Quote Originally Posted by Haloti92 View Post
Where you getting 70? I see no 70. And 80.9 is this year's rating for Flacco (not 86). You trying to claim that Joe was getting ripped for playing like he did his rookie (or even 2nd year)? No chance. It is the flatline or downtrend that is producing the criticism (same was the case with Eli even at a lower rating). It is the postseason underperformance as well that has resulted in some criticism.
Let me try this again.

http://blogs.baltimoreravens.com/201...g-playoff-qbs/

Eli's career rating first 4 years 70.6

Flacco's career rating first 4 years. 86.0

The difference between a QB with an 86 rating(using 2011) is the QB with the 70.6 rating would be 31st, and the QB with the 86 rating would be 13th. They ARE NOT close. The 31st rated QB is viewed terrible, the 13th is pretty good. Would you agree? I sure as hell hope so.

You said it "wasn't that much difference", as you conveniently used Flacco's (almost) WORST, down year rating for ONE year compared to a much larger sample size of 4 YEARS that is much more reliable to determine anything.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/stats/...26/eli-manning

When Manning finished with an 85 rating in 2010, after he finished with a 93 in 2009, was that an outlier or just the natural variance in any statistical trend? You sound like you know the answer to that, while arguing otherwise.

The bottom line is Flacco is light years ahead of Eli Manning at similar points in their career, and that is indisputable. If past events tendto predict future ones, considering the improvement Manning(and every other "elite" QB) made after year 4 Flacco has a bright, ELITE future ahead of him. He is ahead of the curve, not behind it like some would have you to believe. And that "curve" is in reference to the best of the best, not just an average QB.