So free agency is here!!! The Super Bowl MVP signs the richest contract in the game even though he won't be paid the most because of the mean old thing called taxes. Joe Flacco is being paid for paying very well in the playoffs but being average during the regular season. I have grown weary of QBs not only getting paid more than they are worth but also getting praise they don't deserve. Let's go down the list over the last few seasons. These certainly won’t be in any order.
Big Ben comes out and wins his first Super Bowl when his team was outplayed by Seattle and the defense and running game carried him. Just a note..Ben had the lowest QB rating for a winning quarterback in Super Bowl history. Ben does go to second Super Bowl and drives team to winning TD. But he was ineffective most the second half in that game. Ben basically has benefited greatly from his team’s ability to run the ball and play GREAT DEFENSE! When the defense struggles Big Ben sits at home out of the playoffs.
How about Eli Manning? He goes out and throws up season after season with tons of interceptions and yet everyone jumps on the bandwagon when they get hot at the end of one season because of an incredible pass rush that just wilted QB after QB. They get to the Super Bowl twice with the same formula! And they beat NE both times because that D just pressured Brady to the point he even wilted. The first Super Bowl he throws up basically a punt that Asante Samuel is camped under ready to intercept and he just plain drops it. Then Eli throws up another prayer and WR catches it on his head. Now everyone started saying Eli is better than his brother. Are we crazy?
Now we come to Joe Flacco and everyone is jumping on the bandwagon. First go back and look at the seasons of Eli and Big Ben this past year and you will see where Joe Flacco is heading. Joe had won a lot of playoff games but mainly because of that same old thing. His team had a good running game and great defense. The truth is they won in the past in spite of him. Now granted he was definitely a difference maker in the playoffs this year. I do think Flacco ought to send part of his raise to the safety on Denver for giving him a gift win. I am not as convinced as he is that he belongs in the talk with the elite.
Final thought...teams win Super Bowls not QB's!!!!
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