Joe Flacco won his fifth playoff game in four years, but he’s still looking for a clutch performance in his first.
The Ravens quarterback didn’t get any help up front as he was sacked five times in Baltimore’s 20-13 win over the Houston Texans on Sunday.
Safety Ed Reed watched on the sideline and had some interesting comments about his QB on The SiriusXM Blitz with Adam Schein and Rich Gannon on Monday.
“I think a couple of the times he needed to get rid of the ball,” Reed said. “It just didn’t look like he had a hold on the offense.”
Flacco went 14 for 27 with 176 yards, but found the end zone twice. To his credit, he didn’t turn the ball over, which he has struggled with in previous postseason games.
“One particular play that sticks out to me; when Ray Rice came out of the backfield, he got pushed down and he still threw him the ball and you got one-on-one with Torrey Smith on outside.”
When asked if Flacco needs to play better to defeat the Patriots, Reed responded “Yeah definitely.” “We all do,” he added.
My biggest fear is that the Ravens get down by two scores early and are forced to go with an aerial attack and abandon the running game. If the Ravens win this game, it will be because Ray Rice jammed the ball down the Patriots throats and kept Tom Brady off the field.
Way to take it out of context, douche.
The writer has been a Joe Flacco hater for as long as he written about Joe. Pretty entertaining stuff considering Joe is 7-0 with 2 turnovers and a 62%+ completion rate against playoffs teams this year.
Yeah right, it’s the writer’s fault Ed Reed said Joe’s gotta get better. When will you Flacco lovers admit what unbiased observers know: Joe ain’t that good.
In this town, you cannot say anything contrary about:
A. The Ravens
2. Cal Ripken
Or
D. The Ravens.
Look, a win is a win but even some of the team’s own players are acknowledging that Joe has got to play better.
Oh, I forgot, if Ed Reed says something negative, that also presents a conundrum for Ravens fans…you see you also cannot say anything contrary about him either, so what is a “blind fan” supposed to do when Reed says something negative about his own team?!?!
Joe does need to step it up a bit , he is waddling through the playoffs and needs to pick it up for the Ravens to win and stop the his critics,,,,,,,,,I like Joe plenty but still can’t figure out if his problem stems from Cameron or is all Joe………..
…why, that’s right, you blame the writer or reporter who reported it, right AFields and FellsPointChris?
Hey, I’m a Flacco fan. But, Joe continues to make his reads late, thus delivering the ball late. He get’s away with it sometimes because of his strong arm. Seems as if he mentally “processes” the game very slowly. I still like the guy though. Reed shouldn’t of made those comments to the press. At least, not right now.