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12-16-2012, 06:32 PM #37Rookie Poster
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What about setting Flacco free & signing Alex Smith? Is he just a late bloomer? I think he would get good money but maybe not the bucks that Flacco would be seeking? I could be way off base.
Of course, fixing the line is huge as well & getting any QB is a lost cause without the line being solid. Do they give Oher his deal and keep him at LT, keep K.O. at RT, Yanda at RG, Gradkowski takes over C and draft a solid LG with a first or second round pick?
I know that Oher is probably a better RT but how many sacks attributed to him were due to Flacco's lack of pocket presence & not stepping up in the pocket?
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12-16-2012, 06:38 PM #38
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12-16-2012, 06:39 PM #39On The Practice Squad
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Every QB has had a bad season or two, look up some of the greats. I am not excusing Joe for bad play but this whole season is just weird to me. Everyone is all about Luck and RG3, I have seen that along wil Wilson and the other rookie QBs that some anylysts already want to compare this to the 83 class. That is just bull, these kids have not accomplished anything yet and its unfair to put that pressure on them. if next yuear thye struggle like many 2nd years QBs do and can will people flip on them and say thye suck? Sure will, only time will tell how good they end up being, all you cna say for now is so far so good but what about next year when expectations go up?
Joe has shown that he can be clutch at times, more often than not has succeeded in being clutch so he can put the team on his shoulders but he still needs help fore the rest of the time, namely an Oline that can consistently block well, they, like Joe seem to almost be good and bad game to game or quarter to quarter some times. Joe made some nice throws today when they gave him time and he had better pocket precense, running out of it a couple of times and throwing it away.
No that does not exucse the INT but that was also a horrible play call, should have had Torrey cut underneath toward the middle, I don't think they have run a play like that before or if so not in a while and Joe did not have time to read the D, what he did wronmg was look at Q but I am not sure if most if not all QBs would have done thath, he got the snap, looked at him and then threw and the DB read it right obviously and the throw looked slow and poor as well, no excuse for it but that may be an example of setting him up to fail, another thing he should have done is said I am not running this play, call a TO and talk about it.
I did see some good play calls today, on David's Reed reception he ran an out with a cut. Someone talked about last week that the O does not run routes that 'break the DBs ankles" well that did, the DB actualfly tripped over his own feet I think so there is some hope I believe.
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12-16-2012, 06:43 PM #40
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12-16-2012, 06:49 PM #41
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This is kind've where I'm at. That pick 6 was the back breaker. The problem is that in year 5, having those bonehead moments really starts to shake your confidence in him. I think we're all of the opinion, Joe is never going to be that "elite" level of QB. But can he still be the above average - good QB that can take a talented team and put them in position to succeed? Remains to be seen a bit.
Interested to see how negotiations play out. I really can't see Linta coming at us with the same numbers. He's got to know Joe's value has plummeted this year. I'd like to see if we can "Alex Smith" him and look for a QB in rounds 2-4 that could push him to either be better or out of the starting job. If he plays better, we have a solid backup, ala Cousins..
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12-16-2012, 06:51 PM #42
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Joe is 9-5 with a defense that leaks like a sieve (injuries and attrition)
Receivers who drop balls pretty frequently
An offensive system that kinda sucks IMO
An offensive line that kinda sucks IMO
Joe has many deficiencies, knowing how to win is not one of them. With enough decent talent around him he can make it work. Ray Rice has a lot to do with 9 wins but so does Joe. If I came on here and read the board and did not know better you would think that Joe was losing with none of those issues above. People wanna bail now that we have lost 3 straight. Whats more likely, Joe forgot how to win or that the injuries and the toll they have taken are finally catching up with this team.
Calm down. Joe is Joe. He is not elite but he is a winner IMO. 5yrs in the playoffs if thats not enough for some people, by all means dump him. You just may not like how that scenario plays out if we get unlucky and draft Kyle Boller part Deux.“A linebacker's job is to knock out running backs, to knock out receivers, to chase the football,”
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12-16-2012, 06:56 PM #43Rookie Poster
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12-16-2012, 07:01 PM #44
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The excuses are alive and well.
It's simply ridiculous that issues I have stated in detail over the past YEARS(!) are still issues and some folks are still excusing them. Twisting themselves in knots for the silver lining. For years now I have been critical of Joe and Ozzie. The problems are so obvious (poor talent evaluation, poor instincts and awareness at QB, along with inconsistent accuracy) and are mounting. This team is in trouble.
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Re: Trade for Kirk cousins
In the past though your cap wasn't going to be crippled by what you had to pay your QB. You can put players around Flacco at his rookie contract cap value. It's a lot harder to do that when you have to pay him $14 in a season or $100 million for the next bunch of years.
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12-16-2012, 07:07 PM #46
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The team is in trouble, but I don't know why you want to hang it on Joe. This defense has been so bad, and we have still won 9 games. If not for 2 blown wins (thanks to our defense) against the skins and the steelers we would be 11-3 right now. Yeah, Joe hasn'd had a great year, but you just can't hang all this shit on him.
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12-16-2012, 07:08 PM #47
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Respectfully I disagree. QB's get overpaid. That is reality. Look at the money Flynn got, Kolb, etc. Those guys had proved very little and look how they got paid. There is a reason for that. Nobody thought Kolb or Flynn could be elite...they hoped they could be guys who could win with talent around them. Something Joe has done going on 5 yrs
Have no issue with drafting another guy to develop. Blowing a first on a QB would be dumb considering our needs. None of the QB's in this draft remotely compare in certainty to guys like Luck, RGB, or even Cam in Carolina. Its universally agreed its weak class.
Just saying you dont bail on a guy like Joe to take a chance on somebody who has not proven anything. Joe has proven if a guy could have held on to the ball he could have had a team in the SB.... thats more valuable than people realize. You sure as hell do not let a winner walk for Matt (I cant displace Russell Wilson) Flynn or Alex (lost my job to a rookie) Smith. I would rather overpay at the QB position for a guy who has shown he can win here already than hope one of those guys can do the same for a little cheaper.“A linebacker's job is to knock out running backs, to knock out receivers, to chase the football,”
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12-16-2012, 07:09 PM #48Veteran Poster
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They'd have to be insane to give Flacco some huge deal now. Franchise him and work on getting his replacement. If he tears it up next season somehow, then you can talk turkey. I really don't see Flacco looking any different next year than this year. He has reached his ceiling and the flaws everyone has complained about for years are just not fixable.
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