Elite-to-Joe-Flacco quarterback Joe Flacco spent his Wednesday afternoon feeling a little insecure, chatting with the media about how they love quarterbacks, but don’t seem to ever spread the love to Baltimore. “Baltimore has a quarterback”, he wonders aloud. The guy from the Baltimore Sun starts doodling in his notepad, then rolls his eyes when he remembers he should probably be writing this down.
“If you look at the teams that won, yeah you can look at the quarterbacks but that’s just because you guys, ESPN, everybody wants to pump them up as being the best quarterback that year. It’s really going to come down to what team is the best,” Flacco said. “I’m sure if we win, I’ll have nothing to do with why we won according to you guys.”
As MJD of Shutdown Corner points out, people don’t think Joe Flacco is an elite quarterback leading his team into war because he isn’t one, he’s Joe f**king Flacco. He’s fine, but he’s Joe Flacco.
The Ravens aren’t built like the Patriots or the Packers. They don’t succeed or fail based on whether or not they throw the ball seventy times a game, and here are their options: give the ball to Ray Rice, or give the ball to Joe Flacco. JOE FLACCO. Which would you do? Joe Flacco knows:
“You guys want everybody to be Aaron Rodgers and be Tom Brady, but you guys do realize, those guys’ [teams] don’t run the ball? If we try to do that, the criticism that we’d take around here would be ridiculous.”
I think he would behoove Joe Flacco to realize he’s the sort of guy you have to identify as “Joe Flacco” every time, because calling him “Joe” or “Flacco” doesn’t seem right. He’s doing well, and should try really hard not to be that girl in art class who draws a horse for every project and gets pissed when the kids with actual brains and hands for art get praised. Draw your horse, win your playoff games, and be okay being Joe Flacco. Because Joe Flacco is what the Ravens need.
Joe Flacco.
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I think his problem is that his last name is Flacco, which is too similar to Falco. And as we all know, Flaco isn’t even a has been, he’s a never was!
Besides, I’m pretty sure Ravens fans are perfectly happy having Trent Dilfer 2.0 as their starting QB
That’s a real thing with having to say Joe Flacco, it’s like Matt Stafford. Just Stafford sounds odd.
Seriously this guy is squawking because he doesn’t have a new deal yet, but neither does Drew Brees, and he took down Marino this season!
It honestly never occurred to me that they actually pay Joe Flacco to be the quarterback. I guess I always just assumed that he wandered into the lockeroom one day and just wouldn’t leave
The other thing about Flacco is that he just disappears in big games. He pads his stats playing the Clowns and the Bunguls 4x a season but that’s really it.
“What about ME? WHAT ABOUT RAVEN(s)?!?!?”
Because he’s the Joe Flacco Baltimore deserves, but not the Joe Flacco it needs right now. So we’ll hunt Joe Flacco because he can take it. Because he’s not our Joe Flacco. He’s a silent guardian, a watchful protector. A dark knight.
*Shrugs* Well, I like him.
You just quoted MJD from Yahoo Sports. I don’t know whether I was more offended or saddened either way I’m going to go cry in the corner.
Seriously, that’s right up there with quoting the bottomless drunken hobo down on the corner.
Flacco first says the Ravens are a running team, then complains when he isn’t considered an elite QB? Well sir, I think you’ve just answered your own question there…
Joe Flacco Flame one hood ass nigga!
“I think he would behoove Joe Flacco to realize he’s the sort of guy you have to identify as “Joe Flacco” every time, because calling him “Joe” or “Flacco” doesn’t seem right.”
What does this even mean? Why are you so terrible?
In a perfect world, Joe Flacco will throw 4 pick sixes this weekend, single handedly losing the game for Baltimore, and some snarky smart ass reporter will say “Joe, do you understand our point of view now?”
A man can dream….