"A lot of Joe's interceptions were thrown between the numbers [in the middle of the field], where he made his living last [season] with Anquan and Pitta, and he didn't have the guys this year to win those contested situations," said former Philadelphia Eagles director of player personnel Louis Riddick, an ESPN analyst. "Guys would lose those jump-ball situations. Flacco didn't have a guy on the same page for the short and intermediate areas. Torrey is an outside player, but they need someone to work the middle of the field for Joe.