Rex Believed In Flacco

[darklight1216]

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According to this article, Rex Ryan thought that Flacco was the best quarterback of the team and that he should have been started from the beginning. I didn't even know what training camp was back then, but does anyone else remember hearing this?

Maybe Rex Ryan has a knack for finding quarterback talent? Or perhaps guessing Flacco was a fluke...

[flynismo]

[quote name='darklight1216' post='192198' date='May 13 2009, 12:47 AM'][url="http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/jets/ny-spglaub0212725258may01,0,5698241.column"]http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/jet...,5698241.column[/url]

According to this article, Rex Ryan thought that Flacco was the best quarterback of the team and that he should have been started from the beginning. I didn't even know what training camp was back then, but does anyone else remember hearing this?

Maybe Rex Ryan has a knack for finding quarterback talent? Or perhaps guessing Flacco was a fluke...[/quote]

Well, truthfully, a lot of us saw it in Flacco before we even drafted him. I know that myself, and another poster here, felt that Flacco was the best QB entering the Draft last year, and were elated when Baltimore pulled the trigger on him.
I wouldn't say Rex exactly went out on a limb in predicting that Flacco was superior to Smith and Boller.

[darklight1216]

[quote name='flynismo' post='192200' date='May 13 2009, 01:01 AM']Well, truthfully, a lot of us saw it in Flacco before we even drafted him. I know that myself, and another poster here, felt that Flacco was the best QB entering the Draft last year, and were elated when Baltimore pulled the trigger on him.
I wouldn't say Rex exactly went out on a limb in predicting that Flacco was superior to Smith and Boller.[/quote]
Shhhh... don't let the "Bench Flacco; start Troy" club hear you.

[Bullrush]

Rex should focus on his own QB's instead of blabbering about what happened last year. The guy has no clue when it comes to evaluating QB's, he wasn't even working with any of our QB's last year, has no clue which one of them would've been the best choice for us. And now he wants to be given credit for the success we had with Flacco, what a maniac.

He'll get a chance to prove this year how good of a QB evaluator he really is...

[BloodRaven]

Any idiot can say "I knew it all along" after the fact. I dont buy it for a second, even then, there was nothing to indicate Flacco would play the way he did.


Off topic:If Troy Smith and Anquan Boldin had a baby, would IQ try to marry it?

[ItFigurs16]

[quote name='BloodRaven' post='192205' date='May 13 2009, 01:37 AM']Off topic:If Troy Smith and Anquan Boldin had a baby, would IQ try to marry it?[/quote]

He would love that baby more then his own mother lol. Would this be a boy or a girl? Not like it matters...

[Alexir]

BS article, Rex was all for Smith but couldn't nab him from us. Flacco is good but never showed that much promise in training camp. Concentrate on Sanchez

[bgusc]

Kyle getting injured was one of the best things to happen to us over the past year or so. I'm plenty glad (as is most everyone) to see him gone.

[jezzy]

i think every coach knew joe was the guy but with our history at qb harbs didnt want to throw joe out to the wolves but when injuries happen then you gotta go with whos left so i dont think rex was the only one they just didnt want to turn flacco into boller.

[Marc2k6]

[quote name='darklight1216' post='192198' date='May 13 2009, 12:47 AM'][url="http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/jets/ny-spglaub0212725258may01,0,5698241.column"]http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/jet...,5698241.column[/url]

According to this article, Rex Ryan thought that Flacco was the best quarterback of the team and that he should have been started from the beginning. I didn't even know what training camp was back then, but does anyone else remember hearing this?

Maybe Rex Ryan has a knack for finding quarterback talent? Or perhaps guessing Flacco was a fluke...[/quote]
There was really no reason to hear this from Rex Ryan at the time. He was the Defensive Coordinator as well as the Assistant HC but the QB position was not his side of the ball. Plus, it would not have been a good idea for him to voice his opinion's in the news media concerning that. I think now he is just expressing what he thought from where he was sitting at the time.

[darklight1216]

[quote name='bgusc' post='192250' date='May 13 2009, 11:37 AM']Kyle getting injured was one of the best things to happen to us over the past year or so. I'm plenty glad (as is most everyone) to see him gone.[/quote]

[Reddawn36]

who was boller having the conversation with?

[McBurks]

Boller should have played better and then he wouldn't have been booed.

[72Marshall]

Can anyone pick out the Troy Smith supporters in this thread?

[bossman419]

[quote name='darklight1216' post='192266' date='May 13 2009, 12:47 PM']

[Alexir]

Yeah we arent philadelphia, we dont boo our players. Kyle was the product of a horrible offense. he could have really stepped it up this year but we will never know.

[bgusc]

[quote name='Alexir' post='192479' date='May 14 2009, 12:44 AM']Yeah we arent philadelphia, we dont boo our players. Kyle was the product of a horrible offense. he could have really stepped it up this year but we will never know.[/quote]

I don't agree with that. The 53.4% completion rate he had at Cal didn't lie when it came to the NFL...

[flynismo]

[quote name='Alexir' post='192479' date='May 14 2009, 12:44 AM']Yeah we arent philadelphia, we dont boo our players. Kyle was the product of a horrible offense. he could have really stepped it up this year but we will never know.[/quote]


I boo our players all the time, especially Boller. I would argue the offense was the product of a horrible QB. He had Ogden, Mulitalo and Flynn in their primes protecting him, Jamal Lewis and Chester Taylor providing ground support, and Heap and Mason to throw to. Put any decent QB in that spot, they would have done better. Look at Flacco, for example. The kid as a rookie has already put up better results than anything we have ever seen from Boller.

Sorry, every time I see his name I spit at my monitor and go on a pointless rant...

[Alexir]

wow, you guys boo your own team? Thats sad...

[edreedfromtheu]

They get paid millions. They raise ticket prices after a losing season. They make us pay full price for preseason games. I comes with the territory. If you don't perform, you get booed until you do perform. Sometimes, you get booed just because of where you are from. Mark Texiera going to the Yankees instead of the Orioles. It happens. It's not sad at all. It's part of the fans being able to feel like they have a tangible effect on the games. It's the same as yelling as loud as possible when your defense is on the field. It's the same as booing an official who makes a call against your team. You think it doesn't make any difference, but there's plenty of evidence that suggests otherwise. I've seen QB's get pulled their first mistake after being booed by fans. I've seen officials NOT make calls that should have been simply because it would have been against the home team. Now, booing someone who gets hurt... that's dirty. But for not performing... that's perfectly acceptable.

[edreedfromtheu]

[quote name='flynismo' post='192484' date='May 14 2009, 02:55 AM']I boo our players all the time, especially Boller. I would argue the offense was the product of a horrible QB. He had Ogden, Mulitalo and Flynn in their primes protecting him, Jamal Lewis and Chester Taylor providing ground support, and Heap and Mason to throw to. Put any decent QB in that spot, they would have done better. Look at Flacco, for example. The kid as a rookie has already put up better results than anything we have ever seen from Boller.

Sorry, every time I see his name I spit at my monitor and go on a pointless rant... [/quote]

nah man, that rant wasn't pointless. what is pointless is people STILL trying to defend boller with the same tired excuses of no receivers and no blocking. he had the same blocking that led jamal lewis to 2000 yards. he had the same receivers that mcnair got us to our all time best record at 13-3. he had the same defense that held peyton manning to 5 field goals(3 of them being over 45 yards) in the playoffs. no, he didn't play in that game. but he had played with that same defense plenty of times. so please, stop defending him. kyle boller is horrible, and didn't deserve to waste so many years for the Ravens.

[jfc13]

[quote name='darklight1216' post='192198' date='May 13 2009, 12:47 AM'][url="http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/jets/ny-spglaub0212725258may01,0,5698241.column"]http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/jet...,5698241.column[/url]

According to this article, Rex Ryan thought that Flacco was the best quarterback of the team and that he should have been started from the beginning. I didn't even know what training camp was back then, but does anyone else remember hearing this?

Maybe Rex Ryan has a knack for finding quarterback talent? Or perhaps guessing Flacco was a fluke...[/quote]

Whether or not he really thought that before the season, I agree with those that say he should have kept it to himself and concentrated on his own QB situation.

Besides, it's possible that ALL the coaches, including Harbaugh, thought Joe was the best QB, but there are more things to consider in deciding your starter. The QB is an important and stressful position and you have to be awfully sure [or have no other choice] before you throw a rookie into a powderkeg like the NFL from day 1 - especially a QB. A poor initial showing could cloud an entire career. It all worked out with Joe, but things could have worked out differently and the coaches have to consider that along with many other factors before making their decision. So, they could [i]all[/i] probably say that they thought Joe was the best QB even if their initial reaction wasn't to make him the starter from day 1.

[quote name='Alexir' post='192528' date='May 14 2009, 11:47 AM']wow, you guys boo your own team? Thats sad...[/quote]
Yes, it is. The [i]only[/i] reason I would condone booing is if the player wasn't trying. If they are trying and just not succeeding, then, yes, booing is a sad, unfair, and immature response.

[lowrider]

[quote name='jfc13' post='192594' date='May 14 2009, 03:31 PM']Yes, it is. The [i]only[/i] reason I would condone booing is if the player wasn't trying. If they are trying and just not succeeding, then, yes, booing is a sad, unfair, and immature response.[/quote]
I boo players that suck. Like Boller. I booed him. I dont feel bad about it either. I love the ravens and i understand people have bad games. Boller had a bad career. He held our team back and ruined games for us. He would scramble and he would fumble the ball by hitting it off his own leg. Boller was a joke. And when he gets paid millions to hold back my team from winning then i will boo him all i want. Now booing say Stover after he missed a few field goals is just ridiculous. But booing someone like boller is completely different.

[jfc13]

[quote name='lowrider' post='192598' date='May 14 2009, 03:38 PM']I boo players that suck. Like Boller. I booed him. I dont feel bad about it either. I love the ravens and i understand people have bad games. Boller had a bad career. He held our team back and ruined games for us. He would scramble and he would fumble the ball by hitting it off his own leg. Boller was a joke. And when he gets paid millions to hold back my team from winning then i will boo him all i want. Now booing say Stover after he missed a few field goals is just ridiculous. But booing someone like boller is completely different.[/quote]
Boller is out there trying. Like I said, if he wasn't trying, then boo him. You're booing the wrong person. If Boller is on the field and shouldn't be, then blame the coaches. If he's making millions that he shouldn't be making, then blame the management. You're blaming the wrong person. They asked him to go out and play and he tried. The only alternative you've given him to escape the booing is to refuse to go out on the field - and that would be boo-worthy in my book. You don't boo someone making the effort and trying to do what is asked of him.

[lowrider]

[quote name='jfc13' post='192600' date='May 14 2009, 03:43 PM']Boller is out there trying. Like I said, if he wasn't trying, then boo him. You're booing the wrong person. If Boller is on the field and shouldn't be, then blame the coaches. If he's making millions that he shouldn't be making, then blame the management. You're blaming the wrong person. They asked him to go out and play and he tried. You shouldn't boo someone for that.[/quote]
But this is professional sports. Not little league where every gets trophies for trying. Its like in the work world, you dont get credit for trying. You get credit for success. He had all the weapons to be successful which the management put around him. I blamed the management for Boller partly too, but he needs to get blamed. Flacco put up mediocre stats last year and he was a "successful" QB. All Boller had to be was mediocre. But instead he blew games for the ravens. I guess we will differ on opinion on this one. But i'm not like a philadelphia fan and boo their best players. But in my opinion Boller got everything he deserved

[ravensfan160]

[quote name='darklight1216' post='192198' date='May 13 2009, 12:47 AM'][url="http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/jets/ny-spglaub0212725258may01,0,5698241.column"]http://www.newsday.com/sports/football/jet...,5698241.column[/url]

According to this article, Rex Ryan thought that Flacco was the best quarterback of the team and that he should have been started from the beginning. I didn't even know what training camp was back then, but does anyone else remember hearing this?

Maybe Rex Ryan has a knack for finding quarterback talent? Or perhaps guessing Flacco was a fluke...[/quote]
I think he's saying this now because he finds himself in a similar situation in New York with Sanchez. This is probably his roundabout way of saying he want's Sanchez to start. He's trying to make it seem like he has an eye for QB talent.

[neepo13]

Rex is becoming a little full of himself. Did anybody see his interview on NFL network, trying to take all the credit for our defensive dominance? I hope the Jets become the new Lions.

[Reddawn36]

cockiness comes with success, but success doesn't always come with cockiness

[kash96ravenstotalfan]

[quote name='darklight1216' post='192266' date='May 13 2009, 12:47 PM']

[darklight1216]

[quote name='neepo13' post='192620' date='May 14 2009, 05:27 PM']Rex is becoming a little full of himself. Did anybody see his interview on NFL network, trying to take all the credit for our defensive dominance? I hope the Jets become the new Lions.[/quote]
I'm glad that I'm not the only one. Everyone's been saying that they wish Ryan well, and I felt like the odd one out when I wished that he, Scott, Leonhard, and Sanchez won't be able to do what we do.