Superbowl champ$ return

[ERoyal248]

Whats the temperature in Dung Valley at Pile High?
If its at least 40 degrees or warmer the Mannster may have a small chance of winning unless he screws up and turns the ball over. Here's to a Broncos loss ....Cheers

Around 90-100 I've seen.

[Doomtodenver]

Bolden and Pitta accounted for half of Flacco's TD's, and over 40% of his yards. We will more than likely lack pass rush from last year, but lets not act like the Ravens offense hasn't lost a couple very good pass catchers. It will definitely help ease the pain of losing Miller and Dumervil for this game.

Well we still have Torrey Smith who torched Chump Bailey,Jacoby" I caught the Donkey Buster pass " and some guys like Marlon Brown you should be worried about.

Add in Ed Dickson at tight end ,who is much improved over last year, and Ill predict the Donks
get beat .

[Doomtodenver]

There's a reason Flacco is "underrated" and constantly criticized. Boldin bailed him out in the postseason repeatedly, and Flacco is famously known for being inconsistent.

He's never had stats to show that he's being criminally underrated, but he has had miraculous deep throws that look suspiciously like flukes. Fluke or not he has arm strength, and he'll have room and plenty of opportunity to build off what he did this last postseason. He might make a name for himself, establish a better reputation.

Is he a QB that has simply just improved over time and will become one of the QB greats? You guys have a fast tempo offense now, maybe that's the remedy to Flacco's inconsistency.

I sincerely don't think so. His decision making still looks suspect to me, and he tends to throw his receivers into danger. He's been averaging 21 TDs and 11 INTs a year behind a very great offensive line and an all star RB in Rice to relieve some of that pressure. Five years of mediocrity says that he needs a very great supporting cast to achieve postseason wins.

Behind a great offensive line??? This is laugh out loud funny.Only Marshall Yanda is outstanding and the Broncos Oline is far superior to the Ravens line.

If Joe had a great oline and receivers like Matty Ice he would be putting up huge numbers.

[Doomtodenver]

38-10 Broncos, Book it!

The only thing tyou can book is a one and done playoff scenario for the Donks.

[ERoyal248]

Well we still have Torrey Smith who torched Chump Bailey,Jacoby" I caught the Donkey Buster pass " and some guys like Marlon Brown you should be worried about.

Add in Ed Dickson at tight end ,who is much improved over last year, and Ill predict the Donks
get beat .

Torrey caught 3 catches last game, hardly a lot.

Jacoby got two passes, one that happens once every 20 years if not for a blunder by Moore.

Brown does look good.

And I'll predict you and other Ravens trolls won't show if you lose.

Maybe 2-3 come back and say good game if it happens, maybe.

[ERoyal248]

Behind a great offensive line??? This is laugh out loud funny.Only Marshall Yanda is outstanding and the Broncos Oline is far superior to the Ravens line.

If Joe had a great oline and receivers like Matty Ice he would be putting up huge numbers.

Oher, McKinnie and Osmesle are pretty good.

It's a pretty good OL he has.

Outside of skill position players, Flacco has better everything over Ryan.

Ryan's OL is below average while Joes is probably top 5.

[Doomtodenver]

Oher, McKinnie and Osmesle are pretty good.

It's a pretty good OL he has.

Outside of skill position players, Flacco has better everything over Ryan.

Ryan's OL is below average while Joes is probably top 5.

Rotoworld ranks Denver 3rd , ravens 8th and Falcons 21st on online .

I think that's high for the Ravens and they were ranked about 12-13 or so in
polls over the last couple of years .

So you wrong about top 5 though your Donkeys are ranked 3rd.

By the way we have a new Center, Oher who has been a huge disappointment , Osemele who has looked awful during the preseason
and a LT in Mckinnie who may not make it through a whole season

If you call that top 5 , so be it .

[shiri2]

There's a reason Flacco is "underrated" and constantly criticized. Boldin bailed him out in the postseason repeatedly, and Flacco is famously known for being inconsistent.

He's never had stats to show that he's being criminally underrated, but he has had miraculous deep throws that look suspiciously like flukes. Fluke or not he has arm strength, and he'll have room and plenty of opportunity to build off what he did this last postseason. He might make a name for himself, establish a better reputation.

Is he a QB that has simply just improved over time and will become one of the QB greats? You guys have a fast tempo offense now, maybe that's the remedy to Flacco's inconsistency.

I sincerely don't think so. His decision making still looks suspect to me, and he tends to throw his receivers into danger. He's been averaging 21 TDs and 11 INTs a year behind a very great offensive line and an all star RB in Rice to relieve some of that pressure. Five years of mediocrity says that he needs a very great supporting cast to achieve postseason wins.

His decision-making looks good to John Harbaugh, the owner Steve Bisciotti and the rest of the Ravens Nation. Because he takes more risks going deep than your average QB and makes things happen at the most critical of moments? Joe and his receivers practice these kinds of plays everyday...to the average viewer they may seem risky or ill-advised, but these guys practice these types of throws everyday it's a no-brainer. Look at the accuracy of those deep balls, trust me...they aren't flukes. The one to Jacoby Jones dropped right in the bucket, even though he adjusted slightly to the ball...but then again, that's what a good receiver has to do sometimes. That's not bailing anybody out.

the offensive line has only just recently become "great" (as you say) this last season. Before that they were the main cause of Joe Flaccco's so-called inconsistentcy. He wasn't getting any protection up-front, hence no time to survey the field and get the ball off. So a lot of times he was sacked, run outta bounds, or running for his life in the backfield...when you're dealing with that kind of an offensive line you're gonna see inconsistency and bad plays along the way to maturity. Now when he first came into the league in 2008, I admit some of it was Joe (no pocket awareness, nervous feet, staring down receivers, etc), but as the seasons passed it became less of Joe and more of the offensive line. So yeah, in some cases the D had to bail us out of a sticky situation...but not because of Joe, moreso because of the O line and some of our older receivers (Mason, Heap, Evans, etc.) not being able to get separation which kinda' forced Joe to hold the ball longer than he should have in some cases. If you look at seasonsal stats...yes, Joe Flacco may appear mediocre at best. But you gotta look further than stats, look at "Wins" cause that's what really matters, right! Joe didn't have the crazy seasonal stats like Rodgers, Brees, Manning, Brady, etc...but he wasn't sitting home watching the Superbowl like them either. He was in it to win it! At the end of the day "wins" is what really matters...cause that's why we play the game, right? To win!

5yrs of mediocrity? Obviously you haven't been keeping up with Joe or watching our games. You've just picked up tidbits about him from here and there. Here is your mediocrity:

1. since coming into the league in 2008 he has taken us the playoffs all 5 yrs (no other rookie QB has ever done this)
2. in each instance we appeared in the playoffs we at least advanced to the 2nd round (not one and done)
3. of the 5 appearances we made in the playoffs, 3 were AFC championships
4. he has never missed a start in his 5 yr tenure with us
5. he is the winningest QB in the league since his arrival (63)
6. he is the only QB with Joe Montana to have 11 TDs and 0 INTs during the post-season
7. he has won us back-to-back divisional titles (2011, 2012)
8. he arguably has the strongest arm in the league
9. voted the MVP of Superbowl XXLVII
10. has 1 Superbowl ring (just like Manning, without the stats; Manning's been in the league since '98, 10yr longer than Joe)
11. up until last year we had 15 straight home-game victories (that's not luck)

Footnote: PM with all his crazy stats earned his first Superbowl ring 7 yrs after entering the league, however Joe on the other hand has accomplished it in 5 with your so-called mediocrity and inconsistency. Has played less games than PM since coming into the league, yet has more wins. Down goes Frazier!!!

Joe Flacco is an unsung hero! But that's fine, as long as the Ravens Nation knows what he's all about, and as long as he keeps on winning.

Like they say "just win, baby!"

[Coltsince4]

Dang, I was really wanting and waiting for this game, but thank goodness for NFL rewind for me!! Got band practice
tomorrow night. More than excited about watching this game is whats going to be going on around here after this game!!! This will be the greatest show on EARTH around here after this one no matter who wins. I don't even think
when Peyton comes to Indy to play the Colts will it match the madness around here after this one!!! WOW!!!!

[NoRingNoGlory]

Around 90-100 I've seen.

90-100 deg. F Mannster is sure to rip it up. If he loses he will have no excuse unless he melts in temps over 70 deg.

[High Voltage]

Well we still have Torrey Smith who torched Chump Bailey,Jacoby" I caught the Donkey Buster pass " and some guys like Marlon Brown you should be worried about.

Add in Ed Dickson at tight end ,who is much improved over last year, and Ill predict the Donks
get beat .

You're forgetting the fact that this is a regular season game, Manning doesn't lose these type of games.
Now if it was a playoff game, where Manning brings the intangibles that have made him the biggest losing QB in the NFL, his one in done record (8 times) is so impressive that if QBs would get a ring for that, Peyton would have more rings than Montana and T. Brady have SB rings combined..... Donkos due have the slight upper hand on this 1, wait till the post season though and then the tables turn dramatically.

[NoRingNoGlory]

Now this might be taking it way to far...then again many Bronco fans probably would agree with Strahan.

[Dirty Bird]

28 pages? Lulz

[ERoyal248]

Now this might be taking it way to far...then again many Bronco fans probably would agree with Strahan.

I could maybe see them miss but not at 5-11.

[ERoyal248]

You're forgetting the fact that this is a regular season game, Manning doesn't lose these type of games.
Now if it was a playoff game, where Manning brings the intangibles that have made him the biggest losing QB in the NFL, his one in done record (8 times) is so impressive that if QBs would get a ring for that, Peyton would have more rings than Montana and T. Brady have SB rings combined..... Donkos due have the slight upper hand on this 1, wait till the post season though and then the tables turn dramatically.

Yeah cuz Manning plays defense.

3-4 of those games werent on him.