Why are all the pundits (and most of the fans) resigned to Kyle Boller being the #1 QB to start the season? Most agree that Joe Flacco will eventually be the starter at some point this year, but they also expect that Kyle Boller will start the season as the Ravens' #1 QB. Most fans are worried about throwing Flacco in before he "learns the system." They point to Boller's "experience." They hope that Boller has matured from last year. They say, give Boller a chance with a new set of coaches.
NO! I say no more chances. It is finally time to kick this sorry excuse for an NFL quarterback to the curb. Let him go play in the NFL or CFL. Give him his walking papers. We don't need 'em. I'm tired as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore. Sure, Boller apologists will whine about how he was thrown to the wolves early...how it damaged him...they'll remind me that he has a strong arm and a good attitude. But if he was a better quarterback, we wouldn't need to make the excuses; we'd be making playoff plans.
His quarterback rating last season was a pitiful 75.2. He went 2-6 as a starter and threw 10 picks and lost 4 fumbles. I'm tired of watching the same replay: Boller drops back, dances in the pocket before A) throwing a pick B) dropping the ball C) getting sacked or D) wetting himself while doing either A, B, C.
Other Boller-ites will say that it was Billick or Cavanaugh or Neuheisel or Fassel's lousy play calling and while they might be right about poor playing calling (swing pass on 3rd and long, anyone?). Boller's complete incompetence as a starter has more to do with his decision-making. I mean he dated Tara Reid for Christ's sake. And not the hot Tara Reid in her American Pie glory days. The saggy, botoxed, crack-addled syphilitic Tara Reid. Yuck.
But I digress. Boller is yesterday's news and I'm already bored with trashing him. Let's look to the future. Is Joe it? I honestly don't know, but I am of the mind that we find out sooner rather than later. All the interviews I've seen and read (good one on this site, BTW) with Flacco suggest that he has his head on right. A few losses to start the season won't kill the guy (like they did Boller). Hell, Peyton Manning won three games and threw 28 picks in his rookie season. He bounced back pretty well.
I'm not saying Flacco will be the next Manning (Peyton or Eli), I'm only making the case that not every guy has the fragile psyche of Boller or Ryan Leaf. And, yes, I am equating Boller with Leaf. He's a colossal bust like Leaf, but Baltimore is too nice a town to say it to his face and send him walking. We keep giving the guy another chance hoping he'll turn it around this time. Enough is enough.
Start Flacco, see how he does. If he loses the first four, or eight or all 16, at least we won't have to wait five years before we realize our QB of the future should have been a thing of the past.
NO! I say no more chances. It is finally time to kick this sorry excuse for an NFL quarterback to the curb. Let him go play in the NFL or CFL. Give him his walking papers. We don't need 'em. I'm tired as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore. Sure, Boller apologists will whine about how he was thrown to the wolves early...how it damaged him...they'll remind me that he has a strong arm and a good attitude. But if he was a better quarterback, we wouldn't need to make the excuses; we'd be making playoff plans.
His quarterback rating last season was a pitiful 75.2. He went 2-6 as a starter and threw 10 picks and lost 4 fumbles. I'm tired of watching the same replay: Boller drops back, dances in the pocket before A) throwing a pick B) dropping the ball C) getting sacked or D) wetting himself while doing either A, B, C.
Other Boller-ites will say that it was Billick or Cavanaugh or Neuheisel or Fassel's lousy play calling and while they might be right about poor playing calling (swing pass on 3rd and long, anyone?). Boller's complete incompetence as a starter has more to do with his decision-making. I mean he dated Tara Reid for Christ's sake. And not the hot Tara Reid in her American Pie glory days. The saggy, botoxed, crack-addled syphilitic Tara Reid. Yuck.
But I digress. Boller is yesterday's news and I'm already bored with trashing him. Let's look to the future. Is Joe it? I honestly don't know, but I am of the mind that we find out sooner rather than later. All the interviews I've seen and read (good one on this site, BTW) with Flacco suggest that he has his head on right. A few losses to start the season won't kill the guy (like they did Boller). Hell, Peyton Manning won three games and threw 28 picks in his rookie season. He bounced back pretty well.
I'm not saying Flacco will be the next Manning (Peyton or Eli), I'm only making the case that not every guy has the fragile psyche of Boller or Ryan Leaf. And, yes, I am equating Boller with Leaf. He's a colossal bust like Leaf, but Baltimore is too nice a town to say it to his face and send him walking. We keep giving the guy another chance hoping he'll turn it around this time. Enough is enough.
Start Flacco, see how he does. If he loses the first four, or eight or all 16, at least we won't have to wait five years before we realize our QB of the future should have been a thing of the past.
