Ice_Ice_Brady

The Patriots may be getting Joe Flacco at just the right time.

Last year, with very low expectations, Flacco came into Foxborough and played a very good game. This year, he's been pretty good in the playoffs. No one can really deny he has a great arm and throws an accurate ball.

But, I really like the lead-up to this game:

-Ray Lewis just called him "the General"
-The Baltimore media is ballwashing him like no time in his career, proclaiming that he deserves a giant contract
-It's obvious that Flacco's confidence is at a very high level

Now, let's remember a few more things about Joe:

-We're still waiting for his playoff meltdown, in which he throws four picks. The law of averages says it should happen any time now.
-He really isn't that good, and a large sample size confirms that
-Most of his game is built on a high-risk, high-reward long ball thrown into coverage
-The Ravens really should have lost that last game and got extremely lucky on that TD at the end of regulation
-Have you ever noticed that whenever the stock is high on Flacco, he immediately reverts to playing crappy again? I don't know if he can handle elite quarterback success... his career suggests he cannot.

Conclusion:

-I won't be surprised if we see Flacco come down to earth in a huge, huge way. I don't think his stock has ever been higher in his career, but we all know who he really is. How many times in the NFL do you see a guy skyrocket like this only to get overly confident and start believing that he can just keeping chucking the ball into deep coverage?

Dr Pain

Their weak spot now is an older defense that has played their asses off and just traveled and will face Brady a QB who will run this at light speed. They truly left it all on the field in Denver. Hearing them talk after the game, none of them were talking about the game next week but about the game they just won which was their SB. They are tapped and will be out of wind by mid second quarter.

I like Flacco. He has one of the nicest long balls I have seen. An awesome arc that drops it right in. I am glad our D is playing with some swagger.

SVN

I hope they go after him more than week 3 when they hardly blitzed or touched him.

Brady_to_Moss

sooner or later he is going to make a bad throw throwing those hail marys 4 times a game...i think he throws a big pick this week

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dannydyn

Flacco's deep balls only work to the right. Make him throw to the left... double-cover the right receiver...

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Brady_to_Moss

Just don't let torry smith get behind you..keep him in front of you at all costs...give up a 30 yard catch..not a 55 yard TD

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KontradictioN

Flacco's propensity to throw in a clunker game was the only reason why I didn't go full steam ahead with the Baltimore pick before this game. I figured Baltimore would at least be able to somewhat slow Denver down, but wasn't really sure about Flacco.

As for a clunker game, this Sunday would be a prime time to do it.

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Brady_to_Moss

A special teams TD would be nice..balts special teams are not in good shape after last week

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PATSYLICIOUS

It's very rare, if ever, that Flacco strings together more than 2 or 3 great performances. He's due for a stinker.

Last year's AFCC was the perfect scenario for him, everyone was doubting him after an awful game and he really had nowhere to go but up, against a poor secondary as well.

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RodThePat

Flacco went to the Eli Manning "throw it up to the big guys and wait for either a completion or a flag" school of quarterbacking. For some reason, that has proven to be a quite successful approach for our opponents in recent years.