The right approach for Ravens is not to start Flacco
Pro Football Talk.com is usually right on their assesment of things in the National Football League. However, they are completely wrong in regards to the issue of who should be the starting quarterback for the Baltimore Ravens.
According to Pro Football Talk, quarterback Troy Smith will most likely be the starter for the prseason, and the regular season. However, editor Mile Florio disagrees with that, citing what happened with the Cleveland Browns.
However, there is the flip side of the coin, and that being Ben Roethlisberger in his rookie year.
Going into the 2004 season Tommy Maddox was the starter for the Steelers. Maddox got hurt in the second game of the season. Roethlisberger came in, and won the game. Roethlisberger has been the starter ever since.
The fact of the matter is that rookie quarterbacks should never start right from the start of their rookie season. When a quarterback does start from the very on set of their career, and never sees the bench, they most likely will fail.
Of the quarterbacks that have started right from the begining of their career there is only one quarteback that is still with their original team. That being Vince Young of the Tenneessee Titans.
Flacco came from a Division 1 AA team. There is a huge difference just between Division 1 AA and Divison 1 A.
In the end if Flacco comes in, and starts right away, he will fail miserably. Then the only question that will remain is how horrible of a car crash it will be.