Now that everyone is wacko for Flacco after the sophomore quarterback dazzled in a 17-13 Ravens win on Saturday night in Carolina, I’d like to bring everyone back for a reality check.
It’s still preseason. The games still do not matter.
Regardless of that small but important detail, Flacco looked razor sharp as he threw for 247 [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Nothing Could Be Finer
August 31, 2009
2-0*
August 25, 2009
It amazes me that when we don’t see consistent football for weeks, people start to think that mediocre games come across as epic tilts. The general consensus of my Facebook friend this morning reads like Hemmingway novel on how last night’s Ravens game “looked more like a regular season game than a preseason game.”
Really?
Are you [...]
False Start
August 14, 2009
In a game that most casual fans read too much into and most experts treat as a meaningless scrimmage, everyone can take one thing away from the Ravens 23-0 beatdown of the Redskins.
They looked really good.
Baltimore finished the exhibition with three quarterbacks who threw for at least 100 yards. You rarely see that in any [...]
Camping Out
August 4, 2009
“Awful call!”
“You stink!”
“Where are your glasses?”
On a work day in Westminster, thousands of fans showed up early at Ravens Training Camp to yell at the line judge.
Isn’t it great to see football again?
The Baltimore Ravens travel to Carroll County for the greater part of August to prepare for a grueling five months of intense action. [...]
