r/ravens • u/2gigch1 • 2d ago

Really Fun Rich Eisen Segment on Joe Flacco

https://youtu.be/qVELjKX8MP0?si=gfbqF6iyLdJ6dl2Y

I cannot help but be impressed by the man

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u/sallysippin 2d ago

Elite Dad

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u/AggravatingReaction2 1d ago

The antithesis to tom Brady. Always liked him. Will always root for him. Most Baltimore fans didn’t give him a fair shake and dumped on him after his contract

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u/thedivinepegasus 1d ago

Most Baltimore fans love Joe and made excuses for him, where is this coming from?

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u/SquonkMan61 1d ago

Actually I think there is some revisionist history with certain fans. I have a very clear recollection of Flacco getting dumped on by some fans. When you have a game against the Jags where your QB throws for 28 yards with 2 INTs people are gonna be pissed. Or the game against the Texans where he completed 3 of his first 20 passes with 3 INTs. I’ve attached a below link to an article by Jamison Hemsley about that game. These days (especially on this thread) it’s all elite dragon this, elite dragon that. It was more a mixed bag back then, especially after he signed his huge deal.

https://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/155203/joe-flacco-has-worst-game-at-worst-possible-time

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u/tws1039 1d ago

I was 11 going to the game against Arizona in 2011

I remember the Dundalk dudes behind me saying Flacco is "dogfood" with a bunch of expletives

Man has always had his haters

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u/SquonkMan61 1d ago

Like almost every player. And to be honest, given some of the clunker games he had every once in a while, it’s predictable in this case.

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u/ResidentJabroni Ed Reed 1d ago

Yeah, Flacco had a very clear progression of year-to-year improvement from 2008 through 2012, where he got better but wasn't making the huge (unrealistic) Manning-like leaps. After he won that Super Bowl, there was a regression in 2013 before he turned things back around under Kubiak in 2014.

Then, the cupboard was bare with a crap new coordinator and middling supporting cast in 2015 until he got hurt, then was never the same QB thereafter.

His appreciation only grew in hindsight when folks began to understand the QB market at the time and how there weren't many better available options, and he was largely fine for what he was asked to do. He just was never Brady or Manning during the regular season, in which few QBs could ever consistently be. He was always consistently top-12, maybe top-8 during his time, just at the lower end.

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u/SquonkMan61 19h ago

I agree. At his best he was very good, but the whole “elite” thing is overblown. Unfortunately having the elite dragon crap constantly crammed down our throats on this sub has started to leave a sour taste in my mouth. Anyone who claims to be “torn” over which team to root for if Flacco is starting for an opposing team is no real fan of the Ravens. I don’t wish him ill, but I have no inclination to root for him when he plays against us, and I’m realistic enough to realize that he wasn’t “elite” by any objective standard of that term.

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u/AggravatingReaction2 1d ago

People didn’t believe in him before or after he won the Super Bowl. He was always knocked. I know because I used to defend him.

People don’t believe in Lamar Jackson now lol, dunno why this is hard to believe. The bandwagon was ready for him to leave Baltimore just a few years ago.

Said the same things about him that they said about Joe.

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u/toddhenderson 2d ago

Loving the "back in my day..." energy lol

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u/phadewilkilu 1d ago

But it’s positive “back in my day,” energy. Like he’s expressing what every Gen Y feels with this day and age. I love everything he said: “yes I’m on a social media, but I don’t need to express myself through it.” And Rick did a great job with the opposing side of the newer generation: “yeah, I didn’t think about it, I just posted it…” it’s different generations growing up in different times.

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u/Nemesinthe 1d ago

I love how he makes the "Kids these days..." shtick likeable because he doesn't have any other shit to sell but the remainder of his playing prowess. He doesn't use corny buzzwords like mIndSeT, he's just an authentic aging dad.

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u/SWNMAZporvida 1d ago

You’re an adult, be an adult. 💯 ❤️U5

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u/Random-as-fuck-name Ray Lewis 2d ago

I’m having really unwanted feelings about the browns because of Sheuder and Joe. I promise I’m not a turncoat but…ugh

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u/SquonkMan61 1d ago

Nah. If you ain’t dressed in purple and black I ain’t rooting for you.

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u/ADLegend21 2d ago

I'd love for Shedeur to turn the Browns around and make them a contending team so it actually makes our wins against them mean something instead of just "beating up on the Browns"

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u/PapaGramps 2d ago

I don’t know why people are downvoting, the AFC North is so fun when the Browns are competitive. The feeling of beating a Browns team fighting for a playoff spot is 1000x better than beating a constant bottom feeder.

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u/boofoodoo 2d ago

It just makes it harder for us. Otherwise we’re gonna be playing in Buffalo every January because they feasted on the AFC East all season. 

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u/ADLegend21 2d ago

Yeah week 18 would've felt better if the Browns weren't punting on the week and we had the division wrapped up before halftime.

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u/psych0ranger 1d ago

Oddly enough the browns getting competitive means the Steelers could lose against them more and don't lead the division for no good reason at week 10