Ravens Still Have The Shackles On Joe Flacco

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Mar 12, 2012

For years Ravens fans have been talking about taking the shackles off and Joe Flacco and letting him fly as free as a bird, soaring through the playoffs and into the Super Bowl. The talk radio shows are always populated by callers wishing that Cam Cameron would just let Joe be Joe and make decisions or call audibles at the line of scrimmage.

Over at Ravens24x7.com, Tony Lombardi brings up an interested point about those handcuffs, noting that Flacco is one of the few NFL quarterbacks who does not wear the cheat sheet arm bands commonly seen in today’s game.

Lombardi writes that the arm band “gives a quarterback ample time to survey the defense and determine pre-snap if the play called in the huddle will work” and believes Flacco doesn’t need one because he’s not calling the shots on offense.

He points out that the Ravens have run only 61.7 plays per game over the past three seasons, ranking 23rd in most plays called on average during that span.

Could Cam Cameron be afraid of handing control over to Joe Flacco? Do the Ravens think that he doesn’t have what it takes to make quick decisions at the line?

I can’t answer those questions, but I know that most of those elite guys that Flacco has his sites set on are sporting the arm band.

Zach Wilt

Zach Wilt is the Founding Editor of Baltimore Sports Report and lifelong Orioles, Ravens, and Capitals fan. He grew up on Maryland’s eastern shore, graduated from Towson University, and now lives in Central Florida where he roots for his teams from afar. The best sports moment he witnessed live was when he witnessed Delmon Young drive in three on a double down the left field line in game two of the 2012 ALDS.

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spy 10 years ago

Are we still talking about Flacco on a leash? Waste of article space…. Just because he does not wear an arm band means squat,,, the dude just might know all the plays in the book and has an easy time recalling all of them. Find something else to talk about Wilt.
MGW 10 years ago

Spy, I think if you were to put Mr. Flacco on a lie detector that he would tell you the same thing, he is shackled. Cam is a control freak and doesn’t want Joe to have too much say. I also question the intelligence of Joe as I’ve heard him say before “well, that was the play they called in…” I think Joe has the athleticism, but I’m not sure about the brains.
1. spy 10 years ago
  
  MGW – You’re not hearing me,,,,,this is old news and who cares at this point. BSR needs to find other things to talk about it then rehashing old news….Even if he is shackled, there ain’t a darndest thing we can do about it.
  1. MGW 10 years ago
    
    Spy,
    
    This is, was, and always will be a football town.
    
    I know you say baseball is dead in Baltimore, but the truth be told, even when the Orioles boasted the winningest record of any north American sports team (which they did for like a 25 year period) they could not sell out playoff or world series games.
    
    Only when Irsay came in a ruined the eat franchise did the fans turn away from football and look towards the Orioles.
    
    Then all turned their attention to baseball.
    
    But this town’s first love always was the Colts and now the Ravens, regardless of their record.
    1. Dude 10 years ago
      
      Dude, you make no sense. All spy is saying is that stop beating a dead horse. Move on to other football topics if this is really a football town. Your ignorance is making you blind to the truth.
The Intimidator 10 years ago

Dude? Really? Your saying Dude? What are you, from the 80’s? Hw bout you stop trying to pick up trannys at 2am on Patapsco Ave. and talk some damn sense you ignorant assclown…
1. spy 10 years ago
  
  Ahhhh,,,,shut up. Go shave those peach-fuzz handle bars and stop acting like you know whats going on. Those trannys would love a little girl like you……it’s funny how you feel the need to use cursing to try and offend someone. The lack of your intelligence is displayed through your picture and your choice of words.
2. Dude 10 years ago
  
  heh .. he told you to shut up … haha…
spy 10 years ago

OK people,,,,,,,,this is the real SPY,,,,,,,,,,,,I don’t knnow who wants to be me on this site but it is not fair to the people you are commenting with,,,,,,,,I did not make these comments here on March 12th , I don’t know who did,,,,,,,,I actually agree with MGW about Cam being the total control freak and as long as he is here we really won’t know what Joe is capable of,,,,,,,,he may have hit his limit , I just can’t get a good handle on Joe because of the total control on him , I do know he looks frustrated and I spoke to him and his Father at a function and they both agreed he would like more freedom,,,,,,,time will tell , as for the spy pretender , grow up………….
1. spy 10 years ago
  
  Hey buddy, i got here first.
spy 10 years ago

Hello , it’s spy again , the real one , hey Zach , I have no problem with your article , if you think it deserves space time than so be it , you are in control not the spy pretender………….have at it , oops that is Billick’s line………….
FellsPointChris 10 years ago

“Shackles”

I see where you’re going with this. LOL.

They have the shackles on their soon to be 15-18mill a year franchise qb? Give us a break.