NFL: Flacco camp believes Joe has outplayed Peyton Manning

[Anomaly]

Quote:Earlier Monday, we passed along news that quarterback Joe Flacco will target Drew Brees money in post-season contract negotiations with the Ravens. Flacco’s rookie deal is up, and he’s not giving any hometown discounts.

Ian Rapoport of NFL Network filed a Monday evening report on Total Access that makes Flacco’s stance seem even stronger and more dug in.

“I’m told his camp believes he is playing better than Peyton Manning,” Rapoport said, referring to the NFL MVP favorite and future Hall of Famer, who pulls in $19.2 million a year. “Expect them to shoot higher than that.” It’s expected that the Ravens and Flacco will resume contract deliberations immediately after Sunday’s Super Bowl.

Although Flacco will be working from a position of strength, the Ravens do have leverage. It’s called the franchise tag, and at the very least could buy G.M. Ozzie Newsome some negotiating time.

The tentative 2013 franchise number for quarterbacks is $14.642 million, significantly more affordable than the annual average Flacco and his “camp” are eyeballing.

It’s not difficult to imagine talks turning a bit frosty if the franchise tag is indeed wielded. The contract Flacco is targeting would place a debilitating burden on Baltimore’s annual salary cap, and the Ravens under Newsome don’t do bad business.

Flacco is trying to get paid like he’s headed for Canton.

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It's nice to have a good laugh in the morning.

[McUser]

Woah. That is straight foolishness.

[RFlagg]

Surely this has to be a joke. Or information from bad sources. I'm sure their figuring is "He's won a playoff game each of his first 5 seasons" but as we've shown here on numerous occasions, his defense won a lot of those games, not Flacco. Also, Flacco's career high for yardage is 3,817, and TDs is 25. His career QB Rating is 86.3.

God help us if Flacco get's anywhere close to this, Ryan's agent would try to get $30 million a year based on Flacco's deal.

[takeitdown]

(01-29-2013 09:14 AM)RFlagg Wrote:  Surely this has to be a joke. Or information from bad sources. I'm sure their figuring is "He's won a playoff game each of his first 5 seasons" but as we've shown here on numerous occasions, his defense won a lot of those games, not Flacco. Also, Flacco's career high for yardage is 3,817, and TDs is 25. His career QB Rating is 86.3.

God help us if Flacco get's anywhere close to this, Ryan's agent would try to get $30 million a year based on Flacco's deal.

Indeed. I hope, and I know it's only a hope, that Ryan will realize it's better to make 70 mil and have room for a good OL and receivers than make 100 mil and have a rag tag team beside you.

If he were coming off a lowball rookie contract like Flacco, it'd make more sense. But at some point, your legacy is more important than being 120 milliionaire instead of a 100 millionaire. But agents don't think that way

[mdrake34]

Flacco is getting somewhat near a Drew Brees level of hatred for me.

[Jesus]

Well one of them is in the Super Bowl and the other isn't.

The Ravens will win and Flacco Hall of Fame talk will be incessant over the next few weeks.

[juraitwaluzka]

The funny thing is, the Ravens will probably win with Flacco going 9-23 for 72 yards.

[AUTiger7222]

(01-30-2013 01:34 PM)mdrake34 Wrote:  Flacco is getting somewhat near a Drew Brees level of hatred for me.

Agreed! Dude is such a punk! Drew Brees, Joe Flacco, Aaron Rodgers and Ben Roethlisberger are all first class punks and I wouldn't touch them with a 25 foot pole no matter how good they play football. There's only so much jackassery a person can handle.

[juraitwaluzka]

Flacco Camp?