Ok people, seriously. Joe flacco is a solid franchise qb and there is no way to argue against it. Inconsistent, yes. Elite? Sporadically. Elite track record? Absolutely.
He isn't carrying a team. He's money in crunch time. He has kept us competitive despite massive turnover in roster and coaching staff every single year. He easily has one of the hardest jobs of any NFL qb, no other qb faces the amount of turnover he does. He is constantly running for his life in the pocket, he is constantly changing systems, he hasn't had a run game to lean on since kubiak. He has NOTHING for WRs, and when he had a solid corps that's all they were, solid and complementary. He has had receivers drop key passes time and time again and it cost us games(boldin/house vs Pitt 2011, Evans vs NE 2012, boldin and jacoby dropped red zone passes one drive before the Denver Hail Mary, Owen Daniels in 2015 vs NE, Torrey not even attempting in the same game) it's laughable how often he's been let down, hell against Pitt this year he had pitta inexplicably fail to stay in bounds on a crucial 3rd down pass inside the 5. He has won games for us only to have the defense cough it up time and time again.
Behind a solid line joe will deliver most of the time, he isn't gonna throw it 50 times a game to make up for weak wr play, but when he has time to throw and gets it off 30 times a game, he will deliver. He needs a helping hand from
His team and he rarely gets it when it matters most.