His receivers deserved to be paid instead of him. Outrageous catch after insane catch. Flacco without average-at-best-receivers-performing-far-above-their-talent-level is what we saw this game. Still Flacco is being underrated here. He ain't that bad, the game could have gone a little different had Clark caught that TD pass. He might break 4000 yds too.
I'm still a little mad at the Ravens, but less so after this game. I should be back rooting for them week 3 against the Texans. Their defense will get better and should get to 10-6 easily. They still got Webb, who just looked off the second half. Once he gets to the level he was playing before last years ACL this defense will be awesome again. They were going up against the most talented team in the AFC at their home. Nothing to be ashamed of.
On the Broncos side, it's a little maddening to see all the stupid fluky plays from last year continue. I have yet to see this Peyton lead team have a flawless game. So far it's been stupid TOs every game combined with mental mistakes... yet they still manage to blow out the opponents. Against the Ravens, had Welker not fumbled and Trevathan not been dumb the score would have been 50+ to ~17. The Ravens defense will improve, but the Broncos themselves played extremely poorly all game, they just outclass everyone else so they don't care. I was impressed with the run defense, but still cautious. Once miller gets back they will be better.