Yesterday, quarterback Joe Flacco got some serious love from the NFL Network when it ranked his 2012 playoff run as the best postseason performance of all-time. Today, his contract is getting serious criticism from Pro Football Focus (PFF).
The statistical website kicked off a series that ranks the best and worst contracts at each position, starting with the most overpaid quarterbacks. In PFF’s estimation, the three-year contract extension Flacco signed in March makes him the second-most overpaid quarterback in the league behind Giants quarterback Eli Manning.
“Joe Flacco is another Super Bowl-winning quarterback who is getting paid more-so because he won a ring, rather than for how well he’s expected to perform going forward,” wrote PFF’s Nathan Jahnke.