ESPN’s Bill Barnwell rates Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco highly on his list of the NFL’s 50 most fascinating people in 2018. Ranking the former Super Bowl MVP at number five on the list in the “now-or-nevers” category, Barnwell seems especially intrigued by the idea of Flacco being motivated by the presence of Lamar Jackson:
“Since 1970, 318 quarterbacks have thrown 500 or more passes in a season. Of those quarterbacks, just three have posted a worse yards per attempt index (Y/A+) than Flacco did last season, when the Super Bowl XLVII MVP averaged 5.