Don’t get me wrong. I’m a believer in Joe Flacco. I think we’ve seen what the guy is capable of and despite being disappointed with the end result of the AFC championship game, I was encouraged by the Flacco’s performance for the entire sixty minutes.
With all that said. He isn’t a top five quarterback in the NFL right now.
Flacco’s agent, Joe Linta, disagrees with me on that one. He told Matt Vensel of The Baltimore Sun that he sees his client at the top of the league at his position. “If the game is about wins and losses, he has to be in the top five ,” Linta said.
In wins and losses I guess he’s right, but that’s a stupid way to judge any athlete. I’ve hated the win/loss column for pitchers in baseball and think its even more meaningless in this argument.
I certainly believe that Flacco could eventually crack that top five list. After watching Eli Manning’s transformation this season, hell anything can happen.
But he shouldn’t be expecting top five money in my opinion. Not yet at least.
Zach Wilt is the Founding Editor of BaltimoreSportsReport.com. You can follow him on Twitter @zamwi or send him an email: zach@baltimoresportsreport.com.
Everyone knows Joe is not a top five q-back , it is a starting point for negotiations,,,,,,his agent isn’t going to start by saying Joe is a top fifteen q-back , this is all part of the process,,,,,,,,Joe will get a nice contract most likely in the top ten area about seven years 90 million or so , perhaps a bit more , depends on how good his agent is,,,,,,,,,he probably will get seven years for 70 to 80 million with incentives of another ten or so,,,,,,,,,,stay tuned , he will be signed while Rice gets screwed with a one year seven million franchise tag,,,,,,,,,go figure ?
Unfortunately, RBs don’t last very long in this league. As you’ve pointed out, Ravens already have cap issues. Afraid Rice may get franchise tag for two years and then bye-bye.
Joe Flacco is a top 5 QB…in the AFC North!
I think Joe will get about 100 million dollars , he deserves it and with O-line help he could be a top five q-back , just wait and see.