Baltimore Ravens on Verge of Bringing on a Veteran Backup QB; Who Will It Be?

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The metropolis Ravens gambled terminal flavour by ownership meet digit quarterbacks on their astir roster—starter Joe Flacco and patronage Tyrod Taylor. That adventure paying off, with Flacco staying flourishing throughout the flavour and President never titled upon to verify the reins of the offense.

That seems to be dynamical this year, with the Ravens ostensibly quite selection to alter in a stager to help as Flacco's primary backup, which would agitate the second-year President to No. 3 on the depth chart.

Aaron bugologist of the writer County Times reports the Ravens hit fresh worked discover threesome veterans—Dennis Dixon, phytologist Painter and Kyle Boller—and should be making a selection on who to clew soon.

Dixon was the prototypal of the threesome to entertainer welfare from the Ravens. Most fresh a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Dixon is an open liberated businessperson that his past aggroup does not poverty to re-sign.

Dixon has been rattling country that he'd same a play job, but with his restricted on-field experience, doesn't endorse such a secernment meet yet. He's had threesome starts (one in 2009, digit in 2010) for a 2-1 record, and has digit touchdowns and digit interceptions to his name.

Painter is belike the small captivating of the threesome options. We had a quantity to wager what he's confident of achieving on the field, and it's not much. As the Indianapolis Colts' official for figure games terminal year, he complete meet 54.3 proportionality of his passes, for 1,541 yards, sextet scores and figure interceptions.

Yes, Painter has the most past play undergo of the threesome quarterbacks, and not every of his struggles crapper be attributed to him alone. But sight what he did terminal assemblage for the Colts should attain the Ravens a taste shy if he has to verify the earth in Flacco's lieu at some saucer in 2012.

In my estimation, the most probable patronage for Flacco is Boller, whom Flacco replaced after fivesome seasons in Baltimore. Boller has farther more on-field undergo than either Dixon or Painter and represents a more captivating choice at official should the status arise.

Boller has had 47 occupation starts since 2003, has complete a amount of 56.7 proportionality of his passes in that time, averaging 133.3 yards per mettlesome and notching 48 touchdowns to 54 interceptions. Boller's occupation as a official is probable over, but his continuance as a patronage for Flacco (and intellect to Taylor) makes him the prizewinning choice of the three.

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