Joe Flacco Benefiting From Backup, And Tutor, Matt Schaub

Backup quarterback Matt Schaub not only played in the West Coast system, but he excelled in it.

For the past four years, the quarterback room at the Ravens’ practice facility was populated by Joe Flacco, the starter; Tyrod Taylor, Flacco’s backup; and rookies such as Keith Wenning.

In other words, it was Flacco and younger guys with less experience.

That won’t be the case in 2015.

After Taylor became a free agent and signed with the Buffalo Bills in March, the Ravens filled the No. 2 job with Matt Schaub, a veteran who has thrown for more than 24,000 yards in the NFL since 2004.

Flacco, 30, is obviously still the starter, a franchise cornerstone and the dominant figure in the quarterback room,…