The "What Everyone Thinks of the Ravens" Thread -- Post Your Media Musings Here

[JohnBKistler]

So says James Walker of ESPN:

http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post...-in-final-four

I liked James when he was writing the AFC North blog...but I don't get, given Flacco's performance in this year's playoffs, and outperforming Brady in last year's playoffs, how you can make this claim:

Brady won his first title in New Orleans versus the St. Louis Rams 11 years ago to begin his storybook career. Flacco, Ryan and Kaepernick simply aren’t good enough to stop Brady from winning his fourth championship in the same place where it all started.

There is a lot of other objectionable stuff in the article...the biggest one for me is just the fact that he's lumping Flacco in with Ryan and Kaepernick and using Brady's "experience" as giving him the huge edge in the upcoming matchups.

I am little surprised at myself for getting this riled up over another person's opinion, but geez, what does the guy have to do to gain the respect I think he's earned on the field? I know, I know, he needs to hold up the trophy, I get that. But consider:

In Flacco's last 5 years (we all know the #s): 7-4 (including 5 road wins) and 3 AFCCG appearances.
In that same time, Brady: 5-4 (all at home*) and 2 AFCCG appearances.

*By the way, what would Flacco's legacy be if all of his 12 playoff games had been played at M&T Bank?

Neither has won the SB, although Brady got their twice.

And Flacco and Brady are 1-1 in head-to-head playoff match-ups.

Yes, Brady is "elite" and I am not saying Flacco is at that level. But I just don't get the lack of respect that continues....sorry for the rant. Just go win the damn thing Joe so we don't have to read bullshit like this anymore....