“Baltimore’s Joe Flacco is only the 3rd rookie since 1970 to quarterback his team to victory in his first two games.

Good News: One was John Elway
Bad News: The other was Ryan Leaf”

Monday will be exciting.

No delay of game penalties! It’s like when the Orioles have games when they don’t walk anybody. Great to see.

People are going to try to convince us that we could have been this good last year had there not been so many injuries. Don’t believe them. This team has a new energy from a new coach, a young quarterback, and an offensive plan with *gasp* some kind of risk and creativity involved.

And Flacco didn’t make 2 mistakes, he made 1 mistake. Any QB in the league takes a risk of getting a flee flicker bomb picked off. He was on target, the coverage was just too good. Also, he showed some serious poise in the pocket at one point, threading the needle for a completion at the very last second before getting hit. I’ll take it from my rookie QB.

now he needs to lay smileyface out in pittsburgh to complete my lifelong dream.

don’t get me wrong – i actually respect hines ward’s toughness but it would be great to see him truly pay the price.

i actually want ben to play if you know what i’m sayin’.

Like BBOL said, it’s a long year, the Bengals and Browns haven’t looked that impressive… but this was exciting. And 2-0 feels real good.

Obviously our secondary looks so much because they’re healthy right now… but what did you guys think of our linebackers in the first two games. They just seem to be playing better and hitting harder this year. Do you think that’s because Pryce is back up front attracting attention and not letting teams focus on Suggs and Scott? That’s my guess, anyway.