Was Joe Flacco a ‘steal’ for the Denver Broncos?
Despite many people thinking the Denver Broncos made a mistake trading for Joe Flacco, did they actually get a ‘steal’? Some NFL coaches think so.
Was acquiring Joe Flacco one of the best moves the Denver Broncos made in the 2019 offseason?
Time will tell, which is why the move to acquire Flacco for a fourth-round pick was unranked in our final top seven moves of the offseason, at least before we’re given the benefit of hindsight.
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Broncos’ move to acquire Flacco is spoke highly of in NFL circles and he said multiple NFL coaches told him they thought Denver’s trade for the former Super Bowl MVP was a ‘steal’.
A tip of the cap goes to Jon Heath over at Broncos Wire for pointing this story out, but Schefter called the Broncos’ move to acquire Flacco his ‘favorite’ move of the offseason for any NFL team.
Schefter goes on to talk about how the Broncos strengthened their quarterback position not only by trading for Flacco but by trading up and using a second-round draft choice on Drew Lock. He feels like the Broncos accomplished their goal of improving the QB position this offseason, and it’s impossible to argue there.
This is certainly a coin flip for the Broncos. Even in my most optimistic dreams for this season, I don’t know that Flacco is going to eclipse 25? 28 touchdowns?
The Broncos haven’t had that kind of production from the QB position since the 2014 season when Peyton Manning was still playing at (mostly) an MVP level, at least for part of the year.
Flacco, ironically, hasn’t produced like that sine 2014 either, when he was coached up by Gary Kubiak.
The Broncos seem to feel that, even though it’s four years later, they can resurrect Flacco’s peak productivity by putting him in an offense that will feature similar concepts to the one Kubiak runs or ran in Baltimore.
We know Flacco is not a very good QB under pressure, and historically he hasn’t been great on the run. This means the Broncos are going to need Flacco to win from the pocket and keep things on schedule, because if Flacco is thrown off schedule, it might not go so well.
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Schefter makes some good points in the video and it’s surprising he chose Denver’s move over literally any other move any team made this offseason, but there must be enough people outside of the Broncos’ organization who liked this move for him to go public with this kind of bold opinion.