Merry Christmas, Joe Flacco
December 25, 2008 by David Kindervater
Filed under Baltimore Ravens
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Talk about your Christmas bonuses. Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco has earned a cool $3 million in extra cash because he participated in 80% of his team’s snaps this season. A total of $750,000 will be added to his base salary for the remaining four years of his contract as a result. Nice.
Joe doesn’t just have this bonus coming to him because he took some snaps. He really earned it. I know the Ravens planned to start Kyle Boller or Troy Smith at quarterback this season and kind of work Joe into the system slowly but surely. But because of injuries, Joe was thrust into the starting role and has steadily improved as the season has progressed. The most recent proof — in the national spotlight against the Dallas Cowboys in the final game at Texas Stadium — was one of Joe’s finer moments to date. He easily outplayed overrated Tony Romo. We quite possibly could be witnessing the development of one of the NFL’s future elite quarterbacks. Joe Flacco is that good.
Source: ESPN.com, Photo: Newscom
