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	<title>Comments on: Flacco should be glad the Ravens chose not to talk contract during season</title>
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		<title>By: piemasteruk</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[piemasteruk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why the hell are people quoting &#039;road playoff wins&#039; as a meaningful stat.  A theoretically perfect team would have zero road playoff wins.  Winning on the road in the playoff means, to some extent, you didn&#039;t get it done in the regular season.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why the hell are people quoting &#8216;road playoff wins&#8217; as a meaningful stat.  A theoretically perfect team would have zero road playoff wins.  Winning on the road in the playoff means, to some extent, you didn&#8217;t get it done in the regular season.</p>
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		<title>By: wirelessguy22</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[wirelessguy22]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m hoping that Balt gives him 5yr/ $100M, that would be a boat anchor for the Ravens on the cap. Rice and Pollard will cry....where is mine.

Is Ozz that crazy?...

The SB game alone is probably worth $15-20M for Joey F on a 5yr deal. ....you win and get the extra.

If you look at his stats for 5 yrs thru Nov. 1st of this year he is very avg,..some pieces below. e.g 50% completion %. 

He really sits in the 10-15 slot for qb&#039;s. ...he&#039;s hot now though. Can&#039;t believe that Jim C. makes that much difference,...why didn&#039;t a HC have him call plays before?

....the two week timebomb is ticking.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m hoping that Balt gives him 5yr/ $100M, that would be a boat anchor for the Ravens on the cap. Rice and Pollard will cry&#8230;.where is mine.</p>
<p>Is Ozz that crazy?&#8230;</p>
<p>The SB game alone is probably worth $15-20M for Joey F on a 5yr deal. &#8230;.you win and get the extra.</p>
<p>If you look at his stats for 5 yrs thru Nov. 1st of this year he is very avg,..some pieces below. e.g 50% completion %. </p>
<p>He really sits in the 10-15 slot for qb&#8217;s. &#8230;he&#8217;s hot now though. Can&#8217;t believe that Jim C. makes that much difference,&#8230;why didn&#8217;t a HC have him call plays before?</p>
<p>&#8230;.the two week timebomb is ticking.</p>
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		<title>By: bigbadal21</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bigbadal21]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steeler fan here. I hope Flacco gets a huge contract. He&#039;s a good qb but it took him awhile to get where he is. The Ravens will find out that when you pay your qb big numbers it hurts the other facets of your game. I will be cheering for the Ravens in the SB. Do I like the Ravens, noooooooooooooo. If next year the Steelers are not contending I want the Bengals to win the SB. Do I like the Bengals? nooooooo.  I am surprised that the Flacco haters have not mentioned the play of the receivers. They made some incredible catches. Now if Flacco had played behind the OL that Big Ben has had his success would be greatly hampered.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Steeler fan here. I hope Flacco gets a huge contract. He&#8217;s a good qb but it took him awhile to get where he is. The Ravens will find out that when you pay your qb big numbers it hurts the other facets of your game. I will be cheering for the Ravens in the SB. Do I like the Ravens, noooooooooooooo. If next year the Steelers are not contending I want the Bengals to win the SB. Do I like the Bengals? nooooooo.  I am surprised that the Flacco haters have not mentioned the play of the receivers. They made some incredible catches. Now if Flacco had played behind the OL that Big Ben has had his success would be greatly hampered.</p>
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		<title>By: crawfish2011</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[crawfish2011]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brees got 5 year $100 milllion, 40 guaranteed
Flacco deserves 5 year $80 million 30 guaranteed or whatever Matt Ryan gets
  If Ravens win the Superbowl Flacco will have more playoff wins than Peyton Manning. 
   Flacco already has the most road playoff wins in NFL history... More than Brady, Manning and Brees combined.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brees got 5 year $100 milllion, 40 guaranteed<br />
Flacco deserves 5 year $80 million 30 guaranteed or whatever Matt Ryan gets<br />
  If Ravens win the Superbowl Flacco will have more playoff wins than Peyton Manning.<br />
   Flacco already has the most road playoff wins in NFL history&#8230; More than Brady, Manning and Brees combined.</p>
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		<title>By: closisgood</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[closisgood]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flacco is better than Big Ben? Hah.
Yea right.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Flacco is better than Big Ben? Hah.<br />
Yea right.</p>
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		<title>By: heyzeus143</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Better win now, because cap space gets tight quick]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Better win now, because cap space gets tight quick</p>
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		<title>By: crawdaddy1212</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[crawdaddy1212]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the same QB that posted the two WORST games in the nfl season, and has trouble completing over 50% of his passes.

I may be a Flacco hater, but I see him miss WAY WAY WAY to many easy throws to be considered elite.

and as for the HOF?!?!?! It looks like Baltimore&#039;s crack epidemic has spread out to the city&#039;s suburbs.

And in no particular order

Rodgers, Brady, Manning, Manning, Brees, Roethlisberger, Stafford, Ryan, Newton, Rivers,Kaepernick, Romo, RG3, Luck, Wilson.

Would you really take Flaccid over any of the above mentioned QBs? Perhaps Romo, but I clearly see at least 10 QBs that are superior to Flacco. 

AND HE HASNT EVEN WON THE SUPERBOWL YET AND PROBABLY WON&#039;T.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the same QB that posted the two WORST games in the nfl season, and has trouble completing over 50% of his passes.</p>
<p>I may be a Flacco hater, but I see him miss WAY WAY WAY to many easy throws to be considered elite.</p>
<p>and as for the HOF?!?!?! It looks like Baltimore&#8217;s crack epidemic has spread out to the city&#8217;s suburbs.</p>
<p>And in no particular order</p>
<p>Rodgers, Brady, Manning, Manning, Brees, Roethlisberger, Stafford, Ryan, Newton, Rivers,Kaepernick, Romo, RG3, Luck, Wilson.</p>
<p>Would you really take Flaccid over any of the above mentioned QBs? Perhaps Romo, but I clearly see at least 10 QBs that are superior to Flacco. </p>
<p>AND HE HASNT EVEN WON THE SUPERBOWL YET AND PROBABLY WON&#8217;T.</p>
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		<title>By: bagpipes5</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ive seen Steve Bisciotti&#039;s Pleasure Yacht down in Annapolis.  Flacco&#039;s  financial future is quite secure but just in case Flacco took offense to Baltimore&#039;s lack of committment he can always jump on I-95 an 1 hour north and come home and  QB for the Philadelphia Eagles.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ive seen Steve Bisciotti&#8217;s Pleasure Yacht down in Annapolis.  Flacco&#8217;s  financial future is quite secure but just in case Flacco took offense to Baltimore&#8217;s lack of committment he can always jump on I-95 an 1 hour north and come home and  QB for the Philadelphia Eagles.</p>
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		<title>By: gooboy6</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[gooboy6]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pollard needs a new contract also, that boy came out pipe swinging...]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pollard needs a new contract also, that boy came out pipe swinging&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: packers291</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[packers291]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;And he’s done it by consistently beating them.&quot;

Florio - Flacco did not beat Brady... the Ravens beat the Patriots.  I didn&#039;t even see Brady play defense once last night.  

A QBs level of play can only be judged over an aggregate of games played, not a couple of games that you cherry pick because those will be outliers.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;And he’s done it by consistently beating them.&#8221;</p>
<p>Florio &#8211; Flacco did not beat Brady&#8230; the Ravens beat the Patriots.  I didn&#8217;t even see Brady play defense once last night.  </p>
<p>A QBs level of play can only be judged over an aggregate of games played, not a couple of games that you cherry pick because those will be outliers.</p>
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		<title>By: bostonbias</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bostonbias]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just do not want my children to grow up to murder or throw acid in their gf&#039;s faces and so on.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just do not want my children to grow up to murder or throw acid in their gf&#8217;s faces and so on.</p>
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		<title>By: profish13</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[profish13]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This term elite gets thrown around so much its ridiculous.  To me there are three elite quarterbacks in the league, in any particular order they are Peyton, Brady, and Rodgers.  

Just because your TEAM beat them, does not all of a sudden mean you are one of them.  Those three take the talent around them and elevate them to a new level.  

Flacco has played great, but lets not get delusional about him.  Plenty of these Ravens fans bashed him, now they love him.  Same thing with the Giants and Eli.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This term elite gets thrown around so much its ridiculous.  To me there are three elite quarterbacks in the league, in any particular order they are Peyton, Brady, and Rodgers.  </p>
<p>Just because your TEAM beat them, does not all of a sudden mean you are one of them.  Those three take the talent around them and elevate them to a new level.  </p>
<p>Flacco has played great, but lets not get delusional about him.  Plenty of these Ravens fans bashed him, now they love him.  Same thing with the Giants and Eli.</p>
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		<title>By: kanemoney</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kanemoney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He is not elite, but he does not have to be.  Elite means that a defense forces you to pass and you beat them.  Elite means you can take any receiver or tight end and make them great.  Elite means you often change plays at the line to account for what you see the defense doing.

The ravens have the best O-line I have seen this season.  Their running game is great.  Their defense is playing like the best D in the NFL.  Their coaching has been truly top notch.

He is a patient QB who has played mistake free football.  He is a great QB which is all the Ravens need him to be.  He is not elite.

It&#039;s a team sport.  Stop giving too much credit to him.  Put him on a terrible team and he doesn&#039;t make them into a contender.  He has played his cards well.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He is not elite, but he does not have to be.  Elite means that a defense forces you to pass and you beat them.  Elite means you can take any receiver or tight end and make them great.  Elite means you often change plays at the line to account for what you see the defense doing.</p>
<p>The ravens have the best O-line I have seen this season.  Their running game is great.  Their defense is playing like the best D in the NFL.  Their coaching has been truly top notch.</p>
<p>He is a patient QB who has played mistake free football.  He is a great QB which is all the Ravens need him to be.  He is not elite.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a team sport.  Stop giving too much credit to him.  Put him on a terrible team and he doesn&#8217;t make them into a contender.  He has played his cards well.</p>
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		<title>By: steelerdeathstar</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[steelerdeathstar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 15:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much as we despise the Ravens here in &#039;The Burgh&#039;...Joe Flacco has arrived. The Ravens hung tough, perceivered, and did what they had to do, when they had to do it. Hats off to them.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Much as we despise the Ravens here in &#8216;The Burgh&#8217;&#8230;Joe Flacco has arrived. The Ravens hung tough, perceivered, and did what they had to do, when they had to do it. Hats off to them.</p>
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		<title>By: scoobies05</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[scoobies05]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[to compare flacco to sanchez is insane.  flacco has 5 years of playoffs under his belt with 3 afc title games and now a super bowl.  and to say that the ravens are being carried by defense is equally as insane.  28 pts against new england and 38 against the broncos.  8 tds and 0 picks in the playoffs.  ravens are a very balanced football team right now.  o and d are peaking.  comparing flacco to dilfer in 2000 makes me think you dont know too much about football.  flacco is a very good qb who is getting better and will be paid very well as he should.  go ravens!!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>to compare flacco to sanchez is insane.  flacco has 5 years of playoffs under his belt with 3 afc title games and now a super bowl.  and to say that the ravens are being carried by defense is equally as insane.  28 pts against new england and 38 against the broncos.  8 tds and 0 picks in the playoffs.  ravens are a very balanced football team right now.  o and d are peaking.  comparing flacco to dilfer in 2000 makes me think you dont know too much about football.  flacco is a very good qb who is getting better and will be paid very well as he should.  go ravens!!</p>
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		<title>By: itsfootballbaby</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[itsfootballbaby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t think the Ravens will mind paying him.  They just wanted him to prove it, and he did.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t think the Ravens will mind paying him.  They just wanted him to prove it, and he did.</p>
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		<title>By: mazblast</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mazblast]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flacco is good and deserves the money, but not elite.  The Ravens are what they always have been, defense-first.  He doesn&#039;t have to be great to win games.

Anyway--Congratulations from this Steelers fan to  Flacco, the Ravens, their coaches, their organization, and their understandably jubilant fans.  Any team that ousts the Invincible Patriots (and thereby arouses the wrath of Roger Goodell and ESPN) is aces in my book.  I won&#039;t be rooting for the Ravens in the Super Bowl, but if they win, I won&#039;t be upset.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Flacco is good and deserves the money, but not elite.  The Ravens are what they always have been, defense-first.  He doesn&#8217;t have to be great to win games.</p>
<p>Anyway&#8211;Congratulations from this Steelers fan to  Flacco, the Ravens, their coaches, their organization, and their understandably jubilant fans.  Any team that ousts the Invincible Patriots (and thereby arouses the wrath of Roger Goodell and ESPN) is aces in my book.  I won&#8217;t be rooting for the Ravens in the Super Bowl, but if they win, I won&#8217;t be upset.</p>
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		<title>By: bcbear19</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bcbear19]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always thought Flacco was a prettt middle of the pack, right outside the top 10 of QB&#039;s, however, he seems to get it done when it counts &amp; for that he will be compensated heavily. I read that his agent says, &quot;he&#039;s top 5, maybe higher&quot; and while that&#039;s not true...he is going to the SB &amp; has played very well in these playoffs.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always thought Flacco was a prettt middle of the pack, right outside the top 10 of QB&#8217;s, however, he seems to get it done when it counts &amp; for that he will be compensated heavily. I read that his agent says, &#8220;he&#8217;s top 5, maybe higher&#8221; and while that&#8217;s not true&#8230;he is going to the SB &amp; has played very well in these playoffs.</p>
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		<title>By: jpelle82</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jpelle82]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[he will be glad this week, until the super bowl and he implodes]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>he will be glad this week, until the super bowl and he implodes</p>
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		<title>By: dontfeedgigantor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The difference between Flacco and Sanchez is that Sanchez got lucky for a minute early on in his career. Flacco has gone to the playoffs repeatedly, in spite of terrible playcalling by Cam Cameron (and I think a lot of credit should be given to Caldwell for calling some great games in these playoffs). Flacco has won more road playoff games than any QB ever. Other than beating Brady and Manning once, Sanchez doesn&#039;t compare at all to Flacco.

Yes, the QB plays against the defense, not the other QB, but both defenses looked pretty good yesterday, and Flacco still outplayed Brady. I&#039;m just saying, that&#039;s pretty impressive, because Brady is one of the best. Perhaps even more impressive is how Belichick got completely outcoached after the halftime adjustments. I expected them to win, but not by more than 3 points. Very impressed with how prepared the Ravens were for a Pats team that looked dominant the week before.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The difference between Flacco and Sanchez is that Sanchez got lucky for a minute early on in his career. Flacco has gone to the playoffs repeatedly, in spite of terrible playcalling by Cam Cameron (and I think a lot of credit should be given to Caldwell for calling some great games in these playoffs). Flacco has won more road playoff games than any QB ever. Other than beating Brady and Manning once, Sanchez doesn&#8217;t compare at all to Flacco.</p>
<p>Yes, the QB plays against the defense, not the other QB, but both defenses looked pretty good yesterday, and Flacco still outplayed Brady. I&#8217;m just saying, that&#8217;s pretty impressive, because Brady is one of the best. Perhaps even more impressive is how Belichick got completely outcoached after the halftime adjustments. I expected them to win, but not by more than 3 points. Very impressed with how prepared the Ravens were for a Pats team that looked dominant the week before.</p>
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		<title>By: reed20fence</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[reed20fence]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The organization came into the year more than willing to pay Flacco what he&#039;d be comfortable with, but only after seeing some consistency. This issue plagued him well into the season until Bisciotti forced Harbs&#039; hand in getting rid of Cameron. OCs are paid a pittance compared to franchise QBs so you could afford the risk of experimenting to see whether Joe or Cam was the problem before pouring millons out. Turns out Joe wasn&#039;t the problem. So now paying him no longer is a gamble but a sure bet.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The organization came into the year more than willing to pay Flacco what he&#8217;d be comfortable with, but only after seeing some consistency. This issue plagued him well into the season until Bisciotti forced Harbs&#8217; hand in getting rid of Cameron. OCs are paid a pittance compared to franchise QBs so you could afford the risk of experimenting to see whether Joe or Cam was the problem before pouring millons out. Turns out Joe wasn&#8217;t the problem. So now paying him no longer is a gamble but a sure bet.</p>
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		<title>By: sportsnut101</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[sportsnut101]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If he wins the Super Bowl. Ravens gonna hate not getting his contract done last summer.  

The elite qb convo is so stupid    When patriots won superbowls Tom wasn&#039;t as good as he is tday  when manning won his team carried him cuz he was just average in Super Bowl.  Same for Bree&#039;s his def won it the year saints actually had a def. 

Steelers qb is horrible in the superbowls      Honestly it&#039;s a team game u just need a qb to make enough plays not to lose u the game   That&#039;s flacco    

I bet more then half the league would take flacco]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If he wins the Super Bowl. Ravens gonna hate not getting his contract done last summer.  </p>
<p>The elite qb convo is so stupid    When patriots won superbowls Tom wasn&#8217;t as good as he is tday  when manning won his team carried him cuz he was just average in Super Bowl.  Same for Bree&#8217;s his def won it the year saints actually had a def. </p>
<p>Steelers qb is horrible in the superbowls      Honestly it&#8217;s a team game u just need a qb to make enough plays not to lose u the game   That&#8217;s flacco    </p>
<p>I bet more then half the league would take flacco</p>
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		<title>By: umainebearman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[umainebearman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh yeah forgot to mention Brad Johnson and the Tampa Bay Bucs. Anyone thing he was elite?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh yeah forgot to mention Brad Johnson and the Tampa Bay Bucs. Anyone thing he was elite?</p>
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		<title>By: trojanwarrior007</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[trojanwarrior007]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[the Ravens gambled and lost and will have to pay up.  worth the gamble imo.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>the Ravens gambled and lost and will have to pay up.  worth the gamble imo.</p>
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		<title>By: chattanola</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chattanola]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Flacco seems to suffer in the &quot;Elite QB&quot; debate for the same reason Eli Manning does.  They both project a certain low key-ness, something in their personalities that just doesn&#039;t translate in the media.

But the numbers don&#039;t lie.  The Ravens got hot coming down the stretch.  Flacco&#039;s real stumbling block may be a &quot;clutch thing.  He&#039;s not as flashy as Kaepernik, but I think the Ravens/49ers Superbowl is a good match up.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Flacco seems to suffer in the &#8220;Elite QB&#8221; debate for the same reason Eli Manning does.  They both project a certain low key-ness, something in their personalities that just doesn&#8217;t translate in the media.</p>
<p>But the numbers don&#8217;t lie.  The Ravens got hot coming down the stretch.  Flacco&#8217;s real stumbling block may be a &#8220;clutch thing.  He&#8217;s not as flashy as Kaepernik, but I think the Ravens/49ers Superbowl is a good match up.</p>
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		<title>By: ravens513</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ravens513]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been frustrated by him all year, but he has really showed up in the playoffs.  Sitting in the stands during the first Denver game, I could never have imagined this.  

So glad we have him and and not the choke artist Matt Ryan.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been frustrated by him all year, but he has really showed up in the playoffs.  Sitting in the stands during the first Denver game, I could never have imagined this.  </p>
<p>So glad we have him and and not the choke artist Matt Ryan.</p>
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		<title>By: umainebearman</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[umainebearman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Duels against the best QBs of all time? Really? Did Flacco play on defense or am I missing something? Did Flacco recover fumbles or make interceptions? Because I thought I watched the whole game and was pretty sure I say him on the side lines when the D was on the field, same for Brady.The Ravens DEFENSE won the duel. Flaccos throw it up and hope his receivers play some how beat the Pats. Probably alot of you missed the hope and pray throws that almost got picked off that went into double coverage. Flacco gets WAY to much time not being pressured to force those kind of throws. If he was indeed &quot;elite&quot;, whatever that cliched term means, then he would have been able to complete those in the wind passes right? I mean Brady didn&#039;t have an issue with the wind. As with Trent Dilfer the last time the Ravens went to the SB, the Ravens D carried them there NOT the QB. Just like Jim McMahon, Rex Grossman and most recently Eli Manning the D carried them. Don&#039;t be delusional about how they got to where they are.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Duels against the best QBs of all time? Really? Did Flacco play on defense or am I missing something? Did Flacco recover fumbles or make interceptions? Because I thought I watched the whole game and was pretty sure I say him on the side lines when the D was on the field, same for Brady.The Ravens DEFENSE won the duel. Flaccos throw it up and hope his receivers play some how beat the Pats. Probably alot of you missed the hope and pray throws that almost got picked off that went into double coverage. Flacco gets WAY to much time not being pressured to force those kind of throws. If he was indeed &#8220;elite&#8221;, whatever that cliched term means, then he would have been able to complete those in the wind passes right? I mean Brady didn&#8217;t have an issue with the wind. As with Trent Dilfer the last time the Ravens went to the SB, the Ravens D carried them there NOT the QB. Just like Jim McMahon, Rex Grossman and most recently Eli Manning the D carried them. Don&#8217;t be delusional about how they got to where they are.</p>
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		<title>By: piemasteruk</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[piemasteruk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;Win or lose in 13 days, the Ravens need to give him a deal that falls in line with the top quarterbacks in the game.  Because he has proven, despite the many doubters, that he is indeed one of them.  And he’s done it by consistently beating them.&quot;

What a flippant remark.  I like Joe Flacco a lot.  I had plenty of time for him even when other people were questioning if he should even be starting.  But he is not, I repeat NOT one of the top QBs in the game.  He has had a good season, that&#039;s all.  Great even.  Might even finish with a Superbowl.  You may remember a guy called Cam Newton had a great season last year.  As did another guy called Matthew Stafford.  Neither of those are &#039;one of the top quarterbacks in the game&quot; either.  Beating the top QBs does not make you a top QB.  Playing at an elite level over a long period of time (more than half a season) makes you an elite QB.

The last time the Ravens were in the Superbowl they had an average QB who did enough for the defence to win them the title.  This year they have a better than average QB, but if they win the Superbowl it will be as much about guys named Rice, Suggs, Lewis, Smith, Boldin etc than it will be about Flacco.  Flacco can&#039;t win games on his own like the truly elite QBs can.  He&#039;s not Peyton Manning, even though him and his 44 other guys beat Peyton and his 44 other guys.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Win or lose in 13 days, the Ravens need to give him a deal that falls in line with the top quarterbacks in the game.  Because he has proven, despite the many doubters, that he is indeed one of them.  And he’s done it by consistently beating them.&#8221;</p>
<p>What a flippant remark.  I like Joe Flacco a lot.  I had plenty of time for him even when other people were questioning if he should even be starting.  But he is not, I repeat NOT one of the top QBs in the game.  He has had a good season, that&#8217;s all.  Great even.  Might even finish with a Superbowl.  You may remember a guy called Cam Newton had a great season last year.  As did another guy called Matthew Stafford.  Neither of those are &#8216;one of the top quarterbacks in the game&#8221; either.  Beating the top QBs does not make you a top QB.  Playing at an elite level over a long period of time (more than half a season) makes you an elite QB.</p>
<p>The last time the Ravens were in the Superbowl they had an average QB who did enough for the defence to win them the title.  This year they have a better than average QB, but if they win the Superbowl it will be as much about guys named Rice, Suggs, Lewis, Smith, Boldin etc than it will be about Flacco.  Flacco can&#8217;t win games on his own like the truly elite QBs can.  He&#8217;s not Peyton Manning, even though him and his 44 other guys beat Peyton and his 44 other guys.</p>
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		<title>By: rgboogie</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[rgboogie]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another QB beat Tom Brady and Peyton manning in back to back playoff games not to long ago. 

His name-

Mark Sanchez.

Tread cautiously.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Another QB beat Tom Brady and Peyton manning in back to back playoff games not to long ago. </p>
<p>His name-</p>
<p>Mark Sanchez.</p>
<p>Tread cautiously.</p>
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		<title>By: whodeytn</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[whodeytn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 13:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saying Flacco is on his way to a HOF career?? LOL that&#039;s rich. He hasn&#039;t even won a Super Bowl.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Saying Flacco is on his way to a HOF career?? LOL that&#8217;s rich. He hasn&#8217;t even won a Super Bowl.</p>
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