Joe Flacco’s 2012 postseason is quite possibly the best postseason run in history. 9.0 yards per attempt, 11 TDs, 0 INTs. The Ravens knocked off the 1 and 2 seeds on their way to a Super Bowl victory over the 49ers. For all the crap Flacco gets about being ‘elite’, the 2012 postseason run was as elite as it gets. But Flacco’s contribution to the modern NFL was not just a sterling postseason run. Rather, it was what came afterwards.
Every QB that has gotten a contract since the 2012 postseason owes Joe Flacco a debt of gratitude.