The Denver Broncos landed quarterback Joe Flacco in a trade with the Baltimore Ravens on Wednesday, sending a fourth-round draft pick to the Ravens in exchange for his services.
While Flacco only played in nine games this past season as a result of suffering a hip injury and then losing his job to rookie signal-caller Lamar Jackson, he still made some great throws.
Here is a video of them:
He's the new QB of the @Broncos 👀
Joe Flacco's best throws from the 2018 season! pic.twitter.com/sih1wNpCo9
— NFL (@NFL) February 13, 2019
Flacco threw for 2,465 yards, 12 touchdowns, and six interceptions while completing 61.2 percent of his passes and registering a passer rating of 84.2 before being supplanted by Jackson.
The 34-year-old, who played his collegiate football at the University of Delaware, was originally selected by Baltimore in the first round (18th pick overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft.
He was immediately named the Ravens' starting quarterback, playing in all 16 games in 2008 while throwing for 2,971 yards, 14 touchdowns, and 12 picks while completing 60 percent of his passes and posting a passer rating of 80.3.
The highlight of Flacco's 11-year tenure in Baltimore came during the 2012-13 campaign, when he led the Ravens to a Super Bowl title in a legendary playoff run in which he threw 11 touchdowns passes without an interception.
However, the past few years, Flacco has clearly been in decline, throwing 20 touchdown passes just once over the last four seasons.
Since Peyton Manning retired at the conclusion of the 2015-16 campaign, the Broncos have shuffled through quarterbacks such as Trevor Siemian, Paxton Lynch, Mark Sanchez and, most recently Case Keenum.
Denver won just six games this past season, marking the first time it had posted back-to-back losing campaigns since 1972.
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