I was surprised to see Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti taking a shot at Joe Flacco. “We need to get more out of Joe,” he said. “I think Joe agrees with that.” The owner has been dissatisfied with his team in general, and he includes John Harbaugh and GM Ozzie Newsome among the group that needs to improve.
Truth is, patience is running out in Baltimore. They won the Super Bowl after the 2012 season, but the ensuing four years have been lackluster, with just one playoff berth.
Flacco is a seasoned, competent quarterback, but he’s never quite gotten over the hump and become a difference-making kind of guy.
Flacco tends to do a decent enough job of throwing for some yards, but he hasn’t been good enough at getting the ball in the end zone. He also hasn’t won enough games.
Since the win over the 49ers in the Superdome, Flacco is 30-30 as a starter. He’s averaged 259 passing yards in those games, but with a lackluster 86 touchdowns versus 63 interceptions. That converts to an average of 23 touchdowns versus 17 interceptions per 16-game season. That’s serviceable, but not the kind of production needed to push the Ravens deep into the playoffs.
For fantasy purposes, Flacco has thrown multiple touchdowns in only 26 of his last 60 games.
| FLACCO NOT-SO-SUPER SINCE SUPER BOWL SEASON | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Opp | Result | Pct | Yards | TD | Int |
| 2013 | at Den. | L 27-49 | 55% | 362 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | Clev. | W 14-6 | 67% | 211 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | Hou. | W 30-9 | 67% | 171 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | at Buff. | L 20-23 | 50% | 347 | 2 | 5 |
| 2013 | at Mia. | W 26-23 | 59% | 269 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | G.B. | L 17-19 | 59% | 342 | 2 | 0 |
| 2013 | at Pitt. | L 16-19 | 71% | 215 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | at Clev. | L 18-24 | 59% | 250 | 2 | 1 |
| 2013 | Cin. | W 20-17 | 56% | 140 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | at Chi. | L 20-23 | 55% | 162 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | NYJ | W 19-3 | 65% | 273 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | Pitt. | W 22-20 | 69% | 251 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 | Minn. | W 29-26 | 56% | 245 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | at Det. | W 18-16 | 53% | 222 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | N.E. | L 7-41 | 58% | 260 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | at Cin. | L 17-34 | 60% | 192 | 1 | 3 |
| 2014 | Cin. | L 16-23 | 56% | 345 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | Pitt. | W 26-6 | 72% | 166 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | at Clev. | W 23-21 | 61% | 217 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | Car. | W 38-10 | 71% | 327 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | at Ind. | L 13-20 | 58% | 235 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | at T.B. | W 48-17 | 75% | 306 | 5 | 0 |
| 2014 | Atl. | W 29-7 | 64% | 258 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | at Cin. | L 24-27 | 50% | 195 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | at Pitt. | L 23-43 | 67% | 303 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | Tenn. | W 21-7 | 59% | 169 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | at N.O. | W 34-27 | 75% | 243 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | S.D. | L 33-34 | 61% | 225 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | at Mia. | W 28-13 | 76% | 269 | 2 | 1 |
| 2014 | Jac. | W 20-12 | 67% | 221 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | at Hou. | L 13-25 | 42% | 195 | 2 | 3 |
| 2014 | Clev. | W 20-10 | 61% | 312 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | at Pitt. | W 30-17 | 62% | 259 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | at N.E. | L 31-35 | 62% | 292 | 4 | 2 |
| 2015 | at Den. | L 13-19 | 56% | 117 | 0 | 2 |
| 2015 | at Oak. | L 33-37 | 71% | 384 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | Cin. | L 24-28 | 65% | 362 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | at Pitt. | W 23-20 | 61% | 189 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | Clev. | L 30-33 | 54% | 210 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | at S.F. | L 20-25 | 62% | 343 | 2 | 2 |
| 2015 | at Ariz. | L 18-26 | 65% | 252 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | S.D. | W 29-26 | 68% | 319 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015 | Jac. | L 20-22 | 76% | 316 | 3 | 2 |
| 2015 | St.L. | W 16-13 | 61% | 299 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | Buff. | W 13-7 | 67% | 258 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | at Clev. | W 25-20 | 56% | 302 | 2 | 2 |
| 2016 | at Jac. | W 19-17 | 73% | 214 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | Oak. | L 27-28 | 62% | 298 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | Wash. | L 10-16 | 65% | 210 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | at NYG | L 23-27 | 54% | 307 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | at NYJ | L 16-24 | 57% | 248 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | Pitt. | W 21-14 | 60% | 241 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | Clev. | W 28-7 | 73% | 296 | 3 | 2 |
| 2016 | at Dall. | L 17-27 | 66% | 269 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | Cin. | W 19-14 | 69% | 234 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | Mia. | W 38-6 | 77% | 381 | 4 | 1 |
| 2016 | at N.E. | L 23-30 | 71% | 324 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | Phil. | W 27-26 | 53% | 206 | 2 | 1 |
| 2016 | at Pitt. | L 27-31 | 68% | 262 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | at Cin. | L 10-27 | 65% | 267 | 0 | 1 |
—Ian Allan