A Joe Flacco Pay Cut Could Help

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Potential Win-Win For The QB & The Ravens

Following the 2011 season the Ravens tried to sign Joe Flacco to a long-term deal. The two sides were close. There was give and take. But as it so often happens during the negotiation process, each side thought they had conceded too much. Both drew their proverbial lines in the sand.

Negotiations bogged down and they eventually broke down over what Flacco’s agent Joe Linta would later describe as $1 million of non-guaranteed money, six years down the road.

So Flacco bet on himself. He rolled the dice and he won in a big way. He won the Super Bowl, the Super Bowl MVP and a then record $120.6M contract. The contract was far greater than…