just a thought!!

kris_kapsner · Joined: 22 Jan 2006 Posts: 1117 Location: Duluth, Minnesota

Yes, Peyton Manning should be in Baltimore's plans.

If Baltimore brought in Peyton, they could either trade Joe or let him walk. Yes, Flacco has had some success. But, many question whether he has the "it" factor it takes to lead a team to a Super Bowl win. Heck, Alex Smith was also in a Championship game last year with a similar team around him...great defense and a strong running game. Nobody questions that "it factor" about Peyton. He has been on sub-par teams, as proven by this last Colt's season without him, and he's won on a consistent basis. Put him on the Ravens and they would be the favorite team in the AFC to go to the Super Bowl hands down.

The Ravens have a 2-3 year window TOPS when it comes to still having Ray Lewis and Ed Reed on the team. They also are staring at that same window with their star RB in Ray Rice who will be 28 and most likely declining after this time span. Some think Boldin is declining, which he seems to be. So, even though he's in his early 30's, the #1 WR has the same window. That's not to say that the Ravens don't have some young players that are very good as well. But, they have to recognize that they have a small window right now with some "all time great" players and it's closing fast.

Peyton would give the Ravens the best chance to win a Super Bowl in the next two seasons. And, he wants to go to a team that has that type of chance to win, not just who will pay him the most. He's made enough money with his contracts already and his endorsements. He now "needs" to catch up to his little brother Eli and get a 2nd Super Bowl ring.

It would also be amazing to see Peyton go from the Indianapolis Colts to Baltimore, home of the Johnny Unitas lead Colts.
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coordinator0 · Joined: 18 Jan 2008 Posts: 5873

Neither Lewis nor Reed are critical to our success anymore. While it would be nice to get a Superbowl with them on the team I think it would be more of a sentimental thing rather than either of those guys contributing enough to get to that point. Reed is m favorite player and it hurts to say it but his play last season wasn't very impressive after the first few weeks and we didn't miss much when Lewis was out either. I'd even argue that Boldin doesn't have a huge impact on the team, he's not a #1 type of receiver and he could be replaced in my opinion. His importance to the team is more related to the fact we don't have much talent at the position rather than him being a great player. I understand the Rice argument but he has almost as much value to the team as a receiver and he shouldn't decline in that area. If we get a quality backup or Allen steps up into that role I don't think we'll see too much of a decline from Rice after 2-3 years.

That's all moot anyways. The Ravens are going to sign Flacco to an extension and he'll be the starter for the next half decade at the least.

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Flaccomania · Joined: 12 Aug 2008 Posts: 16531 Location: Parkville, MD

Flaccomania · Joined: 12 Aug 2008 Posts: 16531 Location: Parkville, MD

Anyone else find it somewhat funny that the Ravens are seen as such a good fit for Manning, yet the Falcons with Matt Ryan are NEVER mentioned?

Ryan hasn't shown he can get it done in the playoffs, they have a RB who has a ton of carries on his resume, have a HoF TE on his last legs, and lost a lot of their draft picks so re-tooling via the draft isn't such a great option. Yet, nope, Peyton Manning is a better option to replace Flacco because Flacco doesn't have "it" despite his 2 comebacks in the playoffs the last 2 seasons sabotaged by drops, despite his resume of getting it done with the game on the line, and despite being the winningest QB in the history of the NFL in his first 4 seasons.

I swear, if Joe was decent looking with a pretty boy smile, 2 eyebrows, and jumped up and down more while on the field, nobody would say anything that they do about him now. It's flat out silly.

/rant.
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Baixis · Joined: 11 Jan 2007 Posts: 1414

I would sign Manning in a heartbeat! I don't care how much you like Joe or support Joe, no one can honestly say he is better than Manning, or even that he is a great QB! Sign Peyton, and trade Joe for 1st. Use that 1st or a 2nd to draft Tannehill or another QB to groom behind Manning for a couple years, and MOVE ON from Flacco! Joe may be decent, but that's all he will ever be! Even if Manning got hit and put out in week 1, I would still favor this plan, because it's the perfect way to separate this great organization from the ho-hum Joe!

SnA ExclusiVe · Joined: 01 Jun 2011 Posts: 10583 Location: Spokane, WA

The only way I could see Peyton coming here is if Flacco was serious about his $15 million contract and Ozzie just says no, releases him and Peyton comes here to replace Joe while we look for another QB.

However, the chances of that happening (thankfully) are probably around .00001%.
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