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If John Harbaugh had simply replaced the QB years ago, what would be different now?
Somebody needs to explain this to me. If the Ravens never gave Flacco an extension and Harbaugh replaced him with another QB years ago, with everything else surrounding the situation being the same, what would have honestly been different?
"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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11-09-2018, 12:17 PM #2
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11-09-2018, 12:22 PM #4
Re: If John Harbaugh had simply replaced the QB years ago, what would be different now?
"That's not Donovan McNabb."
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Re: If John Harbaugh had simply replaced the QB years ago, what would be different now?
"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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11-09-2018, 12:25 PM #6
Re: If John Harbaugh had simply replaced the QB years ago, what would be different now?
"That's not Donovan McNabb."
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11-09-2018, 12:23 PM #7Pro Bowl Poster
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Re: If John Harbaugh had simply replaced the QB years ago, what would be different now?
I'd say, overall, not much would be different.
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11-09-2018, 12:26 PM #8
Re: If John Harbaugh had simply replaced the QB years ago, what would be different now?
With a new QB (especially a first round QB), it is a total crap shoot. Look around the league. So I can't say how it would have been different.
But to me, staying with Flacco is not Harbaugh's biggest fault. It was his choice of coordinators these last 3 seasons that will be his undoing.
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11-09-2018, 01:15 PM #10
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11-09-2018, 12:29 PM #11
Re: If John Harbaugh had simply replaced the QB years ago, what would be different now?
Nothing. We were missing in the draft starting in 2010. There were not enough young players to replace the veterans so this line Webb got extension after extension to make cap room. The problem wasn't Flaccos money, there was a ton of dead cap space in general and not enough young contributors so we couldn't let guys walk. Getting Steve Smith for 3 years and 5 million dollar contract was a steal, but it just shows that we didn't have the money back then to fill holes with top dollar options. Forsett was a discount option that year too.
I think this year we finally got the roster right, and I'm generalizing, with lots of starters in rookie contracts in the positions we draft well, and FA wide receiver. Sure, I'd swap a few linebackers drafted for some linemen, but overall I think the roster has gone in ther right direction.
We've had bad OC and DC that i don't think any QB could have won with. Except Kubiak, who made Flacco look great and got us to the playoffs. That season stands as the outlier that proves, to me, our problem is coaching and no QB fixes that.
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11-09-2018, 12:33 PM #12Regular 1st Stringer
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Re: If John Harbaugh had simply replaced the QB years ago, what would be different now?
Despite changing coordinators, the offense has more or less remained the same boring offense. There's no guarantee that the QB they pick will better than Joe. Given the recent draft history, the QB situation could be much worse. Plus, the Ravens would have needed to trade up or really tank to have a chance at a QB like Goff, Wentz, Mahomes, etc. It's entirely possible that the Ravens could have a new head coach and front office. Hypothetically speaking.
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