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04-09-2012, 10:58 AM #121
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It would be understandable if someone doubted Flacco's more significant role in the team's overall success, if they had only made the playoff one year. Even, if they only made the playoffs two years in a row. However, FOUR YEARS STRAIGHT?! FOUR YEARS?! HELLO??
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04-09-2012, 11:03 AM #122
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04-09-2012, 11:09 AM #124
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Better defenses, better rush offenses, better special teams. Then, just look at all of the players that have come and gone. Jason Brown, Kelly Gregg, Derrick Mason, Todd Heap, Willis McGahee, Lorenzo Neal, LeRon McClain, Bart Scott, Chris McAlister, Samari Rolle, Dawan Landry, Matt Stover, etc.
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04-09-2012, 11:10 AM #125
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04-09-2012, 11:35 AM #127Legendary RSR Poster
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04-09-2012, 11:39 AM #128
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04-09-2012, 12:13 PM #131Pro Bowl Poster
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I'm not exclusively blaming Flacco for his stats taking a plunge last year--there could be any number of reasons for that. You mention the new receivers--there's also the shortened offseason from the lockout to consider (though all teams had to deal with that, and it was a record year for passing in several respects), as well as the possibility that it might have something to do with Cameron not being entirely in tune with reality, as so many fans seem to think. Frankly, I'm sorry we lost the opportunity to change that variable--I'm not convinced that Cameron's the problem, but I would have been willing to tell him to GTFO if for no other reason than to make a change and see what happened as a result of that change.
The point I'm trying to make is that in comparison to the defense, the offense is subpar, and is IMO a much smaller part of the reason that the Ravens win so many games. I don't know that the problem with the offense is Flacco, but I don't know that it isn't either, and I'm not going to ignore the possibility that he's at least part of the problem, as so many seem to do. I hope he does well this year, because I really want the Ravens to do well this year. However, I think you're being a blind fanboy if you don't think it's a reasonable possibility that we might be able to do better with a different QB, particularly based on the drop in performance Flacco had in 2011.
Sometimes it's the right thing to do to sign a player immediately--sometimes a bit of circumspection is warranted. I just think this is the latter situation.
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04-09-2012, 12:27 PM #132
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I can understand where RedMike is coming from. What's going here, in my opinion, is that the defense has long been establishing, while the offense is trying to establish itself. So, the coaching staff and front office have chosen the strategy of leaning on the established side of the ball, while they methodically develop the offense. It's not easy to develop any particular side of the ball. It took the Ravens four years to develop the defense into the type of unit that set the foundation for its current reputation.
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