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The life of an NFL player might be great, especially the high salaries they enjoy, but not one player on the Baltimore Ravens cracked SI.com's list of the 50 top earning US athletes for 2011.

Pat Kirwan of NFL.com did a report on the players that he thinks are under-rated on their current list of the Top 100 Players of 2011. Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco came in at number 90, but Kirwan sees no reason why he shouldn't be ranked higher.

According to the Baltimore Ravens GM Ozzie Newsome, QB Joe Flacco will have greater ability to call audibles if he doesn't like the play as he gets to the line of scrimmage in 2011.

While the Baltimore Ravens looked less than perfect in their 26-21 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday Night Football, their Red Zone efficiency was a perfect three-for-three.

The Baltimore Ravens' QB Joe Flacco had two completely polar opposite halves in lst night's 26-21 loss to the Atlanta Falcons and despite that discrepancy, the Ravens still could have won the game had their defense been able to stop the Falcons' Matt Ryan from driving his team down the field for the game-winning score.

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