who our leading receiver was last year!
You think the Monroe purge was quizzical? To my eye its the same move as stranding Elam without a mentor. This time it's Stanley and yeah, he needs some help. I just don't get it, but I'm convinced Newsome is older than his years.
Flacco has about 4 more years. Will the team he needs be there for him during his window of opportunity? It's a stretch.
I certainly hope that you're available to straighten this out. We need you at least to advise Erik in the future.