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12-04-2012, 03:28 PM #229Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: The "Flacco Thread" (Merged from 5 threads)
When the only type of pass route your offensive coordinator calls are 9 routes that are doubled covered, and when you have an O line that can't protect you for the 10 or 15 seconds it would take to have one of your receivers finally get open, you are not likely to have success in the NFL.
Joe's problem is CAM - NOTHING more. Get rid of Cam and get someone with half a brain to replace him and Joe will get the Ravens to the Superbowl.
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12-04-2012, 03:52 PM #231Veteran Poster
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Re: The "Flacco Thread" (Merged from 5 threads)
I do not disagree with your last statement. I have been consistently in the Cam-holds-us-back camp.
As for the significance of the league-wide changes/increases. You are right that my claim is anecdotal, but I also was probably a bit too general when I said "league-wide" for the purposes of this discussion. I should have said something closer to "league-leaders-wide." Or if we want to simplify, we could say top 10 or top 15. If the leagues' best QBs are performing better (under the new rules/philosophies) and the league's worst QBs are performing worse (teams gambling on less-conventional QBs or trying to force subpar QBs into high-risk high-output philosophies where they fail, etc) then the "league-wide" averages may not actually increase. Conversely, if the league-wide averages have increased, perhaps it is all at the hands of increases by the top 6, 8, 10 QBs, and the bottom half of the league is performing the same as it always has. I suppose either could be the case, but in both cases, the top handful or third of the QBs are putting up better numbers; I would feel safe claiming that. Even if I concede they are no more efficient than the past (i.e. their number of attempts are increasing as much or more than the raw output).
Regarding the Brady/Flacco first 4-5 years comparison (which is made often), yes, their raw stats are very very similar but their rankings are as follows for their first 5 years. (Ignoring Brady's year on the bench and ignoring the fact he started only 14 games in 2001):
Brady:
2001 - Rate: 86.5 (6th) ; TD: 18 (13th) ; Yds: 2843 (22nd)
2002 - Rate: 85.7 (9th) ; TD: 28 (1st) ; Yds: 3764 (6th)
2003 - Rate: 85.9 (10th); TD: 23 (10th); Yds: 3620 (6th)
2004 - Rate: 92.6 (9th) ; TD: 28 (6th) ; Yds: 3692 (10th)
2005 - Rate: 92.3 (6th) ; TD: 26 (3rd) ; Yds: 4110 (1st)
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Flacco:
2008 - Rate: 80.3 (22nd) ; TD: 14 (20th) ; Yds: 2971 (20th)
2009 - Rate: 88.9 (13th) ; TD: 21 (15th) ; Yds: 3613 (15th)
2010 - Rate: 93.6 (7th) ; TD: 25 (10th) ; Yds: 3622 (11th)
2011 - Rate: 80.9 (18th) ; TD: 20 (13th) ; Yds: 3610 (12th)
2012*-Rate: 85.0 (19th) ; TD: 20 (19th) ; Yds: 4051 (12th) * - projected
Looks like TDs are the least changed, though Brady's league-leading 28 in 2002, would have finished a distant 4th, 6th, 6th, and 8th from 2008-2011.
Yards are the next least changed, though Brady's league-leading 4110 in 2005, would have finished 4th, 10th, 5th, and 9th from 2008-2011.
And you are correct about rating, it appears to have been the most changed, likely for the reasons you stated.
I don't disagree with a single thing you just posted.
I only posted what I did because I think, while not impossible, that the chances Joe (or any young QB) has a career arc like Brady are pretty slim (even ignoring the SB wins) even if their first few years stats look somewhat the same. And for Joe, the chances are especially low if he remains in an outdated offense for too much longer; now is about the time one should expect a break-out to another level under normal circumstances, as it was for Brady. And of course, this whole conversation, and all Joe conversations, are conducted with the elephant in the room if his impending free agency. So trying to predict career arc and potential under various circumstances is a necessary step in determining what kind of contract should be offered/accepted.
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12-04-2012, 04:39 PM #232
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12-04-2012, 08:06 PM #233
Re: The "Flacco Thread" (Merged from 5 threads)
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12-05-2012, 01:52 AM #234
I'm losing my faith in Joe Flacco
Give the kid credit, he erased Boller/Wright from our memories, but his production has plateaued and he lacks the leadership qualities to compensate for his lack of focus.
For a few years, I felt he was an up and comer, gradually improving. Obviously I didn't see he had plateaued; I was so happy to not have Boller/Wright that I overcommitted emotionally.
Thanks Joe for everything you did and tried to do.
Not sure what to do now. Dump Joe and suck. Keep Joe and be good enough to make the playoffs every year and not win the Super Bowl.
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Re: I'm losing my faith in Joe Flacco
I don't think Flacco will prevent us from winning a Super Bowl, but I would like to see them seek out a young QB to groom as a potential replacement if the kid proves good enough (a la San Fran and Colin Kaep)
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12-05-2012, 02:33 AM #236Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: I'm losing my faith in Joe Flacco
I too had a great deal of faith in Joe but he has not taken the leadership role that would be expected of an elite QB. Franchise him and then trade for a 1st round pick if possible but Joe is not going to lead this team to the Super Bowl. He just does not have "it".
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Re: I'm losing my faith in Joe Flacco
Flacco doesn't have to be elite, he just needs his team around him to be a really talented team on both sides of the ball to get to the SB, and sadly unlike in recent years past, this team is simply not good enough to win with just an above average QB. If Flacco elevated his play this year to the level of the likes of Tom Brady, we would have a much better shot. The problem is, the offensive system is really limiting and not QB friendly what so ever, it's hard for any QB to prosper under it. With that said, I think Flacco's ceiling still isn't elite, but rather a top 10 QB who puts up solid stats every season, but he will need a better OC IMO, and a better offensive system to work in. He can be as good as what Matt Shaubb is right now, but we need to rebuild the defense, and the Oline.
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12-05-2012, 03:51 AM #238Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: I'm losing my faith in Joe Flacco
I feel exactly the same away. I've always been a staunch defender of Joe, even at the beginning of this season I figured him as a top 10 QB. After watching this season though I'm really having my doubts. It's ok to have a bad game - Brees had a 5 pick game, Manning had a 4 pick game, but you keep it to just a game or two a year and that's it. I never know what I'm getting with Joe. Vinny said that there's been 5 "Bad Joe" games this year (passer rating under 75 and passing for about 200 yds on average) to go with 7 "Good Joe" games. That's way too inconsistent. You can't alternate every other game (or even during games as was the case in SD and CLE).
I want to see him under another OC before I make a final judgement but I feel like he's pretty close to the top of his potential.
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12-05-2012, 04:15 AM #239
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12-05-2012, 04:33 AM #240Pro Bowl Poster
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