Been thinking of all the Sanchez supporters who said that Sanchez was better than Joe Flacco. Hmmm! About the only thing Sanchez is better than Flacco at is turning the ball over. No more talk about Sanchez's playoff record. No more talk about Sanchez's road playoff wins. Flacco is head and shoulders above Sanchez, well, for that matter, every QB in the NFL is that much better than Sanchez now, I'm just sad that I knew it all along, and the Jets FO didn't. I guess Tannenbaum was a real gambler as well as a cap expert. :beer:
The "elite" moniker gets thrown around alot. I'm not sure if he's elite, per say, but I don't like to throw that word around as much as others do. He's very good though. Flacco would be perfect for the Jets and is the perfect QB to accompany Rex's defense. That's probably why the Ravens drafted him in the first place, when they had Rex running the D. Being as big as he is, and having that strong arm - he's an all-weather QB. His skillset falls right in line with a downhill passing attack. Run the ball consistently and hit some clutch deep passes down the field. That's exactly what the Jets should be looking to do. Flacco might not be good in a spread out, short passing attack, and he's not the type to chuck it 40+ times a game, but he's excellent at staying within himself and hitting clutch passes when he's called upon. This is what the Jets should try to emulate on the offensive side of the ball and could be their identity. Scrapping everything and trying to make Morningweg's O work by stuffing round pegs into square holes is a bad idea. (topic for another discussion I suppose)
Bal would have made a SB in '09 or '10m w/ sanchez. Flacco is playing really well now, throughout his postseason career though he's been a below average postseason QB. Overall w/ the great job this postseason Flacco has led his team to the same win % as Sanchez and to .8 more PPG BUT: Bal forced 36 TOs in Flacco's 12 games, that's 3 per game. Do you think that hel;ps an offense? We forced 8 in 6 games(1.3 per game). it's "little" things like this that people don't seem to grasp. One nice playoff run doesn't make a QB elite, just like Eli isn't elite Flacco certainly isn't elite and Sanchez has had a better postseason career than Flacco despite his great 2 games this postseason.
Over the last 2 post seasons Flacco has thrown for 1,335 yards, with 12 touchdowns, one interception, and a 108.1 quarterback rating. The Ravens have gone 4-1 in that span. Flacco is still getting better while Sanchez has turned into a massive turd. Their is no comparison.
Flacco has maturation should not go unnoticed, dude has improved a shit-ton since that last AFCCG last year. Sanchez and Flacco at the beginning of the year were pretty tight, Flacco blew the doors of that discussion rather quickly. The lack of skill players play a role here too
Flacco is the model of an NFL QB who has gotten better every year he's been in the league. Whereas Sanchez has gotten progressively worse every year he's been in the league. As others have said it's no comparison.
Flacco is a natural talent who came out of a division 2 school without the coaching and development to be a top NFL QB. He has been developed and he has a great skill set. Sanchez was practically raised and coached from HS to be an NFL QB. He has mediocre skills and hasn't been able to grow at the pro level. They have seperated dramatically as pro's.
it's funny, a month ago Ravens fans wanted Flacco gopne after a disappointing and now he's ELITE! he has played really well but the first good postseason game he played was last year in the title game and now he has 3 good games w/ ELITE talent around him. Let's not forget that, the difference btw the 2 QBs is one has elite talent around him, the other one was relying on Chaz Schilens(no offense Chaz).
That's not true, his last 2 full seasons have been disappointments. he is making up for it in postseason which is all that really matters but he has not steadily progressed.
In my mind to be elite, you have to play like this all season for multiple seasons. I have Brady and Peyton there with Rodgers knocking on the door. Brees knocking on the door too. However, Flacco is playing at an elite level this playoff. The Flacco vs Sanchez comparison was close middle of Sanchez's 3rd season, then while Flacco improved the more dramatic shift was Sanchez went downhill fast. Now, it's not close. Flacco is better right now, not even close. You could say Flacco is a top 15 QB maybe top 10 after this season while Sanchez played himself into the 30-32 range.
For comparisons sake, when Sanchez was playing his best football in the playoffs he put up 1155 yards, 9 touchdowns, 3 interceptions and a 94.3 qb rating. That was over the span of 6 games.
You can't have it both ways. The postseason is part of the season and he's playing at an elite level now. Also him leading his team to the Super Bowl is considered a huge success and not a disappointment as you say. Sanchez wasn't, isn't and will never be considered elite. Flacco wins hands down.
Flacco may not be elite, but he is heads and shoulders better than Sanchez. nyjunc still thinks he's the best QB EVARRRRRR
He's elite compared to Sanchez, but then again, so is everyone else. He's certainly not elite compared to the rest of the NFL.
Flacco is not elite, Eli has 2 SBs and is not elite. The elite ones are the top guys EVERY year, Flacco is having a great run surrounded by amazing talent. i tip my cap but he's not elite.
Compared to Sanchez we're talking about though. In that comparison, Flacco is head and shoulders but so are most of the other 31 starting QB's in the NFL.
