Yes, the second-year player out of Delaware is proving to be much more than a game manager, throwing for over 300 yards in two of Baltimore's three games and tossing six touchdowns so far this season. While Baltimore is generally thought of as a rushing team, it's a telling sign that Flacco has attempted 104 passes this season (or about 35 per game). The main point of interest to take from this? Baltimore has won all three games. Look for the Ravens to stick with what's working, and Flacco could very well finish this season as a Top 10 QB.
Saturday's preseason games may not have the excitement of Brett Favre throwing for four yards, or the unintentional hilarity that is punters peppering the bottom of a scoreboard worth more money than the entire payroll of some Major League Baseball teams, but that doesn't mean there's not some intriguing things to watch for as Week 2 of the NFL preseason rolls on.
Jay Cutler makes his debut in Chicago, Kyle Orton gets another shot under center for the Broncos without the services of Brandon Marshall, and the Lions and Browns continue their quarterback competitions.
Pretty sure nobody believed that, including Clemens. The Jets were interested in Jay Cutler as he whined his way out of Denver, and when that didn't happen, they swapped first-round picks with the Browns and took Mark Sanchez (and sent Ratliff to Cleveland in the process).
Who moved to the head of the NFL class during the draft? Find out with FanHouse's team-by-team 2009 Draft Grades.
One of the most common criticisms of draft grades is that you can't possibly judge a draft until the players selected have spent some time playing in the NFL. It's a common criticism, because it's absolutely true and it may never be more true of any team than it is of the 2009 New York Jets.
Whatever winds up at the bottom of this post, the Jets draft grade will either be an A+ or F. There's no middle ground when you do something as gutsy, as fraught with risk as trading up to the fifth pick to take a quarterback.
With the draft approaching, we ignore projections and identify the dream scenario for each team in a series we call The Perfect Draft.
The 2009 draft finds the New York Jets in an uncomfortable predicament. They have spent the last two years spending on free agents to put many aspects of a contending team into place. That's a big part of the reason why they started last season 8-3, and briefly had Jets fans thinking that big things were in store for their team. But a strong running game, sound defense and dangerous special teams are being undermined by an invisible passing attack.
After day one of New York's voluntary minicamp, new Jets head coach Rex Ryan spent the better part of a 25-minute press conference cracking jokes and talking confidently about his team. It wasn't all fun and games, though, as Ryan also had to briefly address the absences of quarterback Erik Ainge and running back Thomas Jones from the team's offseason activities.
Jones' absence is believed to be contract-related. The 30-year-old Jones is entering the third season of a four-year, $20 million contract, but is making just $900,000 base pay in 2009 and coming off a season where he racked up 1,300-plus rushing yards.
Brett Favre's retired (knock on wood), Jay Cutler wound up in Chicago instead of New York, and frankly, the Jets just need someone to start at quarterback next season. Currently left on the Favre-less roster are Kellen Clemens, Brett Ratliff and Erik Ainge, and of that group, only Clemens has seen NFL action.
So perhaps that's the reason why Clemens feels he's going to be the Jets' guy. On Thursday, Clemens told the New York Post that, "It's my full expectation to be under center opening day.
The short answer, I guess, is: they did ... last year, and look how that turned out. Fair enough. Blowing a third-round pick on an old, slow and banged-up Brett Favre was a tad impetuous in hindsight, but surely there is some middle ground between an over-the-hill, future Hall of Famer and a fourth-year guy with 12 career starts.
With the launch of the FanHouse Mock Draft 3.0 Wednesday, Mark Sanchez was left off the mock for the third straight time (out of three chances total). Almost every other Web site that compiles a mock draft has him going in the first round, and some have him in the top half of the first round.
You'll find comments peppered throughout our three mocks ranging from us being stupid to negligent. I can assure you we definitely didn't just forget about him. You'll find a compilation of thoughts as to why he wasn't taken in any of our three first run-throughs after the jump.
After three weeks of fantasy football, your top-five QB list is filled with the usual suspects. First Peyton Manning, then Drew Brees, followed by Aaron Rodgers, Matt Schaub and ... Joe Flacco?
Saturday's preseason games may not have the excitement of 
Kellen Clemens
Who moved to the head of the NFL class during the draft? Find out with FanHouse's team-by-team 
With the draft approaching, we ignore projections and identify the dream scenario for each team in a series we call 
After day one of New York's voluntary minicamp, new Jets head coach 
Brett Favre's retired (knock on wood), Jay Cutler wound up in Chicago instead of New York, and frankly, the Jets just need someone to start at quarterback next season. Currently left on the Favre-less roster are 
Even though head coach 
With the launch of the 
