Flacco better watch his back. Smith and Beck are expendable, even though I think Smith still has a lot of potential to be a great player. But between the two of them, they have started about 7 games, and won 1 of them. That's not what you want backing up your "Super Bowl" bound team.

But what's more important to note, is that perhaps Flacco is just a bit ruffled by this. See, he never earned his starting spot in the first place. It was between Boller and Smith, Flacco wasn't even on the radar, at all. And then they both miraculously went down with injury/illness at almost the precise same time, paving the way for Flacco to start. He got handed the job, and didn't blow it during the regular season, plain and simple. If the Ravens had started losing games in 2008, Flacco would have been benched, and Smith would have gotten a shot. That's just how it goes.

But the reality is, now, for the first time, Flacco has some real competition. He had nothing to worry about with Smith and Beck being his backups. With Bulger, he's got a former 4000+ yd. season Pro Bowler, whose led a team to the playoffs before, and won playoff games with his arm, something Flacco has yet to do. In fact, considering how sharply Flacco's apparent skills seem to decline as soon as we hit the post season, two years running now, I'd say he does indeed have something to be worried about.

With the money they're paying Bulger, and with so many veterans on this team knowing that this is a WIN NOW type of scenario, all Flacco has to do, is tweak his ankle, or get "turf toe", and suddenly he's got a former Pro Bowler playing behind a GOOD offensive line, with GOOD offensive talent around him. That's dangerous. Bulger could do some real damage with our offense. And while Flacco has looked good (at times) in the regular season, he has been succinctly abysmal in the playoffs, where it actually matters. And he has yet to put up big numbers against ANY team with a good defense.

I'm hoping, as much as anybody, that Flacco actually improves, and that our offense continues to get better, because I want the team to win. I want the Ravens to win another Super Bowl, like they SHOULD have done in 2006, and 2008. But as of right now, I'd be far more willing to trust Bulger in the playoffs, than Flacco, who has thus far only choked in January, when it actually comes down to his arm having to win the game. It happened against the Steelers, and it happened again against the Colts.

Flacco, Bulger, Smith, who cares. I just want this team to finally win another trophy. We've been good enough to do so far years (when healthy), but we keep getting let down by terrible postseason QB play.

I'm sticking with Flacco...he's the QB and that's all there is to it! The others are just backups...let's play ball! GO RAVENS!