Stop kidding youselfs; Flacco is solid.

[harrison'samonster]

Originally Posted by i82much

This post is a perfect example of how bias can obscure rational thought. Nothing that you have said makes any sense in any objective universe. That said, I hope it made you feel good to type this.

are you talking to yourself?

[TRH]

in response to the comments about Brees (the ultimate stat-padder) - i think he's good....very good......but in reality, he attempts alot more passes than Ben - or any QB for that matter. At times when i watch a Saints game, i feel like every single play from offense was a pass play. It's ridiculous.

[PhantomJB93]

Originally Posted by i82much

This post is a perfect example of how bias can obscure rational thought. Nothing that you have said makes any sense in any objective universe. That said, I hope it made you feel good to type this.

Really? The only thing I said that wasn't remotely "objective" was my last statement about dropping 50, which was an opinion, albeit one I do believe.

It is a fact his receivers were ridiculously wide open all day. Champ Bailey played by far his worst game in a decade+ long HOF career. It is a fact Flaccid missed several throws for easy TD's to Smith, but luckily his receivers made two lucky plays later in the game to make him look better.

It is a fact he underthrew Jones and simply re-watching the play should provide enough evidence of that. I have no idea what the Broncos defender was doing on the play but he made a weird jump and tripped over himself, all he had to do was keep running and easy pick or at least deflection. Jones burned the initial coverage and it should have been a TD, and it was, but Flaccid made it way harder than it needed to be. The defender who tripped should have never even had a chance to make a play on the ball, but he did and should have.

Flaccid played an average game where all he had to do was chuck the ball up in the air and his receivers had all the time they wanted to adjust and make the catch. He never hit anyone in stride, or in a tight window, or did anything that remotely resembled good QB play other than being able to throw the ball within 10 yards of his receiver. If the Broncos secondary was even just mediocre the Broncos win that game, but they were bellow abysmal.

[ZoneBlitzer]

Originally Posted by dez09231

My gut feeling as of this second:

Tier 1 - "Elite":

Brady
Brees
Rodgers

Tier 2 - Near "elite", teams will be Super Bowl contenders more years than not:

Manning
Manning
Roethlisberger

Tier 3 - More than happy with what you have:

Griffin
Ryan
Stafford


Tier 4/5 - Homers call them "elite", no one else does. Capable of performing very well, but generally middle-of-the-pack:

Cutler
Flacco
Freeman
Luck
Newton
Rivers
Romo
Smith
Schaub
Wilson
Vick

Tier 6 - Young but not overly impressive so far/small body of work/very low end starters that would be better as high-end backups:

All Ari and KC QB's
Dalton
Fitzpatrick
Foles
Kapernick
Locker
Palmer
Ponder
Tanehill
Weeden

Tier Dookie:

All KC and Arizona QB's
Gabbert
Sanchez

Flacco is a top 10-15 guy to me. That's not as a Steelers fan, that's just how I see it rationally. He's in that category of guys that can be special but aren't amazing. Those two tiers I just lumped together because most of those guys are about the same, and I don't see any of them winning the Super Bowl with as good as they are right now. Of course some can get better, especially the younger guys, but most of those guys are interchangeable. If the Texans woke up with Flacco instead of Schaub they wouldn't be doing backflips. If Dallas had Flacco instead of Romo, they'd still be about 9-7 every year. They aren't anything special, but most of those guys aren't going anywhere because there is no one better to replace them.

Interesting tier breakdown. But I got to say there are a lot of talented QBs in the league these days. I've been following football for years and I have never seen this many good QBs in the league.

[NSMaster56]

One of my buddies is an avid Flacco supporter/defender.

We discussed him at length last night and agreed that he's very good, probably on the cusp of the top-10 QB's in the league or at the end of the list (somewhere between #'s 8 and 12---better than Romo, probably even above Matty Ice).

He got mad when I said Luck was better than him though, but was hesitant when I asked the hypothetical:

If you put Luck on the 2012 Ravens do they still win 10 games? More or less?
If you put Flacco on the 2012 Colts do they still win 11 games? More or less?

Irregardless of that...

Until Flacco makes a Super Bowl he's another Danny White or Bernie Kosar.

Until he wins one he's another Donovan McNabb.

[NSMaster56]

Dez's rankings pretty much nailed it (and his avatar is full of win too!)

[i82much]

Originally Posted by PhantomJB93

Really? The only thing I said that wasn't remotely "objective" was my last statement about dropping 50, which was an opinion, albeit one I do believe.

It is a fact his receivers were ridiculously wide open all day. Champ Bailey played by far his worst game in a decade+ long HOF career. It is a fact Flaccid missed several throws for easy TD's to Smith, but luckily his receivers made two lucky plays later in the game to make him look better.

It is a fact he underthrew Jones and simply re-watching the play should provide enough evidence of that. I have no idea what the Broncos defender was doing on the play but he made a weird jump and tripped over himself, all he had to do was keep running and easy pick or at least deflection. Jones burned the initial coverage and it should have been a TD, and it was, but Flaccid made it way harder than it needed to be. The defender who tripped should have never even had a chance to make a play on the ball, but he did and should have.

Flaccid played an average game where all he had to do was chuck the ball up in the air and his receivers had all the time they wanted to adjust and make the catch. He never hit anyone in stride, or in a tight window, or did anything that remotely resembled good QB play other than being able to throw the ball within 10 yards of his receiver. If the Broncos secondary was even just mediocre the Broncos win that game, but they were bellow abysmal.

Whatever makes you feel good. Enjoy the offseason.

[SteelersCanada]

Hey, Ravens fans, you have more important things to worry about than coming on here and commenting on this thread. Like, how you hope Bill and Brady at least have the common courtesy to lube up before bending Harbaugh and Ray over this weekend.

[Quackjack]

Originally Posted by SteelersCanada

Hey, Ravens fans, you have more important things to worry about than coming on here and commenting on this thread. Like, how you hope Bill and Brady at least have the common courtesy to lube up before bending Harbaugh and Ray over this weekend.

[i82much]

Originally Posted by SteelersCanada

Hey, Ravens fans, you have more important things to worry about than coming on here and commenting on this thread. Like, how you hope Bill and Brady at least have the common courtesy to lube up before bending Harbaugh and Ray over this weekend.

And you have better things to do than comment on a football forum when your season is already over <-- that right there is the "Ray Rice Edition Terrible Towel" BTW.