QBs not driving NFL these days
The NFL was once known as a quarterback-driven league, but there are few quarterbacks driving these days. The NFL is a watered down league, and the caliber of play drops off more every season, and the quarterback position is no different.
Fortunately, this works out well for the Ravens. Their secondary has been hit hard by injuries and that group is very suspect. But with the exception of Dallas quarterback Tony Romo and Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger, the Ravens will not face good quarterbacks in the other three games.
Even with Roethlisberger, you don't know which quarerback will show up, the good one that makes plays, or the injury plagued one that throws interceptions? The road to the playoffs seems wide open for the Ravens.
Comments
I am not a fan of the Redskins at all, but I think Jason Campbell is playing pretty well this year.
Posted by: chuck | November 24, 2008 11:45 AM
I'm not sold on Romeo and Roethlisberger has alwyas been a drama queen. I like Flacco because he just shows up and plays. You know he is taking it all in and using every play and every second to get better and figure it out.
Thrilled to see the "D", bounce back and sorry the Eagles are not a bad team. I'm never really sure which NFL your following because - oh well.
Yes we need work but; there isn't a team out there that can't say that. So we'll keep showing up and playing hard and then it is what it is.
Oh yeah benching Donovan M was really a bone headed move. I love the way the press is ready to throw him under the buss just to create controversy. You guys - oh never mind...
Posted by: grey32 | November 24, 2008 11:51 AM
Mike, I think you are being a little hard on Joe this week. I think he progressed from last week in that he didn't turn the ball over and steadily got better as the game went on. That one play where he was hit and the initial call was a fumble was amazing. To be hit as hard as that and to have the strength to hold on to the ball and attempt to throw it was impressive.
I don't quite understand your comments about the quarterbacks. I don't see any 2000 Ravens in the hunt. The best teams( Jets, Patriots, Colts, Steelers, Giants, Cowboys) all have excellent quarterbacks.
Posted by: Rick H. | November 24, 2008 12:29 PM
Rick H,
I don't think Matt Cassel has been starting long enough to call him a good quarterback. Spot on with the rest though.
Posted by: Doc Kearns | November 24, 2008 2:15 PM
Jason Campbell is WAY overrated!!!
He and Zorn caught a few average teams off guard at the beginning of the season. They are barely beating bad teams now.
Posted by: Sean | November 24, 2008 3:06 PM
wow people still think roth is a great qb. i guess the turnovers dont mean anything. anybody noticed his numbers are close to flacco but flacco actually has less interceptions as a rookie. i agree with the jason campbell comment. 10 touchdowns with only four interceptions. campbell has the yards, the touchdowns, and his qb rating isnt bad either. if he is overatted then i guess eli is too cause campbell stats are very close to eli stats. do your research. ben is no great qb but he is a viable qb. at this point in the season i would rather take flacco. atleast flacco made most of his mistakes at the beginning of the season. as of late he has been playing at a veteran level.
GO RAVENS
Posted by: Dwayne | November 26, 2008 6:11 PM