PFT decides that hacked Ravens fan account which posted a fake tweet about Flacco was doing it for the publicity. Panthers fans still like Oher somehow. Wallace thinks he’s a better receiver now than when he was in Pittsburgh. The Ravens defense isn’t going to look all that different next year. In baseball news, the Orioles sweep the Rays.
EXCLUSIVE: The Truth about the Joe Flacco Hack – from RavenNationLive
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk doesn’t believe that the Ravens Nation Live Twitter account was hacked. He thinks they posted a status claiming Joe Flacco‘s death as a publicity stunt. Because no one ever has their online accounts invaded. That’s crazy talk!
This is what we’ve come to expect from Florio and PFT. He feels something might be true and he posts it on his site. Their reputation has to be next to nothing at this point. We’ve always gotten a total lack of journalistic integrity and purely baseless rumors from them. Until NBC decides to move on from Florio, we’ll continue to get more useless, uninteresting speculation from a site which reads closer to the musings of crazy Earl down at your local sports bar than a news organization.
Anyway, Chris Braven at Cover32 interviewed the account’s owner to clear the air and refute any attempts by actual hacks like Florio to defame the account without any evidence whatsoever. Classic PFT.
On a lighter note, this is how Flacco’s Twitter account responded to the whole ordeal.
— Joe Flacco (@JoeFlacco) June 23, 2016
Well played.
GoT nerd bonus, the Three-Eyed Raven.
Is Michael Oher “Stealing” from the Carolina Panthers? – The Litter Box
When we publish a story about a player on another team, we really don’t know the reaction – if any – we’ll get from those fans who get wind of it. Early last week, Adam Bonaccorsi wrote a piece on Michael Oher and his almost $10M in guaranteed money. Jeremy Igo of Carolina Huddle didn’t agree with Adam’s assertion that Oher wasn’t worth that kind of money. Maybe one season of average production makes up for the drive-killing penalties he’s committed throughout the rest of his career.
He also has a problem with us referencing PFF for an offensive lineman. Which is…interesting. He reasons that you can’t know their assignments, so you can’t properly grade them. That’s true to an extent, but you could say that about any outside evaluator at any position. So how do we evaluate offensive linemen, Jeremy? Watch the tape?
Oh wait, that’s what PFF does. Maybe you should do the same and honestly tell me that Oher is worth $7M/year.
Mike Wallace feels he’s a better receiver now than when he was in Pittsburgh
Speaking of players drafted in the 2009 draft, Mike Wallace thinks he’s improved since his time in Pittsburgh. His teammates think he seems eager to play this year, and Harbaugh says Wallace can “do anything.” That’s some promising lip service. Jamison Hensley of ESPN has the full story.
Ravens’ defensive game will be better, but not necessarily different
Everyone wants to say the Ravens run the 3-4. We always hear it. The reality, however, is that they play multiple fronts and usually don’t even have seven linebackers and d-linemen on the field. Clifton Brown of CSN Mid-Atlantic explains how Dean Pees plans on improving upon that philosophy.
In baseball news…
Series Notebook: O’s Post First Ever Four-Game Sweep of Tampa
What a weekend, O’s fans! It had everything: a win after a 3-0 deficit on Friday, a shutout from Kevin Gausman on Saturday morning and his first win of the season, another comeback win Saturday night, and a day in which the bats really came to life on Sunday. Now, the Orioles start a road trip out west on Wednesday in San Diego four games ahead of the Red Sox in the division.
