The good folks at The Shadow Leagued asked me and my boy DJ a few questions about Joe Flacco. Here’s what we had to say.
So, is Flacco elite?
DJ: Next month, Denzel Washington should take home his second career leading man Oscar for portraying a fictional pilot, who, crash lands a passenger jet utilizing miraculous last resort flight maneuvers. Likewise, Flacco has piloted the Ravens offense and saved the season for 51 other teammates courtesy of similar Hail Mary tactics.
Flacco is developing a habit of outdueling future Hall of Fame quarterbacks. He’s the only starting quarterback not to throw a pick in the 2013 postseason, leads all quarterbacks with eight touchdowns and boasts the highest playoff passer rating. Captain Flacco’s pocket presence and poise under pressure align him with the best of the best of the best. If not for a few crucial playoff drops by Lee Evans and TJ Houshmandzadeh, Flacco may be working on a second or third Super Bowl ring. Josh Freeman is a really good quarterback with a howitzer for an arm. Flacco is elite.
Boadu: Does one good playoff run make you elite? We didn’t respect Eli’s gangster until he did it consistently, so why should we respect Flacco’s? Right now he’s just good and that’s even if he wins a Super Bowl.
You disagree? Who’s a better QB, Brad Johnson or Dan Marino? Marino right, but he doesn’t have a Super Bowl ring and Johnson does. Notice how winning a Super Bowl doesn’t automatically make you elite. Do you slowly feel the Flacco hype leaving your body? Just let it happen bro. To be elite requires consistency and Flacco has been anything but that thus far in his career.
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