Flacco: We have to score more: In the wake of the injury to pass rusher Terrell Suggs, the Ravens offense might have to shoulder more of the load this year to help the team win. That sounds great to quarterback Joe Flacco, who told the official team website that he's fine with being responsible for putting more points on the board. "I want us to get in more of a mindset where we have to score points,” Flacco said. "I think we've got the talent around us, definitely. I think we need to go out there and we need to make our minds up that we're going to do that. I think we're a team that should be able to go out there and put 40 up and not really look back." (Updated 05/21/2012)
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Fantasy Analysis
Flacco pointed out that having that pressure to score more isn't a bad thing and that the young players that contributed last year should do better this year. Armed with a good receiving corps solidified by second-year speedster Torrey Smith and reliable route runner Anquan Boldin, not to mention Ray Rice in the backfield, Flacco should be on pace to put up some good stats once more. He's also entering a contract year, which should fire him up to play to his potential. No one's drafting Flacco to be a starter in Fantasy but he's a quality No. 2 Fantasy quarterback worth a pick starting in the middle/late rounds. (Updated 05/21/2012).
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For years, Fantasy owners have been cautiously optimistic about Joe Flacco having a breakout season. And for years, Fantasy owners have been disappointed. Flacco has been decidedly mediocre in his four seasons in Baltimore, never topping 3,622 passing yards or 25 touchdowns in a single season. Over the last three years including the playoffs (54 games) he's had nine games with at least 300 yards passing and 24 games with multiple touchdowns. He'll have promising young targets in Torrey Smith and Ed Dickson to go with reliable veterans like Anquan Boldin and Ray Rice, and he'll be in a contract year to boot. But with so many other quarterbacks established in the league, and plenty more on the cusp of joining them as elite Fantasy options, Flacco falls in line as a good enough No. 2 quarterback who some owners will settle for. Expect him to be a middle- to late-round pick who will start the season hot before cooling off - that's how he's performed in the previous few seasons. (Updated 5/24/12)
