syhuang Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Joe Flacco: I’m here to win games, not be a mentor I remember quite a few wanted Flacco especially two years ago to replace Tyron, I guess Flacco is not a process guy? ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IgotBILLStopay Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Headline is deceptive. All he says is that he is concerned with helping the team win. He did say " I hope he does develop." So it is not like he will work well on slippery roads (he is not "Anti-Lock"). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 He views himself as the starter Not a QB mentor. Im not sure you’d hear different from Rodgers Brady Brees etc. not that Flacco is at that level.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 7 minutes ago, syhuang said: Joe Flacco: I’m here to win games, not be a mentor I remember quite a few wanted Flacco especially two years ago to replace Tyron, I guess Flacco is not a process guy? ? This is taken WAY out of context. Brutal misrepresentation of what Flacco said/meant. 5 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87168 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 8 minutes ago, syhuang said: Joe Flacco: I’m here to win games, not be a mentor I remember quite a few wanted Flacco especially two years ago to replace Tyron, I guess Flacco is not a process guy? ? I'm sorry Ms Badu, but who's Tyron? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kota Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Farve said the same thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Dont worry Flacco, Lock won't want to mentor you either after a few games of you playing like crap. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewEra Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Delete thread 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 9 minutes ago, syhuang said: Joe Flacco: I’m here to win games, not be a mentor I remember quite a few wanted Flacco especially two years ago to replace Tyron, I guess Flacco is not a process guy? ? "Flacco was asked about serving as a mentor to the rookie and said that he hopes Lock does learn from watching him, but made it clear that he’s focused on playing football while offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello is charged with developing the young quarterback. “It’s kind of Rich’s job. It’s to be in that quarterback room and watch. That’s how you can develop. I got so many things to worry about,” Flacco said. “I’m trying to go out there and play good football. … I’m not worried about developing guys or any of that. That is what it is. I hope he does develop. I don’t look at that as my job. My job is to go win football games for this football team.” TBH, I view the mentor question as a class of "have you stopped beating your wife yet?" damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't questions for a vet who is still starting. If the guy says "you betcha, I'm gonna devote myself to mentoring" then you're a has-been whose competitive fire has dimmed to embers. If the guy says "I hope he learns, but I'm trying to win games for this team and play good football, it's the coach's job to develop him" then you're not a team guy. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristocrat Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 It’s on the qb coach to coach lock. But it’s not like flacco isn’t going to work with him like normal qbs in the room do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, kota said: Farve said the same thing. Aaron Rodgers introduced himself to Farve with "Hello Grandpa". Farve probably said considerably worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 8 minutes ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said: He views himself as the starter Not a QB mentor. Im not sure you’d hear different from Rodgers Brady Brees etc. not that Flacco is at that level.. ...who is going to mentor Joe?...just askin'.......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malazan Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I don't see any problem with this. He wasn't brought in to be a mentor. It's not like signing an aging backup. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Over 29 years of fanhood Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 11 minutes ago, OldTimeAFLGuy said: ...who is going to mentor Joe?...just askin'.......... He just needs to tread water until 2021... then the contract year magic will resurface and he’ll win everything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 3 minutes ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said: He just needs to tread water until 2021... then the contract year magic will resurface and he’ll win everything! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Turk Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 26 minutes ago, Gugny said: This is taken WAY out of context. Brutal misrepresentation of what Flacco said/meant. That's how click-baiters work..they read things in the most inflammatory way possible and then present it as fact 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
US Egg Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) 34 minutes ago, IgotBILLStopay said: Headline is deceptive. You mean media tries to deceive readers ? I haven't read about that. Edited May 13, 2019 by I am the egg man 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Just now, matter2003 said: That's how click-baiters work..they read things in the most inflammatory way possible and then present it as fact The writer of the article is most at fault. He made it look like a quote and it was not. And in the process, made Flacco look like a total a-hole. Even if the link was copied, the quote shows up. https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2019/05/13/joe-flacco-im-here-to-win-games-not-be-a-mentor/ That's dirty, Bush League, crap. And who the hell is Josh Alper?? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 25 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Aaron Rodgers introduced himself to Farve with "Hello Grandpa". Farve probably said considerably worse. Did he really? They say he’s smart, but.......smart comes in different forms. They also say he’s full of himself, but..........did he really??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsbackto81 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 33 minutes ago, 87168 said: I'm sorry Ms Badu, but who's Tyron? Lol ? I wonder how many here will catch that reference? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 35 minutes ago, NewEra said: Delete thread ...delete FLACCO...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Aussie Joe Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 (edited) Cant believe he doesn't want to train up someone else to make himself redundant from his $20Mil a year job more quickly.. Edited May 13, 2019 by Aussie Joe 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hapless Bills Fan Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 25 minutes ago, Augie said: Did he really? They say he’s smart, but.......smart comes in different forms. They also say he’s full of himself, but..........did he really??? Haha. In his bio of Favre, "Gunslinger" Jeff Pearlman tells the story, which he claims was corroborated by a teammate: Favre was alone, sitting in the team cafeteria and reading a newspaper, when Rodgers saw him in person for the first time. The new quarterback approached the old quarterback and uttered what will forever go down as the worst introductory line in the history of professional sports. "Good morning, grandpa!" Silence. However, Rodgers denies this. He says he probably called Favre "Grandpa" at some point, but it wasn't when they first met. So....did he really? Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Flacco: "I am no longer interested in having a job in the NFL!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holla83 Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 Didn't Flacco unfollow the Broncos on Twitter after they drafted Lock? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUFFALOKIE Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I would do it but I'm smart phone challenged....someone post the Joe Flacco - Muppets doppelganger. That was the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 44 minutes ago, Hapless Bills Fan said: Haha. In his bio of Favre, "Gunslinger" Jeff Pearlman tells the story, which he claims was corroborated by a teammate: Favre was alone, sitting in the team cafeteria and reading a newspaper, when Rodgers saw him in person for the first time. The new quarterback approached the old quarterback and uttered what will forever go down as the worst introductory line in the history of professional sports. "Good morning, grandpa!" Silence. However, Rodgers denies this. He says he probably called Favre "Grandpa" at some point, but it wasn't when they first met. So....did he really? Who knows? He was reading a newspaper? He’s not a grandpa, he was a dinosaur! I’m old, but a newspaper? Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boca BIlls Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 2 hours ago, syhuang said: Joe Flacco: I’m here to win games, not be a mentor I remember quite a few wanted Flacco especially two years ago to replace Tyron, I guess Flacco is not a process guy? ? Good I dont want to see someone mentoring a QB in the AFC... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucci Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 I thought all vets mentor rookies and become coaches when they retire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 This whole "QB mentoring" stuff is a joke. That's not Flacco's job, nor should it be. It's doesn't work that way. It's a lazy cliche. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nester Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Augie said: He was reading a newspaper? He’s not a grandpa, he was a dinosaur! I’m old, but a newspaper? Lol They still had newspapers back in 2005. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 3 hours ago, syhuang said: Joe Flacco: I’m here to win games, not be a mentor I remember quite a few wanted Flacco especially two years ago to replace Tyron, I guess Flacco is not a process guy? ? Ummmm...if I am a Head Coach, I don't want my starting QB to want to be a mentor either. This is EXACTLY what I want in my starting QB. Screw the young guy, go win games. Its the coaches job to develop the young guy, not your veteran leader you are counting on to take you back to the playoffs. Young guy learns by OBSERVING the veteran, not by the veteran teaching them hands on. Thats like asking a sick guy to plan his own funeral. Screw that, go have fun and enjoy the twilight of your life and let everyone deal with the funeral. No veteran QB should ever be ready to roll over and play dead and coach someone up so they can take his job. Has nothing to do with being a "process" guy, it has everything to do with Flacco being an NFL viable starting QB still, and in his case a Super Bowl winning QB to boot with some tread still on his tires. This isnt like he was a career backup or incapable of being a starter anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, Nester said: They still had newspapers back in 2005. And they do today. I’m kidding because the ONLY way you got news back in the day was the newspaper. They are going the way of the slide rule and Kodak film for your camera. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Alphadawg7 said: Ummmm...if I am a Head Coach, I don't want my starting QB to want to be a mentor either. This is EXACTLY what I want in my starting QB. Screw the young guy, go win games. Its the coaches job to develop the young guy, not your veteran leader you are counting on to take you back to the playoffs. Young guy learns by OBSERVING the veteran, not by the veteran teaching them hands on. Thats like asking a sick guy to plan his own funeral. Screw that, go have fun and enjoy the twilight of your life and let everyone deal with the funeral. No veteran QB should ever be ready to roll over and play dead and coach someone up so they can take his job. Has nothing to do with being a "process" guy, it has everything to do with Flacco being an NFL viable starting QB still, and in his case a Super Bowl winning QB to boot with some tread still on his tires. This isnt like he was a career backup or incapable of being a starter anymore. Unless you are a terminal short timer and some team inexplicably tosses you a bone (that's you Derek Anderson), you're absolutely right. This was illustrated best by Favre when they drafted Rodgers. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphadawg7 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, Mr. WEO said: Unless you are a terminal short timer and some team inexplicably tosses you a bone (that's you Derek Anderson), you're absolutely right. This was illustrated best by Favre when they drafted Rodgers. EXACTLY. Derek Anderson is the perfect example. Had his shot at starting, couldn't hold it down, became a solid career backup and a quality veteran mentor on how to prepare as a young QB. His literal value at the stage of his career is as a mentor, not a guy who is still a full time starter in this league trying to keep said rookie from taking his job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 1 minute ago, Alphadawg7 said: EXACTLY. Derek Anderson is the perfect example. Had his shot at starting, couldn't hold it down, became a solid career backup and a quality veteran mentor on how to prepare as a young QB. His literal value at the stage of his career is as a mentor, not a guy who is still a full time starter in this league trying to keep said rookie from taking his job. Yup. He helped Josh with the nuts and bolts: how to watch pro film, how to run the huddle, the logistics of travel, managing his time, etc. He doesn't need the now, so they can do away with "mentors" and let his coaches do their jobs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo716 Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 He isn’t wrong no starter worth his salt would mentor a rook so he could take his job... that’s a coaches job or a career backup like Anderson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubs Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 4 hours ago, syhuang said: Joe Flacco: I’m here to win games, not be a mentor I remember quite a few wanted Flacco especially two years ago to replace Tyron, I guess Flacco is not a process guy? ? Clickbait/Misrepresentation/#media2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan in Cleveland Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 Player gives honest answer to a question. Good for him. Don't rip a guy for giving an honest answer. It's not his job to be a mentor. He was signed to be the starter. If he was a third string bum like Anderson then maybe part of his job is to be a mentor. But that is not the case in Denver. They have a great defense and added weapons on offense. He wants to win. Good for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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