Even before Lewis announced his retirement just days before the playoffs began, the Ravens' leadership torch already had, in theory, been passed to Flacco. An oftcriticized player who seems to play at a goodbutnotgreat plateau during the regular season but excels in the money games, Flacco passed on a substantial contract extension offer by the Ravens before the season. He is scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent in a few weeks, but he'll never get to the open market."Coach emphasized this week that we wanted to get off to a good start, a fast start, an early start," said Leshoure, who dedicated the victory to his newborn son. "We weren't able to get a touchdown or a field goal on the first drive, but throughout the game and the first quarter, we were pretty successful. That enabled us to get off to a faster start than usual.".

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