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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?
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?
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