Flacco should get a raise, but how much?

Just a short thought today about the Flacco contact situation. Flacco received a ~$20 million a year deal to make him the highest/top paid Quarterback right now, but it begs the question in my head, is he really worth it?

Now I understand that he did just lead his team to Super Bowl victory, but does he really deserve top flight money just due to a hot run in the playoffs? Everybody these days thinks that if a player is on the championship winning team that he automatically should be the top paid player. The passing game this year was not the best in the NFL. The Flacco led passing game was mid-pack in all passing stats, but yet he should be paid better than a Rodgers, Brees, or Brady?

It is time now to reel in the insanity, and pay Flacco what he is really worth, as a high mid-pack QB which only should be around 10-12 million a season, maybe 14 with incentives. Not everybody should get what they want, even in success. NFL players are one play away from injury, a bad play or the bench, don’t let the high of the Super Bowl cloud against reasonable judgment.

I know the current deal with Flacco is a done deal, but I hope that reasonable judgement will finally kick in just like with the rookie contracts issue and teams will wait until they come off the cloud and make sound choices on how to spend their money.

My Predictions Wrap-up

Super Bowl XLVII is finally over with the Baltimore Ravens defeating the San Francisco 49ers by a score of 34-31. With that being said another NFL season is in the books. In one of my previous posts, I predicted some things for the game, lets see how I did…

1. Manti Te’o will be seen at the game with his girlfriend Incorrect!
2. Tebow will be mentioned at least once. Incorrect!
3. Phil Simms will say Lawrence Taylor’s name at least twice Incorrect!
4. Total number of times the Harbaugh family will be shown by CBS: 8 Incorrect! Only showed them 1 time.
5. A head coach with the last name of Harbaugh will win the Super Bowl Correct!

My serious predictions…

1. Number of commercials during the first quarter including the end of quarter commercial: 5 Correct!
2. Rushing yards by Colin Kaepernick: 80 Incorrect! Only 62 Yards
3. Halftime Score: San Francisco 17; Baltimore 10 Wrong! Baltimore 21; San Francisco 6
4. Missed FG’s by Akers: 1 Incorrect! Did not miss a FG (Thanks to some luck)
5. Final Score: San Francisco 31; Baltimore 20 Incorrect! Baltimore 34; San Francisco 31

Some final thoughts on the Super Bowl XLVII:

• I was very shocked to find out that the second quarter interception of Kaepernick was the first pick in any San Francisco Super Bowl appearance
• Bold move by John Harbaugh with the fake Field Goal. He put his trust in the defense and it paid off in the end.
• Flacco looked very good in the first half going 13 for 20 with 3 passing TD’s, Flacco was able to throw the ball downfield (With a little bit of luck)
• Based on the halftime show from Beyoncé this year and the way everybody was dressed, I clearly see everybody has gotten over the Janet Jackson fiasco from Super Bowl XXXVIII, not that I minded 🙂 .
• What a kickoff return by Jacoby Jones to start the second half!
• Power Outage during the biggest game of the year. I’m guessing the conspiracy theorists will say a convenience store group pulled the power so people would go out and buy more snack/beer.
• Good comeback for the 49ers in the third quarter into the fourth, but it was not enough.

Super Bowl Predictions

The teams are now set and two weeks from now the Baltimore Ravens will battle San Francisco 49’ers in the Big Easy also know as the Harbaugh Bowl. With that being said I have a few predictions for the game from the coin toss to the final play of the game

1. Manti Te’o will be seen at the game with his girlfriend
2. Tebow will be mentioned at least once.
3. Phil Simms will say Lawrence Taylor’s name at least twice
4. Total number of times the Harbaugh family will be shown by CBS: 8
5. A head coach with the last name of Harbaugh will win the Super Bowl

Now for my serious predictions…

1. Number of commercials during the first quarter including the end of quarter commercial: 5
2. Rushing yards by Colin Kaepernick: 80
3. Halftime Score: San Francisco 17; Baltimore 10
4. Missed FG’s by Akers: 1
5. Final Score: San Francisco 31; Baltimore 20