I think it is pretty apparent that I am a Skins fan. But a little known fact about The Hungry Actor is that I love seeing the Ravens do well-just not as well as the Skins. I lived in Maryland when the Ravens moved there and was obligated to follow them and have became intrigued by the way they were putting their team together.
I definitely had multiple offseasons of jealousy when Ozzie was making smart trades, picks and signings and my Skins were floundering. After being reasonably happy with my Skins this offseason I turned my attention to the Ravens and I was perplexed by the drafting of Joe Flacco. The first round seemed kind of high to draft some unknown out of Deleware who couldn't even get any time at Pitt. I came to the conclusion that Ozzie simply could not evaluate talent at the QB position (see Kyle Boller, Elvis Grback, Tony Banks and aging Randle Cunningham and Steve Mcnair.)
I watched the game on Monday and I have to admit I was impressed. Flacco actually thr...
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My only disagreement would be that I think Flacco will prove to be hugely valuable by season's end... it won't take a few years. It may take a while to really establish himself as a premier passer, but I think he'll help this team win some games to push the playoff limit.