Joe Flacco Gets paid
I am a Baltimore Ravens but enough is ENOUGH about “Is Joe
Flacco an elite QB” or “Did he deserve 120 million dollars”. Lets be realistic, there are atleast ten NFL
teams that if they are honest about their circumstances they would immediately
take Joe Flacco and have him as their starting QB. We can all agree Joe Flacco is not one of the
top four quarterbacks in the NFL (Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady,
Drew Brees). So where does that leave
Flacco? Well from 2008-2012 Joe Flacco
has more passing yards than Jay Cutler (17,633), fewer interceptions than Matt
Ryan, Eli Manning, Jay Cutler, and Eli Manning (56), and more regular season
wins than Ben Roethlisberger, Rivers, Cutler, and Eli Manning (54). On top of all of this, Flacco has been sacked
174 times, that is more than Rivers, Cutler,Eli Manning, and Ryan but he has never led the NFL
in interceptions, unlike Eli, Philip, or Jay.
So while I would not have payed Flacco 120 million over 6
years, he can definitely be considered a top 10 quarterback in the NFL
today. And for Baltimore fans, Flacco
throwing 11 touchdowns, 0 interceptions, and winning Super Bowl might as well
qualify him for the Hall of Fame considering the collection of “weak sauce” who
have started at QB for the purple and black: Kyle Boller, Jeff Blake, Chris
Redman, Anthony Wright, Elvis Grbac, and Tony Banks. Also, there’s no more need for “We miss Trent
Dilfer, what happened to that guy anyway? Remember when he was our Quarterback?”
discussions.
Britney Griner is a living legend
She scored 50 points last night, a conference single game
record. She is on her way to the top
three of every women’s college basketball statistical category. She is 6’8” and is one of the most dominant
female athletes in the history of sports.
But seriously, I do not care how she would do playing “against the boys”
because that’s like comparing apples and lettuce! Lets instead put her amazing college career
into historical perspective by finding a male basketball comparison. How about Wilt Chamberlin? People forget how dominant while still raw
Wilt was when he played for the University of Kansas decades ago. While still learning how to maximize his skills,
Chamberlin was a man among boys while playing in college. Britney Griner is in college and she will be
going pro and in the WNBA she will develop more and get better. A scary thought for her future
competition. Unlike Wilt, there is no
woman’s equivalent to Bill Russell playing in the WNBA who could slow down
Griner.
Stop Trying to compare LeBron James to every NBA legend to
quantify him
If LeBron James retired tomorrow he could be considered one
of the greatest basketball players of all time.
So I do not understand the obsession with comparing him to Michael
Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Magic Johnson, and Oscar Robertson. James is a special, unique athlete and a basketball
player who has unique skills and natural abilities. The closest comparison to James is Magic
since they are both tall players who play like smaller guards. But when I hear people say “Magic is a better
leader and player than James could ever be” is a real insult to people’s intelligence. Lets
get some perspective:
When Magic was 20 years old, he helped lead his team to the NBA
Finals and won his first title. He was
drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers, a franchise with a rich history of great NBA
players. He also won a National title
while playing in college. On that Lakers
roster Magic player with two NBA Hall of Famers (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jamaal
Wilkes) and one of the top defensive guards of the 1980’s (Michael Cooper).
When LeBron was 22 years old, he helped lead his team to the
NBA Finals and lost. He was drafted by
the Cleveland Cavaliers, a franchise with a mediocre basketball history. He never played in college, went straight
from high school to the pros. On that
Cavs roster that season there was NO hall of fame players, instead James had an
oft-injured yet talented center (Zydrunas Ilgauskas), a hard working forward
(Anderson Verajo), and three former first round picks who never played up to
expectations (Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, and Donyell Marshall).
So, I say again, stop comparing LeBron to others and trying
to decided how good he is and how other players were “better” than him. James is a great player and we should just
respect how talented and special a basketball player he is.
As a side note, Im not a “LeBron fan”. Instead, Im a Dwayne Wade fan. Just laying all my cards on the table.
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