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02-02-2013, 11:50 AM #217
Re: Flacco asking for Brees type money
Good post.
I have always been in the Joe is a great QB camp. It always bothered me that people would compare Joe to to the top QBs in year 7 and 8 while he was in year 3 or 4. Guys like Rodgers were still on the bench while Joe was chasing championships.
Joe made plenty of mistakes along the way, but people were acting like he was the only QB to be inconsistant, while consistantly winning.
I think that this year Joe has finnally reached the top tier of QBs. He was not there until this year, but to me it was obviously coming based on what he did year 1.
Rodgers also has a lot of talent at WR and TE. The OL is not that good, and he is the best right now, but he is not making something out of nothing either. QB is only one of 11 positions on offense. Our OL shuffle and all the huge individual big plays made by the skill guys show how important every position can be.
Last year guys other than the QB for both the Ravens and 49rs dropped the ball in the key situations that would have put them in the SB. I always thought QBs were over rated, but I played DE, so I may be biased.
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02-02-2013, 11:53 AM #218Legendary RSR Poster
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Re: Flacco asking for Brees type money
Hoping they also win for Art Modell and his family, even in death, they will be happy for the Ravens to win. Also the cleveland people will hate it and that will make Art legend that much more special. Hoping Art makes the HOF, but doesn't seem likely.
Pay the man, Ravens need him to continue the post season streak. Without Flacco, the Ravens football season would be like most of the other Nfl teams. Sixteen games abd go home and watch the postseason. Oh yea, anyone heard from lamarr woodley yet?
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02-02-2013, 01:14 PM #220Legendary RSR Poster
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02-02-2013, 02:35 PM #221Pro Bowl Poster
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02-02-2013, 02:38 PM #222Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: Flacco asking for Brees type money
People should understand that compensation for a QB isn't an exact science, and just because somebody is paid more than another player, it doesn't mean that they're better. There are other factors like leverage, timing, age, and durability that need to be considered. Of coarse Brady, Manning, and Brees have put up a ton of numbers and won SB's, their value is going to be diminished because of their age. You also get more favorable contracts when you have favorable timing and leverage. By this, I'm mainly referring to working out a deal a year or two before the contract expires (or before) and secondarily the availability and feasibility of using a franchise tag. Players might take a slight paycut to have the long-term certainty of a contract verses playing with very little time left on the deal. We tried to work this out with Flacco, but he hadn't shown us enough at the time. Ironically, this is working out in his favor now.
Another issue dealing with timing is the assumption that contracts get bigger and bigger as time goes on. While we know that the cap will be flat for the next few years, it had been going up regularly, and it will be going up in the future. So, what is seen as a huge contract now, might become pretty ordinary in a few years.
Flacco is going to be paid top dollar either way, either with us or without us. Sure, we can tag him for a year or two, but eventually the tag will get too big for us to handle.
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02-02-2013, 05:50 PM #223
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Re: Flacco asking for Brees type money
Leach, we've had how many debates about who should be the focal point of this offense and how? You saying that the offense should run through Rice and that this team needs to gear its draft towards returning to smashmouth power running and top notch defense? Me saying that Rice should be used as an extension of Flacco in the passing game?
How many times have you said that Joe is just slightly above a game manager QB and that you don't believe he'll ever be more than that, just an above average QB who could win the Super Bowl with a top 5 defense and running game?
Saying that you would only give Joe slightly more than Matt Schaub?
The quote that has already been rehashed in this very thread?
Personally, I haven't read a comment from you about Joe being elite until they beat New England."Please take with you this final sword, The Excellector. I am praying that your journey will be guided by the light", Leon Shore
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02-04-2013, 12:56 AM #224Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: Flacco asking for Brees type money
Pay the Super Bowl MVP! (A LTC, no franchise tag crap.)
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02-04-2013, 01:01 AM #225
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Re: Flacco asking for Brees type money
Pay the man!
"Please take with you this final sword, The Excellector. I am praying that your journey will be guided by the light", Leon Shore
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Re: Flacco asking for Brees type money
CALL HIM MOTHERFUCKIN' ELITE!
Suck it, Bayless!
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02-04-2013, 01:10 AM #227
Re: Flacco asking for Brees type money
There's no way they can tag him now.
You don't want to risk pissing off a Super Bowl MVP/record tying QB (11 TD, 0 INT ties Montana's record)
Especially since there are 20 other teams with owners that would personally drive and back up the Brinks truck to Flacco's driveway.
Haters and doubters...face the fact: he's getting PAID
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