Flacco brands cold-weather SB site ‘retarded'

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NEW ORLEANS - Joe Flacco stepped in it first.

Asked Monday about the prospect of next year's Super Bowl being contested in New Jersey's MetLife Stadium, the Ravens quarterback said, "I think it's retarded. I probably shouldn't say that. I think it's stupid. If you want a Super Bowl, put a retractable dome on your stadium. Then you can get one."

(He, of course, later apologized for saying it.)

Everyone's entitled to their opinion on the wisdom of playing outdoors in the Northeast in early February.

Using "retarded" to initially describe the plan, though? Not a great idea. Even though Flacco realized before his sentence was complete that he'd stepped on a verbal landmine, it's got to be a word people excise from their speech anytime they sit down in a public setting. And the Super Bowl is really public.

For the record, Joe Flacco is from New Jersey.

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