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As anyone who has been on the internet at any point since he entered the league is probably aware, detractors of Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco sometimes call him “Jump Ball Joe” in reference to his penchant to throwing deep balls that often draw flags for defensive pass interference.

Flacco likes to throw the ball deep even if it doesn’t lead to a flag. Flacco leads all quarterbacks in passes that travel over 20 yards in the air since he entered the league in 2008, but he threw just one of them in last Sunday’s 19-13 loss to the Broncos. Given all of that, it’s no shock to learn that Flacco wants to uncork more long throws against the Raiders in Week Two.

“The first thing we got to do, in this past game, we didn’t really ever attempt to do it. We’ve talked about that. We need to take our shots,” Flacco said, via the Baltimore Sun. “If nothing else, at least it lets teams know that we’re going to do that and have the confidence in ourselves in doing that.”

The Ravens didn’t protect Flacco well enough against Denver to provide many chances to go deep and plenty of people doubt that the Ravens have the receiving corps to make those plays down the field as long as rookie Breshad Perriman remains out of the lineup. Flacco doesn’t think that should stop the Ravens from letting it fly as they try to get their offense and record back on track in Oakland.