Marcus from College Park
Rodney Dangerfield said it best, “I don’t get any respect!” John Harbaugh and his flock of Ravens might as well be delivering the same famous one liner. Despite Baltimore’s awakening, after its loss to Denver, which coincided with the canning of Offensive Coordinator Cam Cameron, the Ravens were made a decisive, opening 5 point underdog in next Sundays Superbowl XLVII.
Oh, by the way, for those of you who are a little weak with your Roman Numerals, that’s Superbowl 47.
That’s right, it’s been 47 years since the Green Bay Packers coached by Vince Lombardi, defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in the first “AFL-NFC Championship.” Interestingly enough, is the fact that the term ‘Superbowl’ wasn’t even used until the third year that the “AFL-NFL Championship” game was played. The name Superbowl was first suggested to then Football Commissioner Pete Rozelle, by Kansas City Chief’s Owner Lamar Hunt, after Hunt’s children had been annoying him by playing with the fad of a new toy called; A Superball (Thank God it wasn’t a Slinky that was driving Hunt nuts). Lending credence to the recollection is that a vintage example of a Superball is on display in the halls of Professional Football’s Hall of Fame. Wow, that’s one hell of an Urban Legend, huh?
Dangerfield would have loved Ravens’ Quarterback, Joe Flacco; talk about getting respect, Flacco sure doesn’t get any of it. Except for his teammates heaping praise on the 6′-6″ signal caller, this regular Joe can surely count on criticism from losing Superbowl Quarterbacks and sour puss, non-believers, Boomer Esiason and Dan Marino. I suppose Flacco’s above pointing out what must be the disturbing career facts to the two aging, TV pretty boys, so I’ll do it. Joe Flacco has a better winning percentage as a NFL Quarterback than both jealous, “Know It All”, AARP eligible, QB’s. Flacco leads the gang with a .675 winning percentage, while Marino posts a respectable second place .622, with blowhard Boomer wiping up the rear’s with a loser’s .462 percentage. You’d think that the two, TV cut out cardboard prop Quarterbacks, would frame their hand wringing concerning Flacco’s talents in terms of their own inferior career winning numbers. Oh well, so much for listening to or giving merit to their off the wall, mean spirited, misinformed opinions.
No matter, the modesty and talent of Joe “Cool” Flacco rules the day. Having won more road play off games than any other playoff QB in history and an overall record of 8-4 during his young five year career, Joe has nothing but smooth sailing ahead. With the help of a bounty of offensive weapons, Flacco steams into The Port of New Orleans as an underdog against a rookie with just 9 career starts. Let’s give credit to young Kaepernick, anybody that can raise a turtle for twelve years and into a 115 pound behemoth, must certainly have talents. Unfortunately, “Sammy the Turtle” won’t be protecting Kaepernick from the Baltimore pass rush that turned All-World Tom Brady into an inconsistent, inaccurate mess.
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Heck, Baltimore’s Bad Boys made life so difficult for Wes Welker, that Welkers’ eminently qualified wife Anna Burns, the former “Hooters Queen,” went raging into soon to be retired and Hall of Fame, Ray Lewis. This a year after Brady’s wife Gisele, launched profanely into the New York Giants, following last year’s Superbowl ass whuppin’. How about NFL Films makes a series of features titled “When Boston Supermodels Attack!”? Put the camera and microphones on those Boston Babes and watch the the ratings shoot through the roof! Snookie and her Jersey Chicklettes would dissolve into ancient TV history.
In fairness, Kaepernick and his teammates with San Fransico deserve credit a plenty and the right to be playing for the trophy that football fans ought to know, was designed on a cocktail napkin when Tiffany and Company’s Oscar Riedner, while throwing back a few with Pete Rozelle, made a sketch that would become the Vince Lombardi Trophy. Makes you believe that all of Western Civilization would be a better place if more problems were simply solved over a couple of refreshing, thought enhancing, beverages in a bar.
Coming with next Sunday morning’s Column, it’ll be all you need to know and more about next weeks Big Proposition in The Big Easy…
To chime in with Marcus from College Park, didn’t the parents of Marino and Boomer teach them if they didn’t have anything nice to say about anyone, don’t say it? Come on guys give Flacco some credit when credit is due and trust me, it’s well overdue for him, the team and the organization. GO RAVENS!
PS…M, the article is awesome!!!!