Joe Flacco’s First Major Injury May Motivate Him To Be Playoff Joe All Year Long
Like there are two sides to every coin, there is two sides to the Baltimore Ravens quarterback. Joe Flacco is good in the regular season but he is incredible in the playoffs. When a big game comes, Flacco comes firing like a heat seeking rocket launcher. He can’t miss and he puts up big numbers.
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But through the course of the season, Flacco does not put up these monster numbers. He’ll have a bunch of solid games and a handful of moments that make you throw the remote at your television. Flacco may be the reason you cannot keep the lid of your bottle of water at the stadium; he has inspired an awful lot of projectiles.
If the Ravens could figure out the magic formula for Joe Flacco’s best games, they would have bottled it up and mass-produced it by now. It just seems like a light turns on for Flacco. Like his emotions, it is an internal light. You cannot see it, but you know when it’s on.
It’s not a caring thing. I’m sure Flacco goes into every game with the intention of being football’s Michelangelo. Flacco’s 70 yard bomb to Jacoby Jones, was his Sistine Chapel after all. When Flacco doesn’t have the magic, it’s not because he doesn’t care. The light’s off, it’s just not there.
Some people just step up in the biggest moments. Flacco is a perfect example of that. There is something deep inside of him, that loves the thrill of a big game. He loves the game being on the line. He loves the pressure of the Ravens fate resting on his right arm.
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Look at what Flacco has accomplished in the playoffs. The 2012 playoff run included 11 touchdowns and no interceptions. That tied a record held by Joe Montana and Kurt Warner. If that’s not elite company, I don’t know what is. Flacco has more road wins than any other quarterback. His playoff record is 10-5. In the playoffs, the interceptions go away and the big number games come out to play.
What if the grueling injury that knocked Joe Flacco out for the last six games of the 2015 season, is the key to Playoff Joe becoming the Normal Joe? What if facing his NFL mortality gets his juices flowing and turns on that internal light? What if knowing that on any play his season could end, makes Flacco desperate to make every throw count?
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It is entirely plausible that the first injury to cost him a start could be the catalyst to his most remarkable season. With Flacco it’s not a conscious choice to be a football magician or just be solid. It just depends on whether he has the magic on that particular day. His playoff success suggests that this magic touch is fueled by a sense of urgency. An injury makes a player realize the potential weight of every single play. Consciously or not, coming back from an injury, could spark a sense of urgency.