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Joe Flacco ruled out versus Browns with neck injury

Denver Broncos Head Coach Vic Fangio dropped a bombshell on Monday noting that quarterback Joe Flacco would not play in Week 9 against the Cleveland Browns. Fangio said, “He’s got a neck or disk issue and he definitely will not play this week and we’ll evaluate after.”

While the team insists this is due to an injury, it is curious that he was so quickly ruled out on a Monday so soon after Flacco essentially threw Offensive Coordinator Rich Scangarello under the bus after the game on Sunday.

We can only speculate on that part, but the Broncos have already decided Flacco’s neck issue is severe enough to sit him next week and start Brandon Allen in his place.