Pro bowlers

**leachisabeast** · 12-26-2012, 08:41 PM

Originally Posted by ActualSpamBot

Which has nothing to do with the comment you responded to, seemingly in disagreement, that Ed Rees going to the Pro Bowl this year is ludicrous.

He hasn't earned it THIS YEAR.

Ya know, I find it funny that you're working so hard to prop up a declining Reed when you spend so much other time explaining just how replaceable you find an ascending Flacco.

Some fans just can't escape the "defense is king" mentality that was true ten years ago I guess.

None of the above is true.

I never said Reed deserves to be a pro bowler THIS YEAR
I never said Flacco is ''easy'' to replace
And the last comment is so stupid it's unreal.

But hey until you quote me on the things you've accused me of, keep falsely accusing me of doing such things so I can carry on laughing at the emotional ties some of you posters have with Joe Flacco.

**GOTA** · 12-27-2012, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by leachisabeast

I thought maybe Bernard Pollard deserves to be a starter at SS, who got in over him? Ryan Clarke maybe?

Nope. Eric Berry and LaRon Landry

**wickedsolo** · 12-27-2012, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by GOTA

Nope. Eric Berry and LaRon Landry

LaRon Landry?

Wow. Ok.

**PerpetuallyBored74** · 12-27-2012, 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by GOTA

Nope. Eric Berry and LaRon Landry

Weddle and Byrd got snubbed.

**Corey** · 12-27-2012, 08:53 AM

The sooner we do away with the pro bowl the better. Shit is a total joke.

**Ravens44** · 12-27-2012, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by Corey

The sooner we do away with the pro bowl the better. Shit is a total joke.

Agreed. The game means nothing except some tv time and a chance to get an injury for no purpose.
And the timing of the game itself is STUPID.
But, it's nice, not necessary, for the players to receive accolades.
And those accolades should be from their fellow players throughout the league and all the teams' coaches.
IMHO.

**psuasskicker** · 12-28-2012, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by leachisabeast

That may be true, but let's not forget what he's done for this team in the past either, and he's still a potential game changer even now.

The problem is, he's changing games in the wrong direction at this point.

Reed hasn't just been mediocre this year, he's been outright bad. Only one of his INTs this season have been particularly impressive, the rest have literally been toss-ups which went right to him. He's dropped others, including a pretty important one in Philly which would have turned the result of that game if he'd made. I have no idea how many times he's been caught out of position, but he left Garcon wide open on their final drive in DC and he broke underneath on what was obviously a deep route vs. Eric Decker in the Broncos game on the long TD pass when the game was still very much yet to be decided. I chart for FO and while I haven't done every single Ravens game, I've done half of each of them and I can't even count the number of broken tackles he's allowed.

He isn't just not the same player. He's not good anymore. And frankly, as a FA this year, we have GOT to let him go. Because if we re-sign him at the cost of losing a guy like Kruger, it is literally a disaster for the future of this team.

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**jaydee414** · 12-29-2012, 04:30 AM

Originally Posted by Corey

The sooner we do away with the pro bowl the better. Shit is a total joke.

Amen. Couldn't tell you the last time I, a) watched the game, or b) gave a shit about the game. Just let the players continue to write in the bonus clauses in their contracts, cancel the game, and everyone but the 8,000 people who get free tickets and show up will be fine.