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Denver Broncos: 5 reasons the Joe Flacco trade might not suck

By Sayre Bedinger

CHARLOTTE, NC - OCTOBER 28: Joe Flacco #5 of the Baltimore Ravens warms up prior to their game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on October 28, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC - OCTOBER 28: Joe Flacco #5 of the Baltimore Ravens warms up prior to their game against the Carolina Panthers at Bank of America Stadium on October 28, 2018 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /
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BALTIMORE, MD – SEPTEMBER 23: Joe Flacco #5 of the Baltimore Ravens celebrates after a touchdown run by Javorius Allen in the third quarter of the game against the Denver Broncos at M&T Bank Stadium on September 23, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. The Ravens won 27-14. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

4. The contract is easy to get out of

One of the main reasons this trade doesn’t suck? The Broncos can get out of Flacco’s contract at any point in time with no dead money.

That isn’t often the case, if ever.

Very rarely can you acquire a quarterback in the NFL for the price of a day three draft pick with a Super Bowl MVP on their résumé and not a penny of dead money in case things don’t work out.

If you can, you’re usually not getting those guys with three years left on their contract.

Flacco has three years left on his deal, and would cost roughly the price of an average to above average quarterback in today’s NFL. If things work out, that’s a price the Broncos would happily pay.

If it’s clear the team needs to move on after the 2019 season, they can do so having taken a similar approach to that of the Cleveland Browns last year, who traded a very high third-round pick for Tyrod Taylor, who was only part of a couple of games this season before they put Baker Mayfield in.

The Broncos will pay Flacco as this thing goes, and won’t owe him any money down the road if things don’t go well and they want to move on.

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