Flacco

[BmorePat87]

(12-19-2016, 05:26 PM)Shake n Blake Wrote: Just answer the questions.

1. Do you not feel Flacco benefited from the early experience (5 playoff games in 2 years)?

2. Do you not feel Flacco is in a better situation coaching wise?

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Fwiw, yes Flacco has been better since his 3rd year, but if you look at his year to year playoff stats, the SB run was still an anomaly. He's had some solid years since, but nothing close to that level. 

1. Sure, I just don't think it means as much as a whole year of growth.

2. Yes, Harbaugh is a better HC than Marv. 

If you look at his years around it, he was putting up an average of 95.5 rating and was performing well above his regular season numbers. Yea, a run where you average 117 versus 95 is a big difference, but it's hardly a fluke. He had been progressing since then. He got hot, but he had been hot for the last two post seasons.

Even in the next post season he entered, he put up like 114 against the Steelers and had a rating of 103 against the Patriots before he threw one deep to Torrey Smith at the end of the game after the D blew a 14 point lead and Smith gave up on the route and let the Pats get a pick. Flacco went into New England and put up a 14 point lead, saw the D blow it so he then put up another 14 point lead before they blew that one too.

I like Harbaugh, but I don't know how you credit this complete 180 in the playoffs on just head coaching.