AR benched - Flacco to start next game

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Originally Posted by apballin

Still makes no sense… so did this just start? Has this been his work ethic all along and they were ok with it? Until he starts regressing and then the tap out was the final straw?

And again I go back to… we knew what we were getting a YOUNG, raw, project, athlete of a QB and it was gonna be a roller coaster. Yet here we are waving our hands and screaming to get off the ride after what appears to be a nose dive.

In my opinion they should’ve stuck by the guy, even after the tap out. Walk in the fuckin press conference and say he’s still our guy and he’s learning but he’s gonna put it all together

Totally agree with everything you're saying. Maybe AR kept telling Steichen and the coaching staff that he'd start putting in the time and didn't. Then when he started to regress and he still wasn't putting in the time (or maybe putting in less) then the coaching staff decided they had it.

Another thought I had is that AR tested positive for PEDs, etc. But I think teams have to announce when a player is suspended by the league??

More than likely it's that Irsay said we need to make the playoffs this year or else.

Just grasping at straws here. Such a fucked up situation.