Joe Flacco RUMORS & NEWS

Baltimore Sun "The long-simmering feud between family members of the late Baltimore Colts quarterback legend Johnny Unitas went public this weekend after Joe Unitas told The Baltimore Sun that Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco committed to portray his father in football scenes for an upcoming movie called "Unitas We..." April 08

USA Today "A grandson of Hall of Fame quarterback Johnny Unitas has added more fuel to a nasty family feud by calling Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco an "embarrassing choice" to play his late grandfather in the upcoming film about his life. Flacco has agreed to play Unitas, the former Baltimore..." April 07

Baltimore Sun "Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco has agreed to portray the late Johnny Unitas in an upcoming film called "Unitas We Stand," according to Joe Unitas, Johnny Unitas' son. Joe Unitas told The Baltimore Sun that Flacco will play his father playing football in the final scenes depicting the Colts' 1958..." April 07

CSN Baltimore "Torrey Smith is standing up for his quarterback. A number of Baltimore football fans and Internet "experts" are blaming the big contract of quarterback Joe Flacco on the team's problems in the free-agent market this off-season, especially considering how the Ravens have lost a number of key..." April 03

USA Today "Having once taken a stand and delivered on his idea that he should be paid like an elite quarterback, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco supports teammate Anquan Boldin's desire to be paid in full by the Super Bowl champions. Boldin told USA TODAY Sports he was unwilling to take a pay cut..." March 10

Baltimore Sun "Quarterback Joe Flacco climbed to a new financial stratosphere when the Ravens made him the highest paid player in NFL history with a $120.6 million contract. Flacco received a $29 million signing bonus and is due option bonuses of $15 million in 2014 and $7 million in 2015 in the deal he..." March 06

Philly.com "Joe Flacco sat at his uncle's home in South Jersey eating pizza on Friday with his immediate and extended family - as he does every Friday - when news started to break that the Audubon native and Super Bowl-winning quarterback was on the verge of a record-breaking contract. "What's it feel..." March 05

Baltimore Sun "Those who know Joe Flacco best insist that he is unaffected by fortune and fame. If his first public comments after officially signing a six-year, $120.6 million deal with the Ravens were any indication, the title of the NFL’s highest-paid player won’t change him either. “It's pretty..." March 04

SI.com "Joe Flacco’s historic new six-year, $120.6-million contract with the Baltimore Ravens includes a whopping $52 million in guaranteed money, USA Today’s Jim Corbett reported Sunday. Flacco and the Ravens agreed to the contract on Friday and he will sign it Monday, according to the report. The..." March 04

Baltimore Sun "Quarterback Joe Flacco's pending $120.6 million contract will trigger another development for the Ravens beyond the New Jersey native now becoming the highest-paid player in the game. As a result of the Ravens avoiding having to make Flacco their franchise player heading into Monday afternoon's..." March 04

Baltimore Beat Down "Now that the Ravens and Joe Flacco have hammered out an agreement in principle on a $120.6 million contract, there's more pending business to conclude between the Super Bowl champions and their quarterback. What's next for Flacco and his agent, Joe Linta, is going over the specific details of the..." March 02

Baltimore Sun "Joe Flacco has long maintained that he is an elite quarterback and now he'll officially get paid like one. Less than a month since leading his team to a victory in Super Bowl XLVII, Flacco agreed to terms with the Ravens on a new contract. According to a league source, the sides agreed to a..." March 01

Cincy Jungle "Wildly spitting curses at the dirty Ravens won't change the fact that Baltimore won the Super Bowl, though it does give some pleasure that the last team to beat Baltimore was your own Cincinnati Bengals (backups not withstanding). Since an offseason can change everything with a team's dynamic --..." February 28

Baltimore Sun "The Ravens are being smart and very cautious in their negotiations with star quarterback Joe Flacco. So far, they haven't caved in to the demands of Flacco's agent, Joe Linta, who says Flacco should be paid as much as Peyton Manning and Drew Brees, who are averaging more than $20 million per..." February 26

CSN Baltimore "Tom Brady’s new, cut-rate contract with the Patriots — which ties him to New England through 2017, but at way below his market value — could theoretically affect the Ravens’ contract dealings with Joe Flacco. Brady has just dropped out of the top five quarterback salaries in the NFL, which..." February 26

Baltimore Beat Down "Now before you jump on that keyboard and say that if you are the Baltimore Ravens GM, you never would QB Joe Flacco hit the open market, then perhaps you should just pass on this mind-bending post. Use your imagination and prove your football strategy and let us know what you would do with those..." February 25

Baltimore Beat Down "Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco will either get a huge long-term deal or get the team's Franchise Tag placed on him. Either way, he will get a big payday, be it for one year or many. The quarterback position in the NFL is obviously the league;s highest-paid position and after winning Super Bowl..." February 24

Pro Football Talk "On Friday night, the Ravens and the representative of quarterback Joe Flacco engaged in their first contract talks in months. Agent Joe Linta called his meeting with Ravens V.P. of football administration Pat Moriarty a “good start.” Still, Linta said the two sides have a “long way to..." February 24

ESPN.com "The Baltimore Ravens and the agent for Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco are scheduled to meet Friday in Indianapolis in their first negotiating session since August, a league source told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. The Ravens and Flacco's agent, Joe Linta, had been trading telephone calls in..." February 22

Pro Football Talk "The Ravens and quarterback Joe Flacco still haven’t worked out a long-term deal. Regardless of how the dominoes fall, assistant G.M. Eric DeCosta made clear during an appearance on Thursday’s Pro Football Talk that the team plans on keeping Flacco around for the long haul. “We have no..." February 21

Baltimore Beat Down "Baltimore Ravens QB had a fantasy post season, culminating in a Super Bowl championship earlier this month. Although he reportedly turned down a lucrative contract last summer, he is expected to earn a much bigger payday by the time he finally settles on a new deal. That is expected to be a new..." February 20

Baltimore Beat Down "With the off-season coming up soon there are plenty of impending free-agents who will be looking to sign with the best possible suitor. The general concept of free-agency is that a player is looking to move to a team that gives him the best chance at winning a ring and/or offers him the best..." February 20

CSN Baltimore "There are reports that the Ravens and Joe Linta, the agent for quarterback Joe Flacco, will sit down in Indianapolis this week for their first face-to-face negotiations since August. It comes not a moment too soon, either, for the clock is already ticking; the Ravens must either work out a new..." February 19

CSN Baltimore "Joe Flacco swears he'll never get used to the attention that comes with being a star, but he is taking full advantage of this celebrity thing since winning Super Bowl XLVII. The MVP of the Ravens’ 34-31 win vs. the San Francisco 49ers two weeks ago, Flacco recently took in Tommy Hilfiger’s..." February 12

Akron Beacon Journal "In his Monday Morning Quarterback column, Sports Illustrated’s Peter King explores whether the Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens would actually give the Browns and other quarterback-hungry teams a chance to steal Joe Flacco. It seems unlikely the Ravens would let Flacco walk. But King..." February 11

CSN Baltimore "No one in Baltimore is seriously entertaining the notion that Joe Flacco won’t be back as the Ravens quarterback, even though he and the club have yet to work out a new contract. However, Mike Florio at Pro Football Talk has floated a scenario under which the Ravens would be practically forced to..." February 11

Arrowhead Pride "I would be completely and utterly stunned if the Baltimore Ravens allowed Joe Flacco to leave but there's the slim possibility that it could happen. Flacco is set to be a free agent but the Ravens, if they can't work out a longterm deal with him, will place the franchise tag on him. There are..." February 11

Baltimore Beat Down "NFL analyst Ron Jaworski looked at Baltimore Ravens QB Joe Flacco in this ESPN Insider article, and while he liked what he saw in the regular season, noted that he would have to continue his progress at getting it done in the playoffs in order to receive his just due. Little did Jaworski know..." February 11

Baltimore Sun "Contract negotiations between the Ravens and quarterback Joe Flacco have yet to resume, but the elite asking price the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player hopes to command is becoming clear. Now that Flacco has led the Ravens to a victory over the San Francisco 49ers with three touchdown passes in..." February 07

CBSSports.com "On the final play of Super Bowl XLVII, Ted Ginn had an opportunity to return a free kick (following an intentional safety by the Ravens) to give the 49ers a walk-off win. But he was tackled by the Ravens, and Baltimore won. In the event that Ginn did break a long return, though, Joe Flacco was..." February 07

Boston Herald "Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco grabbed what he long desired. The Vince Lombardi Trophy solidified his stance in the game and generated the last bit of bargaining power he’d need before storming through the doors of team owner Steve Bisciotti’s office. Yet, it’s what Flacco does from..." February 05

Bergen Record "Jets coach Rex Ryan has admired Joe Flacco’s game since the Ravens’ Super Bowl-winning quarterback was a rookie in 2008, when Ryan was Baltimore’s defensive coordinator. And since coming to the Jets, Ryan has pushed for the team to sign several ex-Ravens, such as LB Bart Scott, S Jim Leonhard..." February 05

Daily Norseman "The above was a quote from HC Leslie Frazier when the Vikings drafted Christian Ponder in the first round of the 2011 draft. This was also a quote that bothered a lot of people- myself included. I mean, when he said it, basically I thought "so... we either have Matt Ryan, or we have our huge first..." February 04

Los Angeles Times "Beyonce kept her top on during the halftime show but Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco's excitement over winning the Super Bowl included dropping some swear words on national TV. At the end of a long game that included a power outage that stopped play for about 30 minutes, a happy Flacco..." February 04

Baltimore Beat Down "From diamond-studded championship rings to victory parades, the Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens will celebrate in style this week as they enjoy wearing the world champion crown. And now, thanks to their quarterback and Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco they will also enjoy some rare Crown Royal,..." February 04

Houston Chronicle "After the Ravens lost to the Texans 43-13 on Oct. 21 at Reliant Stadium, Baltimore fans and media blasted quarterback Joe Flacco and ripped the team for considering giving him a multiyear contract. After he threw three touchdown passes to lead the Ravens to a 34-31 victory over San Francisco in..." February 04

San Francisco Chronicle "Joe Flacco was walking around in a daze after Sunday's game, just minutes after calmly and matter-of-factly leading the Baltimore Ravens to a 34-31 win in the Super Bowl. And why wouldn't he be a little glassy-eyed, after being booed by home fans in a rather mediocre regular season, only to be..." February 04

Chicago Tribune "Midway through the third quarter of Sunday night's Super Bowl XLVII, a Superdome spokesman issued a statement to explain what happened during the surreal 34-minute delay when the lights went out. "Power has been restored,'' Eric Eagan said. "We sincerely apologize for the incident.'' Forgive..." February 04

CSN Baltimore "The questions about whether Joe Flacco is an elite quarterback have followed him like a relentless pass rusher for years. Players and coaches have repeatedly defended him in public and in private against criticism they fail to understand. Flacco might have silenced his final critics here on..." February 04

NFL.com "Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Joe Flacco was out to prove something. Not on Sunday when the quarterback put up a Super Bowl MVP-caliber performance in a 34-31 win over the San Francisco 49ers, but since before he entered the NFL. In 2008, Harbaugh sat down with Flacco, who was then..." February 04

Baltimore Beat Down "The Super Bowl has become the standard for defining quarterback play for many in the realm of sports commentary. To those analysts, the play of a QB is not defined by how many yards he produces or how many points he piles up, it is defined by how many championships he has won. Somehow the..." February 03

Buffalo News "Neither quarterback in Super Bowl XLVII was considered good enough to make the Pro Bowl. Because of injuries, the NFC went six quarterbacks deep in filling out its Pro Bowl roster, while the AFC needed four. ¶ Neither Baltimore Ravens veteran Joe Flacco nor San Francisco 49ers phenom Colin..." February 03

Miami Herald "With his muscles and speed and tattoos, Colin Kaepernick has plenty of sizzle to go with his steak. Joe Flacco, meanwhile, has about all the personality of bread pudding. That's not a slight. He admits it. "I don't know if I would say I'm dull, but I'm probably close to it," the Ravens'..." February 03

Detroit Free Press "The first Super Bowl I covered was in 1985. It featured two quarterbacks who, at the time, were considered stars of the future. Joe Montana was one. Dan Marino was the other. Montana, who eventually would win four Super Bowls, threw one of the softest balls around. Marino, even at that young age,..." February 03

Atlanta Journal-Constitution "In the ongoing debate about who qualifies as an elite NFL quarterback, the words "Super Bowl" come up far too often. If ranking quarterbacks was based merely on a Super Bowl ring, Trent Dilfer would be the standard others strive to reach and Dan Marino would be the punch line they look to..." February 03

Seattle Times "When Baltimore Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome walks through the locker room past Joe Flacco, other players start up a chant: "Pay the man, pay the man." The Ravens' owner, Steve Bisciotti, made clear Thursday he intends to do just that. Bisciotti said that the two sides were "real..." February 01

Oakland Tribune "Playing a Baltimore Ravens team that has the look of a team of destiny is enough to concern the 49ers. But facing a quarterback in the midst of one of the best postseasons ever can't be overlooked. The Ravens worked hard to get Joe Flacco signed to an extension before this season. Ultimately,..." January 31