Have you thought that maybe part of it is that Flacco throws the best deep ball in the NFL aside from Aaron Rodgers? What is it with Patriots fans never giving us credit? How big of a win would it take over you guys next week for you to say "fuck, props to the Ravens - they deserved the win"? I bet if we win I'm gonna see a "Patriots shot themselves in a foot" type post. I'm a homer in the heat of the moment but after the emotions of a game cool down I'd like to think I can look at things rationally and give credit where it's due.Off the top of my head, he threw minimum one to Steve Smith and I only saw 40% of that game. If I still had PFF access I would go pull up the stats that say Flacco has been pretty much untouched on any balls thrown over 20 yards in the air. Flacco has been blessed his entire career with rarely ever getting consistently punished for throwing high deep "jump" balls. Sooooooo fuck man, get over yourself?
Forget it man - Ravens have never gotten respect and they probably never will. They're constantly underdogs in the playoffs, a role they embrace, but when they somehow win against all odds it's, "Flacco got bailed out by his receivers and D," "Ravens have the refs in their back pocket," "(opponent) played a horrible game." It's a lost cause arguing with these guysHave you thought that maybe part of it is that Flacco throws the best deep ball in the NFL aside from Aaron Rodgers? What is it with Patriots fans never giving us credit? How big of a win would it take over you guys next week for you to say "fuck, props to the Ravens - they deserved the win"? I bet if we win I'm gonna see a "Patriots shot themselves in a foot" type post. I'm a homer in the heat of the moment but after the emotions of a game cool down I'd like to think I can look at things rationally and give credit where it's due.
When I was talking to Stone on Facebook I told him I didn't think we deserved to be in the playoffs this year based on how we'd played. Once you're there though, every team deserves respect to a degree, because when your season comes down to one game, "any given Sunday" could not ring more true.Whoooo cares who gets "respect." If your team comes into the playoffs as a sixth seed with the worst regular-season record in their conference, they're entitled to no respect, and you should relish that with every win. To quote the immortal Al Davis, "Just win, baby!" That's good enough for me.
Not everyone. I'll be a Patriots fan next week!also the ravens get no respect card couldn't be further from the truth
stuff like this is gonna be talked about all next week, not to mention that the ravens are the one team the entire patriots fanbase didn't want to face
Its also hilarious when the fans of 30 other teams become fans of whatever team the Patriots play in the postseason.
Jim Nantz on CBS just now:
"They know how to play New England"
hue hue hueThe Ravens - as in the team as a whole - deserve respect. They outplayed and outcoached (screw Todd Haley and his incessant inability to make in-game adjustments) Pittsburgh in every phase of the game.
Where I take issue, however, is with people who give all the credit to Flacco for it. Flacco got to stand in clean pockets and throw to wide open receivers all day, thanks to the exceptional play of his offensive line, Kubiak's playcalling and Steelers Defense deciding not to cover anyone. Blaine Gabbert would have been able to thrive in that environment. Joe Flacco did not complete a single throw in that game that required him to place the ball in a specific tight window. On the rare occasions he did see some pressure, he threw wildly errant passes including one right to the breadbasket of McCain who dropped it.
I'll be the first to give respect to Baltimore for that win, as it was clear they wanted it more, I just can't stand hearing people suddenly put Joe Flacco into the elite category for literally playing catch with his WRs in a SINGLE GAME. You can't judge a QB by just the stat sheet from a single game. Flacco is, always has been, and always will be a middle-of-the-road QB who gets massively overrated for stuff he's not responsible for, and it would take a miraculous string of crazy seasons to alter that.