Flacco

[edave]

Flacco and his reps thinks he deserves Manning/Brees money. Heck, I don't think Manning or Brees should be paid what they are. And Flacco? You've got to be kidding me.

 Year  Comp   Att    Yds    Net   TD  Int    Pct  Y/A  ANY/A  Rate
 2008   290   503   3408   3116   15   15  57.7%  6.8    5.1  75.9
 2009   339   544   3836   3612   21   15  62.3%  7.1    5.8  84.8
 2010   347   553   4012   3667   28   11  62.7%  7.3    6.2  93.2
 2011   348   605   4092   3829   24   13  57.5%  6.8    5.8  82.5
 2012   368   624   4670   4418   30   10  59.0%  7.5    6.9  91.8

       1692  2829  20018  18642  118   64  59.8%  7.1    6.0  85.9

This will be one of the major off season story lines.

[wxwax]

Seller's market, that's for sure. Good time to be negotiating a new deal. Franchise tag?

[KabaModernFan]

Seller's market, that's for sure. Good time to be negotiating a new deal. Franchise tag?

If necessary, the tag will be used. There is about a .1% chance right now that Flacco is wearing any jersey other than Baltimore one next season.

[mikesteelnation1]

If necessary, the tag will be used. There is about a .1% chance right now that Flacco is wearing any jersey other than Baltimore one next season.

It's probably a lower probability than that kaba. Barring a career ending injury next Sunday, he's wearing purple and black next season.

His camp is screaming for pm/ Brees money, but they know more likely they are going to get Eli/ big Ben money. When you're selling something you start out offering it way high, leaving room for negotiations, so both sides can feel good about the end deal..

Heck, flacco may get close to Brees money simply because the fa and draft options suck so horribly this year. The ravens should have offered an extension last year, but they gambled to save money. That gamble didn't work out at all.

Same decision the Bengals have to make next year...

[packa7x]

Classic negotiating move. They're anchoring. They dont expect Brees money, but by asking for it, they're more than likely to get more than if they played the humble card.

[Docta]

He should refuse to play if they try to use the tag on him. His stock will be at its highest with or without a SB win. He'll still be a Raven, but he'll be overpaid in the process.

[mikesteelnation1]

He should refuse to play if they try to use the tag on him. His stock will be at its highest with or without a SB win. He'll still be a Raven, but he'll be overpaid in the process.

Agreed 100%. They don't even have close to an ok option otherwise. A trade for smith, Flynn, or {Tebow}?? As Bengals1181 would say... Child please..

It's flacco or bust... That boat has set sail.. speaking of otherwise? NEVERMORE

[wxwax]

He should refuse to play if they try to use the tag on him.

As long as he warns them ahead of time, sounds fair. But it will hurt his standing with fans, who almost always side with management for reasons I don't understand.

[KabaModernFan]

Baltimore is currently projected to have about $15.5M in cap space this offseason, so money isn't likely to be an issue in re-signing him. It'll be even more with Lewis getting his contract technically removed from the books, so I feel pretty confident that a deal will get done.

[packa7x]

As long as he warns them ahead of time, sounds fair. But it will hurt his standing with fans, who almost always side with management for reasons I don't understand.

I think fans have a hard time sympathizing for a guy who is going to make a crazy amount of money fully guaranteed for a year.