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There is breaking news...something is going across the bottom line. Whaaaaat??? Ray Lewis is retiring???
While they are both great stories, even your most casual of NFL fans are well aware of them. For some reason the ESPN family of networks continue to beat this horse. You will notice I did not use the term "dead horse"...yet. Unfortunately we are still 10 days from kick off and over the next 10 days that horse is in for some cruel and unusual punishment.
Here are a few story lines that deserve mention.
Randy Moss / Ed Reed - A couple of first ballot HOF's battling for their first ring.
Randy Moss is by far the most decorated active player still in the league with out a ring.
Moss leads all active players in:
receiving yards (3 all time)
receiving tds (2 all time)
total tds (4 all time)
-While records are meant to be broken his 17 receiving TD's as a rookie is one that I don't think will ever go down. In the history of the league two rookie wr's made it to 13 (1952 / 1978) but that is still a far cry from 17.
Ed Reed's accolade list isn't as long, however; he has done okay for himself. Being in the top 10 in both career INT's and career INT return TD's is nothing to sneeze at. Throw in that he is the all time INT return yardage leader and he will have his ticket to Canton punched 5 years after he calls it quits.
Is Joe Flacco Elite?
Not a big fan of the word, however it is a word that is constantly used to describe QB play at the NFL level. I don't know what the qualifications are to be considered elite? Should it be win/loss? stats? playoff win/loss? rings? Probably a combination of all things should weighted when considering throwing around the all powerful "elite" term. I will say the fact that he just won his NFL record 6th road playoff game and having an 8-0 td/int ratio helps his case.
Ravens having two weeks to prepare for Kaepernick.
I think this is something to consider when looking at this game. Vick and RG3 were the only duel threat Qb's that Baltimore faced this season. They lost both of these games in very close fashion. Having the additional week to dissect the zone read and get the assignments down could prove huge.
Can David Akers be trusted?
First let me say that Mr. Akers isn't exactly one of my most favorite people right now. With the point spread being SF -4.5 vs ATL last week the 28-24 left me feeling quite unsatisfied. That 38 yard FG that Akers missed sure would have helped though. Akers has now missed at least 1 field goal attempt in 7 of his last 10 games. I think a serious question needs to be asked.
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