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Joe Flacco (Baltimore Ravens)

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jwinslow;2300150; said:
I don't think he was undeserving, just that it should have been a tougher debate. It is also a pet peeve of mind that any tight race always goes to the QB in a landslide.

Pretty impressive performance all around by their squad. A few calls may have allowed San Fran to steal it but they got beat up for most of the night.
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Fair enough. Basically I can sum up my thoughts by saying that I don't think Flacco made a bad play all night. Boldin had a drop in the redzone. That's nitpicking, but it did happen. :lol:
 
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He's worthy of the MVP but I think Boldin bailed him out on several 3rd downs despite bad throws, and that won the game. I still don't think he's an elite QB, he's too inconsistent. When he's hot it's impressive, but when he's not it gets ugly. Maybe he turned the corner this year in the playoffs, doubt it though.

I'm interested in seeing what happens to the Ravens if they write a big check. It took a tremendous amount of talent and money surrounding Flacco to win a championship. They were $600k under the cap at the start of the season. Can he be productive enough with a less than stellar receiving core and defense?
 
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I don't remember a Super Bowl in which the quarterback play on both sides was any better. Both QBs made astonishing throws. I can't criticize the choice of Flacco as MVP at all -- and I expect Kaepernick to win one of those awards before he's done.
 
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Joe Flacco told teammates to tackle Ted Ginn from the sideline during Super Bowl free kick return

It's a good thing that Joe Flacco has made himself into an "elite" (and soon to be very highly-paid) quarterback, because the Baltimore Ravens signal-caller and Super Bowl MVP needs a lot of work as a special teams coach.
With four seconds left in Super Bowl XLVII, San Francisco 49ers return man Ted Ginn, Jr. stood ready to accept a free kick from punter Sam Koch. It was one play after Koch took an intentional safety to give Baltimore a better chance of pinning the 49ers back on their side of the field. It also made the score 34-31, and the Ravens were very much aware of Ginn's return skills.
As a matter of fact, Flacco was telling his teammates on the sideline to go onto the field and tackle Ginn if the speedster got beyond the Ravens' return coverage team. Ginn returned the ball 31 yards from the San Francisco 19-yard line to midfield, saving referee Jerome Boger (who did not, under any circumstances, have a great Super Bowl himself) from having to deal with what would have been the weirdest play in Super Bowl history.

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http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...-tackle-ted-ginn-sideline-165726030--nfl.html


I'm not sure whether you file this under "cheater" or just "all-around douche." Probably both. But certainly it should be filed under "not surprising at all." What a horrible representative for the NFL. :shake:
 
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Like I said, I hope he gets the top QB contract in the NFL.
That way the Ravens are further handcuffed with the salary cap
And then once Boldin is gone, Ratbird fans can again realize what a
Mediocre QB Joe cool really is.
 
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Brutus1 said:
It would be even funnier when Ginn is tackled and the official still awards the td.
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That almost exact situation happened in a Sugar Bowl years ago. Maybe in the 60s but one of the players involved was named Dickie Moegle (spelling might not be correct) but I think he was the one that came off of the side lines and tackled a guy from the opposing team that was running a punt return or kickoff return back for a TD.

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In the 1954 Cotton Bowl Classic against Alabama, Maegle was involved in one of college football's most famous plays. With Rice leading 7-6, Maegle broke through on a sweep from Rice's five yard line, and was running down the sideline in front of Alabama's bench on his way to a touchdown. Alabama's Tommy Lewis, without putting on his helmet, jumped off the bench and tackled Maegle. Seeing what happened, referee Cliff Shaw awarded the touchdown, and Rice went on to win the game.[1] Maegle finished with 265 rushing yards, which was a Cotton Bowl Classic record until the 2008 game when Missouri RB Tony Temple rushed for 281 yards.[2]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicky_Moegle
 
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