"It was interesting to tune into sports talk radio in the Steel City prior to Sunday's game between the Ravens and Steelers, if only to hear an opposing city's take on quarterback Joe Flacco. For several hours, caller after caller checked in to state the belief that Flacco, who was just 1-5 in Heinz Field prior to last night, would never play well enough to lead the Ravens to a win.

A parade of hosts joined the chorus. All the Steelers had to do was rattle him a little, they believed, and he'd give the game away. Just look at the way he played against Jacksonville, and against Arizona in the first half. Just look at his history in Pittsburgh.

Whatever the conventional wisdom was, Flacco certainly wrote a different script Sunday, winning one of the biggest games of his career with one of the biggest throws of his life."