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Originally Posted by Peyton's Princess
Try and use some critical thinking. JUST PRETEND THAT MOORE PICKS THAT BALL OFF AND THE RAVENS SEASON ENDS.
DOES ANYONE ON THIS BOARD CONSIDER JOE FLACCO AN ELITE QB UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES? IF THE RAVENS HANDED HIM A $120M CONTRACT AFTER THAT LOSS TO DENVER WOULDN'T EVERYONE GO..."WTF?"
I bet you that, had they lost to Denver...Joe Flacco would have been tagged and perhaps traded for picks while Baltimore overwent a full rebuilding year.
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Pretend Lee Evans catches a ball that hits him in the hands in 2011 (well, early 2012) and the Ravens go to the Super Bowl. So that's two big plays in two years that could have changed the fate of the Ravens, for better or worse. Either way, they were there two years in a row on the cusp of making the Super Bowl.
At the end of the day, Flacco statistically is about equal to Manning/Brady after his first 5 seasons. You've seen that. We'll see where he ends up in the record books 5-8 years from now, especially now that he's sucking up a ton of cap space. I don't think it's crazy to think he can end up in the conversation with those guys though, like you do. And let's be clear, I don't think he's there yet, but his resume after 5 years is very unique (in a good way).