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no because I was VERY clear that outside that run he has been very good in the playoffs but you know, I say potatoes and you say how high. You keep on crying about Flacco this and Flacco that as if I said he stays completely clear of any blame. That being said, it makes absolutely no, NO NO NO NO SENSE to have not signed him. Unless you really want to start over, we have a starting QB that has proven time and time again to be very good in the playoffs. We have no consistency from Flacco, and that includes coaching on the offensive side of the ball. What you and many others do not want to understand or acknowledge is the fact that we have had major turnover at the OC spot. What form of consistency could you every hope for when Flacco and this offense completely change its identity every year? It went from Cam developing with Flacco, which he did by running the ball and playing uptempo shotgun/bunch formations until we became too stagnant on offense. Then enter Caldwell, took over what Cam had done and did a bit better that same year and we won the chip. What happened the very next year? Everyone left on the offense, Ray Rice never returned to form with his hip injury and Caldwell leaves for a gig over in Detroit. Enter the next year, Kubiak....best of Flacco and what we HAD on offense. Did well in the playoffs and beat the Steelers and almost take the Pats out again in their house. Why did we lose? Was it that pass to Torrey or the fact we had no NO way of stopping the same play from happening to our CB's who to be fair were forced to start thanks to all the injuries we had that year. Instead of building the next year into an even better offense Kubiak left....are you and I watching the same games? Flacco is not and will never be Manning who by the way had the SAME OC for over 8 years. Tom Moore was with Indi for 10 years and developed that playbook with Manning. these are all facts and do not change in anyway the fact that Flacco still misses throws no matter who the OC is. Again, some of the blame falls on him but not all and bringing up the contract is pointless because it has nothing to do with Doom and Suggs being injured or Reed and Lewis leaving the team and getting old.

Tell that to Phill Rivers and Matt Ryan who light it up every year and for what? You want those stats for our QB so bad you fail to realize those are not the QB's winning championships, period. Flacco deserves to be critiqued, I am not saying he is perfect. You are off base to say he is being paid to much when roughly 65% of his contract is guaranteed, in comparison Kirk Cousin yearly vs Flacco makes 19.9 to Flaccos 22.1 AND Cousins is 100 percent guaranteed and what has he EVER done or will do? Carson Palmer? 21.0 Andrew Luck who has done NOTHING 24.5 Tannehill? 19.2 Tyrod Taylor our boy gets 18. again, Flacco is not clear of issues....he has PLENTY but I'll take him any day of the week (as long as it's in the playoffs lol) over those guys easily and that includes R. Wilson who also makes 21.9 smh

I addressed that in the very next post...but whatever, I say potatoes and you say something completely different.

NOW, it drives us ALL UP A WALL AT THE FACT THAT FLACCO AND THE OFFENSE NEVER SEEM to be able to put it together during the regular season....it seems like they have a separate playbook for the playoffs, the coaches must be getting together and saying "man these plays work, let's not use them up during the regular season and catch everybody by surprise" the offense does not seem to be playing to Flacco's or the WR's strength and it completely leaves me confused. It makes absolutely NO sense how effective Flacco is in the playoffs where the games are harder to the regular season. In my opinion, the plays they call are monotonous. There isn't any umfff, there's no "hey Flacco is really good at this one thing so let's take advantage of it" he's a pocket guy who isn't going to light it up with his legs. Where are the PA's passes and routes that allow him to take advantage of his big arm? everything seems to be a floater to a guy running a straight line up the field

if you include the sb run, that's 21 TD's and 3ints, Joe's QBR has not dipped below 90 in the last 4 playoff runs we had...you would have to go as far back as 09 and 08 when he first appeared

This is completely incorrect. I did you the favor and pulled up the stats of Joe the year BEFORE the SB run and the 2 years after with Kubiak (we missed the playoffs after the SB) 176 yards 2TDs, 306 yards 2TDs Int <-----that was the heartbreaking loss to the Pats and the Cundiff missed FG Kubiak offense 259 yards 2TD's and 292 yards 4 TD's 2ints that's a total of 1,033 yards in 4 PLAYOFF games 10TD's and 3ints without including his SB run.....this proves that something is off with him and the offense during the regular season, HOWEVER it is not up for debate as to what he can do in the playoffs. So no, you are wrong to say it was an aberration, the difference was TJ Whosyourmomma was not there to drop a ball put in his chest and Lee Evans did not drop the TD......

I am watching closely, it seems that teams have some sort of game plan that allows WR's an opportunity to get WIDE OPEN.....for some odd reason all of Joes throws are Heavily contested by 1 defender our WR's can't seem to break loose from with the exception of Pitta.

do we really feel like the Ravens are drafting the best player available?

I am still hoping he is who he showed us last year against starting NFL players and hope the pre-season was a mistake on his part. If he pans out to be who he was projected/showed he was our defense would be on a different level in my opinion

to be fair, when Carl stepped in he played better than Timmy J who was dealing with a few minor injuries. He looked great out there and is now on IR. He would have helped our team defensively much more than an Urban would have. In fact, based on that small sample I would go as far to say that he may be our future DE at some point. I still feel that a lot of the picks we have made just have not been on the field to matter I never liked the Reynolds pick, not for what we need. Elam played well his first year, as to what happened year 2 will always be a mystery to all of us. That being said, apparently his confidence was back and he was playing well enough to have the coaches talk him up. However, an injury kept him out...I believe it was a torn bicep?

I only touched on the comment about players not performing, I am leaning mostly on injuries because in my opinion it begins and ends with health for us. I know you mentioned it before, I am just emphasizing on injuries more

the answer is simple, we have not been healthy for years. Camp looked all the bit of a big steal at WR but he at this point just can not stay on the field. Maxx Williams showed a bunch of promise but he went down as well. We lost a full year of Perrimans time, combine that with the fact that Boyle has also been suspended. Carl Davis? Injury. Matt Elam? Injury....regardless of how we felt about him, he still has not been on the field enough to know what he can do.....

I seriously do not think Webb is an issue. We have a top ranked defense, they are the least of our worries whether we get sacks or not. The real issue is how often they get on the field because of our offense

On the NEXT EPISODE OF DRAGONBALL Z

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Cam C isn't in the league anymore, Jim C was a stand in for Cam, Kubiak left, and now we have Marc T....are you sure it's Flacco?

I think we made the right choice, stayed and picked up Stanley who CLEARLY after a short injury stint is ALL WORTH THAT 6th pick

Will Hill was such a disappointment

excuses or not, our issues on offense does not rest solely on the shoulders on Joe Flacco (pun intended). When was the last time we ever saw a WR make a catch down the middle and he was wide open for a big gain? Most of the big plays we have seen so far have been contested catches MUCH to the credit of Perriman making ridiculous adjustments mid air. Does Flacco deserve the heat? Hell yea, and it's not because he gets paid all that money either. Flacco has shown a bit more patience this year then I've seen and has gone for stretches where he completes 10 plus passes in a row. The issue I see, Flacco is not throwing the ball with velocity (stepping into throws), the route running whether it be because of play calling or a miscommunication SUCKS, I've reviewed some plays where I am scratching my head. Where are the bunch formations, cross routes, plays designed to get our young legs running with a head of steam across the middle? PA passing? I am sick and tired of watching a 2nd and long be a short 5 yard completion to Mike Wallace.......what are the Ravens doing to take advantage of the players and abilities THEY have? Nothing....and to make matters worse Flacco has no confidence in himself it looks like..his footwork....

Suggs is still the best pass rusher on our squad, he was well on his way to double digit sacks before the injury. I would not count him out even though I was a bit critical of him early in the forums

I wish we would not go away from the run as quick as we do. Also, we need to figure out what is wrong with the route running, there was a replay of a 3rd down we failed to convert and it showed all 3 of our WR's going deep in a straight line...Am I the only one who has a an issue with that play calling? Where are the bunch formations? cross routes? play action passing? where is all the things we use to do? I feel like a better play calling scheme to help adjust the fact Flacco has to throw the ball quicker and sticking to the run would go a long way. Open the playbook up... Nothing we can really say about the defense, they are doing a great job in my opinion. Any fumble recovery or INT just drop straight down just in case lol

Somebody who plays with an attitude please

nothing for the offense?

I am sort of losing faith in John...slowly

come to think of it, I have grown use to watching Flacco be in a 2 and 20 over the last couple of games, dump it off 4-6 yards out for a no gain.....what is going on with this offense? Flacco is missing throws, he's constantly back peddling from the pocket because they can not protect him, and CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHY ON A 3rd and 9 I BELIEVE EVERYBODY WENT DEEP? HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT NONE OF OUR GUYS GET OPEN???