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If anyone believed prior to yesterdays game that Joe Flacco would outperform Tom Brady, they did not have the guts to say it publicy. Flacco threw for more yards (306 to 239), more touchdowns (2 to 0), less interceptions (1 to 2), notched the same completion percentage (61) and turned in a better quarterback rating (95.4 to 57.5) than Brady. But I can't blame Flacco. He didn’t lose the AFC Championship Game. Billy Cundiff did. Or maybe it was Lee Evans. Take your pick. All I know is that Flacco did not. Maybe he underthrew a wide-open Torrey Smith and never saw Vonta Leach wide open but I measure quarterbacks by how they operate under pressure, and there was no more pressure on Flacco than on the Ravens’ last drive … and he responded by pushing them 65 yards in under two minutes to put them in perfect position to tie or win the ballgame. No matter how you read the stats, he outperformed Brady hands down.
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