For one, Ryan, Stafford and Schaub all have better career QB ratings than Flacco. Im pretty sure we both watch a fair amount of NFL shows. Majority of the experts/analysts also put Ryan and Stafford (part of MVP conversation this year!) ahead. Schaub, I cant say the same as far as the experts are concerned. But he passes muster better than Flacco wrt the eyeball test.
1. No, Ryan doesnt have a better QB rating than flacco. As I said their numbers are identical. Ryan has 86, flacco has 87. Shuab does have a better rating because he has the best reciever in the nfl to throw to.
2. Ofcourse the analysts like to talk about Matty ''Ice''. He is the media darling, sells magazines, jerseys and gives them good ratings. But that doenst mean he is ''better than'' Flacco.
3. Flacco has way less weapons on offence to throw to, while Shaub's and Ryan's teams are filled with great offensive players. (btw, imo Forster and Turner were better than Rice
last year)
Ryan and Schaub also work with below average to bad Ds and yet lead their team to victory, on their shoulder.
lol what a dramatic post...'on their shoulder''. haha.
Get your facts straight. Falcons were a top 5 D last year and Huston's D is doing pretty good so far this season (too bad their key players got injured 2 weeks ago.)
And if Ryan can lead their teams to victory, on his shoulders (lol) then how come matty 'ice' hasnt won a single playoff game yet? Same goes for Matt Shaub, who I think is highly overrated btw. Tell me when he leads his team to the playoffs first, on his shoulder...
Stafford has shown that when not hurt, he can put the Lions on his back too.
Who have the lions played so far..umm lets see.
Tampa Bay Bucs (4-2)
22nd ranked D
Kansas City (2-3)
28th ranked D
Minnosota Vikings (1-5)
22nd ranked D
Dallas Cowboys (2-3) 11th ranked D
Chicago Bears (3-3)
17th ranked D
Now lets see who the Joe Flacoo had to play against so far this season..
Pittsburgh-
5th ranked D (will get even better as the season goes) and
1st ranked D in yds/game
Tennessee-
3rd ranked D
New York
-top 5 D (once they get their act together)
Texans--14th ranked
Rams...well they just suck
Not to mention, Flacco has to play the Steelers and Bengals twice in the season, both are top 5 D in yds/game (and top 5 and top 7 in pts/ game)
Matt Rayan is lucky to be in such an easy conference (d wise)
Im sorry, but Flacco has simply not shown that, in all of his 3 years in the league.
Well thats because you havent been watching many of his games lately. Just last week, he carried the offence against Texans. For the majority of the game, Ravens had no run game and the OL was awful at pass protection, and Flacco still made big throws that sealed the win at the end. I am guessing you also didnt watch the game against Steelers this season (forget the d for one second, and focus on the O).
There were plently of times last year where the D struggled in 4th Qtr (fact, Ravens D was one of the worst in 4th Qtr) and Flacco carried the O and won games for us. You just never heard of it because A. you didnt watch the games, or B. many sports channels have a habbit of focusing on the big name QBs (brady, vick etc..)
Ravens won because of Ray and their D SAF. Apart from @Chiefs, did Flacco even play at an average level in the other 3 games?!
lol, here we go again with the D helping us...
At Miami--we won 27-3
It was his
first playoff game (rookie season), that too on the road. He threw for 135 yards without interception and scored the rushing touchdown in 4th quarter that
SEALED the win.
At Tennessee- tough game, we won 13-10
Flacoo made victory-
SEALING throws to Todd Heap and Mark Clayton in the 4th quarter that sat up a winning field goal from Matt Stover in the last minutes. He threw for 150 yrds (and a td) and no turnovers.
At Pittsburgh--hard fought game, Ravens lost in the last seconds because of Big Ben's clutch throw.
This was his first worst game
At New England
Ravens won but Flacco was injured in that game and Rice and the D played a big part in the win.
Lost to Colts
at Indianapplis
Manning has the Ravens' number no matter who the QB is. Fact.
Lost to Steelers
at Pittsburgh
Flacco was decent in this game. Ravens were up 21-7 at half. And the turnovers in 2nd half were beacause the fumbles by Rice and Birk. He threw an intception but the D didnt give up a td for it.
The play that sealed the game was made by Troy P. Great players make great plays and Troy P was unbelievable in that game.
We're talking all
ROAD playoff games here. You gotta give credit where its due.
) Lol, go check again then! Pats are a respectable 14th/32 is PPG, which is what matters in football, not YPG. You can give up 500 yards a game and still shut out an O. Here's Football 101: Team with the most points wins the game, not the team with the most yards! Your football acumen (ahem ahem) is truly astounding! 
