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JonLP24

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11. Flacco never averaged over 8 yards per attempt in a season

Reply to BlueStreak (Reply #10)

Thu Jan 16, 2014, 06:37 PM

Jan 2014

He never came close, he never even broke 7.5 yards per attempt. You have to have a pretty damn good year to do that and Wilson did that and got 7.9 last year. There is a reason why Flacco is Flacco which is because he doesn't put up numbers like that.

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Anybody who doubts a great QB makes all the difference [View all] BlueStreak Jan 2014 OP

The dynamics pipi_k Jan 2014 #1

I agree. A mediocre coach gets the team nowhere BlueStreak Jan 2014 #2

I'd put Kaepernick and Wilson in the same class as Luck JonLP24 Jan 2014 #3

Not even close. BlueStreak Jan 2014 #4

Do you mean total yardage? JonLP24 Jan 2014 #5

Both Yardage and TDs. BlueStreak Jan 2014 #6

With teams such as San Francisco & Seattle JonLP24 Jan 2014 #7

There is no end to the comparisons. The Colts TRIED to run BlueStreak Jan 2014 #8

The point I was making JonLP24 Jan 2014 #9

The rest of the team really does matter BlueStreak Jan 2014 #10

Flacco never averaged over 8 yards per attempt in a season JonLP24 Jan 2014 #11

Seattle was 26th in passing yardage BlueStreak Jan 2014 #12

It certainly does (BTW Wilson was responsible for 539 of those yards) JonLP24 Jan 2014 #13