Joe Flacco needs certain things to be successful. There are quarterbacks who can do it all by themselves, that lift the team up on their shoulders. Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers fall into this category, Flacco does not. Like 90 percent of quarterbacks, Flacco needs the right situation to reach his highest level of performance. The Ravens can win with Flacco, and life without him would be rough. He is a franchise quarterback, but he should not be asked to lift the entire franchise.
Flacco has always made more out of less. We can debate who was the Ravens top target over the years, but it is an inarguable point that the Ravens have never had elite weapons around Flacco.