[Blogs] Bulger Would Return As Backup

[redrum52]

I say the 4th year will give you a clearer picture of where the qb is at progression wise and give you a decent scale of where their ceiling is(potential wise). I'm not saying bench Joe for the season, what I'm saying is make him earn his plain and simple. Tell him going into the off-season that thy need to see and improvement in his leadership ability and progressions. These are mental things I think he just needs to conquer(along with Cams bad play calls) and honestly I germ the 1st quarter of the season will tell a lot about the direction he's going in. After a loss like the one suffered at end their season this team should come out playing mean and show that killer instinct we lacked but only time will tell.

[redrum52]

Bpytnjr58 my bad for the negs, meant to hit the plus

[kojie22]

I agree, keep Bulger. This year will be very crucial for Flacco. I think they try to give Bulger snaps not only during the preseason but all also in the early part of uipcoming season. Who knows he's the one ravens need in the playoffs. Flacco is a good quarterback, but he hasn't proven yet that he's an elite one. Even though the ravens will sign all the best WRs in the league if Flacco doesn't mature the ravens will only just settle for wildcard wins or divisonal wins the most. It's very obvious that Flacco lacks good decision-making when the game is on the line. He is easily rattled when the dialed play has been broken. I really don't know where the problem is. Is it him or Cam Cameron?

[rayvnmania]

You think you might of seen a little bit of Bulger late in the KC game in case Joe went down in the playoffs. That might be a bit forward thinking for Cam, my bad.

[Bmore:born & raised]

love the acceptance of his role. To bad Troy Smith didn't have that attitude.

[bigC75]

i love that Marc Bulger doesn't have an ego and that he wants to stay to back joe up. I hope he can show joe a few things about being a NFL QB in the future to help improve on some of the little things that only experience can show you. I have to admit kojie22 that you are right about some things with joe but a lot of it isn't his fault. He may be rattled easily but who isn't when you have a 250 lb linebacker come unblocked up the middle or around the edge, that's the line not joe, plus the only passes the ravens run are play-action passes that take too much time to develope and the line doesn't give joe enough time what they should run is quick slants, curls, ins, and out routes so joe can throw it quickly and that's what our receivers are best at, for some reason cam sent boldin down the field a ton this year when his strength is short over the middle passes, and mason is great with the quick curls, he comes back to the ball really well, so that's play calling which last I checked isn't joe's fault that's on cam, and his decision making will get better with experience maybe that's where bulger will come in to give joe some advice in certain situations.

[rayvnmania]

What 33 year old male would mind being a back-up in the NFL for almost 4 million dollars a year? To be able to "walk" away from the game with your health intact and a boat load of money ? Sounds like a no-brainer to me. I can hear my conversation with coach Harbaugh now - You want me to go in coach ? He looks alright to me. I'll just loosen up over here for awhile. Call me if you need me. I'm good at the kneel down at the end of the game ! I don't even bother wearing a jock strap out here.

[bioLarzen]

[quote name='Free Agent' timestamp='1295391393' post='616025']
I would try to trade Bulger. [/quote]

Hi,
well, you couldn't, since - like you - he's also gonna be a free agent - and an unrestricted one.... To be able to trade him, first you'd have to re-sign him. Or is that what you meant?

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[bioLarzen]

[quote name='Bmore:born & raised' timestamp='1295399978' post='616512']
love the acceptance of his role. To bad Troy Smith didn't have that attitude.
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Hi,
I guess if young QB accepting the backup's role to another young QB means he's not determined and competitive enough for the NFL...

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[payaso78]

hey that kind of money why dont we get Favre lol

[bmore_07]

Why dont we make Bulger the QB with Flacco as backup?
It surely couldnt hurt and I know a lot of players who would be in favor of that move.

[shake911]

give him a shot to be a starter this offseason. Flacco throws away to many games, we really need to get him off the roster

[FerrariFan87]

I think Joe would be better if he actually had some actual competition at the QB position... you know, push him a little bit to get better? He knew Harbs was never going to yank him for Bulger, so he had nothing to worry about if he performed poorly.

[PuRock]

[quote name='bmore_07' timestamp='1295451589' post='617256']
Why dont we make Bulger the QB with Flacco as backup?
It surely couldnt hurt and [b]I know a lot of players who would be in favor of that move[/b].
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You must have some close ties, I've never really heard any of them coming out publicly about making this change.

[bmore_07]

FerriariFan and Shake911 - I could not agree more.
This blind committment to Flacco is a lot like the Kyle Boller experiment part 2. What is wrong with making Flacco compete this coming season and actually EARN the right to be QB? I dont think he will ever be better than slighlty below average and has proven that with yet another disastrous performance against the Steelers last week. The Flacco excuse makers are out in full force however - they are running our of excuses. The latest is Flacco would be a great QB if only we had a different offesive cordinator. Last seasons excue was that he didnt have quality receivers. The seasons before that was he was still in learning mode and needed time to develop. It would be funny if it wasnt so pathetic.

[anonymousravenfan85]

simple thing here sign bulger to a one year deal for pennies and you trade him to the cardinals or 49ers or somewhere a qb with experience is needed and we move up in draft.

[PuRock]

[quote name='anonymousravenfan85' timestamp='1295455601' post='617345']
simple thing here sign bulger to a one year deal for pennies and you trade him to the cardinals or 49ers or somewhere a qb with experience is needed and we move up in draft.
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There is no way Bulger is going to sign a deal for pennies when he could test FA and get 3 Million to be a starter.

Bulger returning as a backup is very unlikely. Ofcourse he says he would love to return, because if there is nothing there, he'd like to get another lucrative backup contract here in Baltimore.

[anonymousravenfan85]

[quote name='PuRock' timestamp='1295456466' post='617373']
There is no way Bulger is going to sign a deal for pennies when he could test FA and get 3 Million to be a starter.

Bulger returning as a backup is very unlikely. Ofcourse he says he would love to return, because if there is nothing their, he'd like to get another lucrative backup contract here in Baltimore.
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I know its very unlikely but if were paying that money to play the bench its stupid move on our behalf we could use that money to sign someone back that will play and we can look to the free agency for a decent backup role qb that has something to prove

[Patricia_NC]

Flacco is a good quarterback with the potential to be a great one. That won't happen with the current coaching situation. His QB coach is Jim Zorn. This guy had one, maybe two, good years during the 70's and a career QB rating in the mid-80's. Flacco has already surpassed this guy in every way. What does Zorn have left to offer Flacco as far as development goes?

I was a Raven fan living in St. Louis during the Bulger years so I watched alot of Rams games because there was no "Sunday Ticket." He's a pretty good QB that came to the Rams after their "Greatest Show on Turf" years. The majority of the players he worked with were nowhere near Veteran status because all of the good ones had gone elsewhere to reap the cash rewards that an SB win provides. Much like most of the 2000 Ravens veterans did.

He is, at the very least, a perfect back-up for Flacco. His price may be a bit high but that is simply because he "could" potentially still be a starter in a lesser organization. Flacco can learn far more from him than he can from Zorn.

@payaso78 gives me an idea! If the Ravens are trully interested in making Flacco into an "elite" QB....why not get and elite QB to coach him. Favre is one. What if the Ravens organization spent some money and got him to coach Flacco? He had a 20 year career and I don't care what you think of him personnally...but just look at what Aaron Rogers learned watching him from the sidelines. Perhaps somebody should approach him with that mentoring suggestion before the Falcons think of it! Just a thought.

[bmore_07]

Flacco and Elite Quarterback should not be used in the same sentence.
When are the Ravens going to wake up and get a quality QB.
I'm tired of Joe "Kyle Boller" Flacco. Let's invest in a quality QB like we have invested in our receivers,running game and defense. An offense is only as good as it's quaterback which means the Ravens will continue to be mediocre at best with Flacco as QB.

[PuRock]

[quote name='bmore_07' timestamp='1295460357' post='617450']
Flacco and Elite Quarterback should not be used in the same sentence.
When are the Ravens going to wake up and get a quality QB.
I'm tired of Joe "Kyle Boller" Flacco. Let's invest in a quality QB like we have invested in our receivers,running game and defense. An offense is only as good as it's quaterback which means the [b]Ravens will continue to be mediocre[/b] at best with Flacco as QB.
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I never realized that three straight playoff runs (including one AFCCG) is considered mediocre. What about the other 26 teams who haven't sniffed the playoff in years.

[bmore_07]

PuRock - you should be a comedian. Seriously.
Take a look at Flacco's stats in the playoff runs.
You'll soon realize that the Ravens got to the playoffs in spite of having Flacco - not because of Flacco.
Not to mention Flacco's disastrous stats in playoff games - most notbaly the debacle against Pittsburg last week. Ravens going nowhere with Flacco as QB !!!

[HardKnocks]

Bring Bulger back, we are already molding a "rookie". We need a proven veteran to take over if it comes down to that. Do we want emotions or championships?