"This may sound strange, but whatever doubts that may have lingered about Joe Flacco's future as the Ravens franchise quarterback should have been stripped away the moment New England Patriots rookie Sterling Moore stripped Lee Evans of what should have been an AFC-title-winning touchdown catch.

Sorry to have to remind you of that awful moment. It probably still stings to think about it. But Flacco outplayed Tom Brady and put the ball right where it was supposed to be with the Super Bowl on the line in a hostile stadium against a team that was a decided favorite going into the game. It doesn't get much more clutch than that, though that pass to Torrey Smith in Pittsburgh was pretty impressive, too.

If you want, we can go over his entire NFL resume, which includes a bunch of stuff that no other guy has done in his first four seasons, but we've been down that road already. Let's just agree to agree that Flacco already is the greatest quarterback in Ravens history and there's no reason for the team to question that as it enters serious negotiations on a long-term contract extension."