After winning Super Bowl XLVII, being named Super Bowl MVP, and throwing 11 touchdowns to zero interceptions during the playoff run to get there, Ravens’ quarterback Joe Flacco was paid. Oh boy, was he paid.
At the time, it seemed to be the right thing to do. After leading the team to the playoffs every year of his career, eventually culminating in one of the best playoff performances by a QB of all time on the way to winning a Super Bowl, Joe Flacco deserved big bucks.
The Ravens were in a constant struggle to find a quarterback before drafting Flacco out of Delaware in 2008.