Steve Young spoke on KNBR Wednesday afternoon. Here’s what he said about Joe Flacco.
Q: What do you think of Joe Flacco?
YOUNG: Joe is Eli Manning to me. It’s a compliment, but it’s a back-handed compliment. There is no question that Joe can get hot like last week and the week before. Eli would get hot in the worst scenarios – 10 below at Lambeau – and it’s like, this guy is amazing.
At the oddest times, like in the Super Bowl, Joe might go 30-for-30, and in the regular season he’d look awful. You’d really say, does he care? I’m not sure he was even that focused. The demeanor is so mellow, milquetoast. When things aren’t going well, it drives you crazy. And because of that, I think he’s not nearly as consistent.
Peyton, if things aren’t going well, he’s Zeus. He’s Old Man Winter blowing the sails. He’ll create the momentum. He won’t wait to find out if things go OK or if they work out. That’s not the personality of Joe. To me, Joe could play a Dudley-Do-Right game – hang around, don’t do much, don’t lose the game but don’t get anything going. Or he could get real hot and be the reason that they win. That’s the capability of Joe Flacco. That’s the fear of Joe Flacco.
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I hope Flacco has a miserable day on Sunday
If its a 2-0 game who cares. As long as its the 6th Lomabardi hoisted by Jed York is all that really matters. You want entertainment, rent a movie or go to a strip joint.
The key is three and outs, allowing opportunities for Ted Ginn Jr to provide the field position for the offense which in turn forces Flacco on the bench trying to get warm.
I hope Fangio throws the kitchen sink at Flacco and then some.
I’m dead set and determined to use the word “milquetoast” in my everyday vocabulary.
Great word.
Steve Young is annoying and way too obvious. He can’t deal with any cool demeanor QBs cause it reminds him of Joe Cool.
No, he just tells the truth as he sees it. I for one, think he is spot on once again.
Flacco is like Eli in a sense…Just chuck the ball up..his wr’s will get it..Our secondaries gotta jam them..throw joe and their passing game’s rhythm off..hell turn back into the old joe…least im hopin anyway.lol
I think SY’s analysis is dead on. While JF looked like a world beater in the playoffs his regular season was soso. The play that stands out for me was in the Den game where he lobbed the ball just before halftime that got picked off and returned for a td, the look on flacoo’s face was wery eli like the “oh well” look that im sure drives people crazy. I know its good for the QB to be even tempered instead of riding the emotional roler coaster but Young is right in that if u have that look when things are going bad u give off an impression that u just dont care
Lol. Steve Young being a tool. Again.