Flacco frets over breakup of Ravens QBs

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Sounds like he's insecure.

Sounds like he needs to concentrate on getting ready for heightened expectations instead of worrying about who is holding the clipboard.

I don't really see Bulger as being a threat to Flacco. Having said that nobody saw Kurt Warner as any threat to Trent Green or Tom Brady as any threat to Drew Bledsoe

Flacco is young, and he's proven that he's a very effective, playoff-caliber QB. He's going to be the starter for a long time, barring injury.

So, if he really does like Smith and Beck, he should be happy for them if they end up somewhere else. They're young too, and they might end up on a team where the starter isn't so well entrenched, or working behind some graybeard whose job they could inherit.

Flacco considers the other QBs to be friends and he's throwing them a bone. Non-story.

The Ravens made a lot of good moves this offseason. Picking up a veteran QB like Bulger to work with Flacco is another one. Bulger is experienced enough to give the kid some seasoning but not good enough to threaten him unless he totally chokes.

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Originally posted 08:59 AM ET  07.20 by Mr Steeler

I don't really see Bulger as being a threat to Flacco. Having said that nobody saw Kurt Warner as any threat to Trent Green or Tom Brady as any threat to Drew Bledsoe

Yea but Trent Green and Drew Bledsoe got injured i thought. As for this situation, i cant see Bulger staying upright with even the best O-line in the league. He sucks! There should be no worries for Flacco at all.

So sorry, Flacco. Breaking up is hard to do.

The veteran leadership will help flacco develop, and Smith and Beck are not as quality a backup as Bulger. The bears were talking about picking him up which would have been a good move in my opinion for the same reasons. Sucks they are paying Bulger more than Flacco though!!

"Smith or Beck will get cut at the end of the preseason."

Or both. $$$$ Or traded. $$

Lead the team and do not look back. As soon as you do then you are doomed.

Troy Smith wants a chance to start and would welcome a fresh opportunity. Is anybody in Buffalo paying attention?

Flacco frets over breakup of Ravens QBs

I've got to start paying more attention. I didn't even know they were dating.

Already looking over his shoulder. Could get them off to a slow start.

The really dumb thing here is that Troy Smith has been asking for a trade since February. He wants to start , anywhere.
He will be traded. Someone Tell Joe that Troy has been trying to break up for six months. Jeesh!

As a Dolphins fan, reading that someone has fond memories of John Beck is beyond my comprehension.

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Very effective playoff caliber, only with the aid of the Ravens Defense.<flips quarter to Trent Dilfer>

Got that right... Let's see what he does on a team with no D... I agree the kid has a strong arm, looks good, especially when the Ravens have never really given him a #1 receiver... But the Ravens have probably one of the most stalwart, if not the best defense in the league and they added two big pieces to it again this year... Watch out for Sergio Kindle... Again, it's the system; Flacco fell into the right system... Can't say the same for Stafford...yet.

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Originally posted 10:26 AM ET  07.20 by MarinoFan

As a Dolphins fan, reading that someone has fond memories of John Beck is beyond my comprehension.

Good one. And very true. Smith has some trade value, I suspect they MAY keep beck as the third QB. Or just let him go.

Bulger is very good...STILL. That O-Line in STL was abysmal and that's being generous. NO QB could handle that mess not even my boy Ben who's a large body. Bulger is a threat..mark my words.

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Originally posted 09:58 AM ET  07.20 by Canuck eh?

Flacco frets over breakup of Ravens QBsI've got to start paying more attention. I didn't even know they were dating.

Well, if Flacco did a little "manscaping" to make it appear as though he has two eyebrows, he wouldn't have such a broken heart.

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Originally posted 11:55 AM ET  07.20 by Stuart MacDougal

Well, if Flacco did a little "manscaping" to make it appear as though he has two eyebrows, he wouldn't have such a broken heart.

I think the "unibrow" is a Baltimore thing.