Just do not want to admit that a guy that ugly from Delaware will be good in the NFL. Well, I bet you were in the same position as us when Big Ben was coming out of his rookie season from being from small Miami of Ohio.

You don’t like Stuart Scott talking about himself and Boomer making more noises than a snoring drunk man and thinking how cool the old fat fart now is? How can you miss that!?

Good reasoning. Really I was not trying to bash Flacco. There’s just growing pains in this league. Even the very best – Manning, Brees, Big Ben have had awful steps back early in their careers, and even in the middle parts. Almost none (maybe Brady?) have avoided that reality in the league’s history.

Flacco will be fine. But perceptions and expectations change in yaer 2 from year 1. When you throw 15 TDs to 13 INTs or whatever solid but not great stat output Flacco had as a rookie, you’re considered amazing. And when you fall on your face against a great D in the Conf Title game in year 1 its no big deal – it’s just impressive that he got there in the first place .

When you put up similar numbers and perhaps maybe just miss the playoffs by a tiebreaker in year 2, perceptions change, as UMBC said, perhaps unfairly. Whatever happens next year doesnt mean much in the grand scheme of his career unless he just hits the ground running and never looks back. But history says, and even with the greats, that thats not likely.

Also as UMBC alluded to, Cam Cameron I thought was really good for most of last year, but being a huge Drew Brees fan like I am, I watched him and his play calling plenty in San Diego and he’s been known to get pretty damn aggressive and not always in the best way. I thought the Ravens were smart to pound the ball on the ground more than any team in the league last year, despite only having a middle of the road yards per carry. I dont think Cameron will have the discipline to do the same this year, even though thats just one man’s random opinion that means very little I suppose. But I’ve seen it before with Cam and I think its natural for coordinators to think it’s a good thing to take off the training wheels with their QBs just as soon as that rookie year is over, or after that first full season is over regardless of whether the QBs a rook or not.

Thoughts?