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He pulled up when he got hurt. Then just dove for the pass which was already at him.

I scored 114 and lost! Mainly because my receivers were the two Mosses, and Tennessee had a horrible defensive week.

Flacco has the highest rating of the last eight weeks, yet he's currently 16th in the league at 90.1 (tied with Josh Freeman...).

It wasn't as amazing as people were saying. I'm sorry.

Please, no. But he already played for the Colts. Steelers can't be much worse.

Nope. Total garbage.

I know you're not complaining, and I'm not really arguing you. You're absolutely right. Especially among the more casual/uneducated fans, he's always been the greatest since Johnny, simply because he's somewhat better than average. We haven't had better than average since 1997. He's a likable guy, and he's had a ton of success in his first two seasons. Whether that's attributed to him is the issue. His mistakes are those of caution, not of forcing. He's horrified of throwing to the middle of the field, and is almost ALWAYS late and overthrowing whenever he does decide to throw over the middle (hence why Heap is regularly freight trained). He forces sideline passes to minimize risk. He checks down way too early and way too often. He holds onto the ball way too often and for too long. He's a game manager, like I said earlier. He is horrified of being the goat and you can't blame him. He's been playing with a great defense for two years. Now, that defense isn't what it used to be, and the offensive weapons he's accumulated on his side of the ball haven't made up for that.

Because (and let's remember, I was Boller's biggest supporter) Boller made mistakes regularly. Flacco doesn't. He's just not risky with the ball; he's a game manager's game manager. The only reason that's a problem is because our defense needs more than that, now. If Flacco had been on the 2003-2006 teams, we'd be looking at a trophy case full of Lombardis, because the defense was that good. Even in 2008, a rookie QB was able to take us to the championship game, because he didn't make mistakes and let the dominant defense stay off the field and make the big plays when they needed to. Now, the defense is becoming average (at best). Flacco's better than his rookie year, but not better enough to compensate for how much the other side of the ball has dropped off. If you expect him to become Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, or even Matt Ryan for that matter, it's not going to happen. Joe Flacco isn't that good, and it'd be foolish of any of us to ever expect him to be. But right now, he's the leader of the better side of the ball on this Ravens team, and that's all we'll get.

He couldn't. John Abraham was eating him for lunch.

You're absolutely right about Mattison's playcalling. Whether it's the talent or just that, it's hard to say. But only one of them can change, and Mattison just simply isn't any good at adapting within the game.

The call is irrelevant. They were driving like a knife through butter anyway, so it would have happened two plays later if not then. And besides that, they were already in field goal range. All the rage about the no call makes me mad. We won against the Bills on a no call three weeks ago. And this one did not change the obviously inevitable outcome of the game.

I think I'm already over it. Out of conference. Short week. Panthers and Bucs next. 8-3 seems easily within reach. Flacco needs to learn to play in the first half. The defense needs to learn how to play, period.

He is a playoff QB. Maybe not the best one, but that's not in question. How do you really blame him for the first half. Drives weren't sustained, but you can't argue how often he was pressured. You can't argue how few opportunities he had considering the defense was giving up 12 play, 80 yard drives every single Falcons possession.

We shouldn't have needed better QB performance. Flacco scored three second half TDs and got the team back into the game. The defense kept giving it all back.

The defense was the problem ALL NIGHT. I can't blame the offense. They were barely on the field in the first half. They can't stop physical receivers (White, Steve Johnson, Brandon Lloyd). They can't rush the QB. The LBs can't cover. The defense is an absolute mess.

What Theismann said. You score when you can, period.

If they overturn this review, I will stop watching football for the rest of my life.

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This defensive stand is the most important in weeks. I hope they got their rest.

They are taking the entire 40 seconds every single play.

Pass blocking SUCKS, but there's no reason Flacco can't complete these passes. A good QB does.

I don't like Reed returning punts. I swear I held my breath like nothing else when the guy hit him from behind.

And Boldin looked PISSED.

Good defense.

My god. They are literally giving Matt Ryan a blow job.