The Rise, Fall and Resurgence of Joe Flacco

In football, there is the constant question of whether or not a player is elite. Are they truly good or a product of what is around them and there may not be a single player who has represented that debate more than Joe Flacco. It’s the old age question from his time playing for the Ravens. Is Joe Flacco elite? It didn’t help that he was stuck in the same era as Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. Yet, in one postseason, not one did Joe Flacco have arguably have the greatest run in playoff history, but he knocked off Brady and Manning before winning Super Bowl MVP after beating a dominant 49ers defense. Flacco was clutch and was no doubt elite during that one month in 2013, but was he an elite quarterback? He earned a big contract after that ring and there were high hopes for his future in the league. Instead, he slowly sunk into irrelevancy. Flacco became a backup and was mostly forgotten about, but not completely. At age 38 after being a free agent, Flacco got off his couch and led the Browns to the playoffs. He wasn’t supposed to be good after years on the bench not playing, but he was. He was still that same guy that wasn’t a highly sought after high school recruit, who had to transfer to get play time and eventually shocked everyone when he won he won a ring in Baltimore. You’ve never been able to count out Joe Flacco and whether or not he’s elite, his legacy will live forever.
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[@oliverdash5281]

Best browns QB in 50 years

[@kingjt6164]

best since 1954

[@Lordfarquaads]

Lmao you a clown 🤡 Baker Mayfield is!!!

[@user-ty2hs8ez2k]

Since Otto Graham

[@tleoipl37]

Baker won a playoff game 😂

[@MrRictusgrin]

Otto Graham was the greatest QB in all of American football history. Just not NFL history.

[@BakedSports]

Bringing tears to a ravens fan love Joe

[@stitchthepoet6392]

ravens fan here…hate joe

[@Deezenutz27]

​@@stitchthepoet6392He hates you too

[@kronos8221]

You must be a young bandwagoner. ​@@stitchthepoet6392

[@male272]

Joe represents the supreme confidence of already being Great and wanting to provide that to others on his team. This is the 'zoned calm' that you would want in any battlefield commander, Team Leader, hunt co-ordinator, campaign Director...He's done it for himself, and now it's about those around him.

[@formalguy01]

*4 Days ago*: He might not be done, just yet. *Today*: He's done. I'm a Raven's fan, that Browns game hurt to watch during the second half, but he brought life to that team, and enjoyed every second of watching him be elite again.

[@YOSSARIAN313]

I bet joe flacco would be a really good coach

[@dannywoo3535]

I would want joe flacco as a coach for the jets

[@hhtptai]

Dare I say it, he deserves CPOY for this run.

[@Deviouscat1789]

He does I hate how damar Hamlin is prob gonna gonna win it he doesn’t deserve it

[@brandon.11.2]

@@Deviouscat1789idk why people actually think the league gonna give the guy that had 1 tackle all year an award it wont happen

[@Deviouscat1789]

@@brandon.11.2 cause the nfl is shit

[@YOSSARIAN313]

@@brandon.11.2 its an award based on feelings and story not stats. It is not an objective award and was never intended to be.

[@dylansinyamom]

Cpoy is reserved for a player who was injured the previous season Joe does not deserve to win CPOY

[@TheHamburglarHelpster]

Flacco on the Browns reminds me of Kurt Warner on the Cardinals

[@ThesharkStrangler]

This was the man that made me love football

[@jamaalsjourney]

Stop lying

[@ThesharkStrangler]

@@jamaalsjourney I’m a ravens fan who started watching football in 2008. And as expected for a 5 year old, the quarterback was the player I gravitated towards

[@llama_god4880]

He’s the new man in Cleveland, screw Deshaun Watson.

[@starkill3r966]

As a browns fan, all I can say is Joe Flacco has been our savior this season and gives me serious hope of a run at SB, along with Myles Garrett and our defense, he’s been the biggest factor for our success

[@Mclovin69420]

That serious hope dwindled faster that it arrived

[@Pandaboybk]

Really enjoy getting to click on a longer form video from y'all!

[@Risubang]

Glad y’all are uploading again

[@NotAnInsider]

Really great video! I'm rooting for Flacco and the Browns to complete the Super Bowl run and make everyone admit Flacco is ELITE!

[@kingjoel5723]

Bout damn time; welcome back

[@eliavim3169]

Welcome back J&D

[@Austicus100]

As a ravens fan , I'm loving to see him get some love outside of Baltimore, Might not have been the greatest quarterback ever but people always have slept on January Joe

[@bobjohnson-hz6pi]

This was excellent.

[@EnzoBabboni]

Welcome back guys, we missed you ❤

[@JSalonsky]

Phenomenal video

[@user-br3ph7pl5e]

I’m a ravens fan and after Joe Flacco last game, I was able to meet him!

[@12thMandalorian]

Not even a hot take, Joe Flacco is one of the top 6 Quarterbacks of ALL TIME

[@dirtymike3329]

LOL

[@jiby911]

I'm a texans fan, and a huge joe flacco fan. Needless to say I'm torn this weekend, but I'm definitely rooting for flacco and the browns to win it all if they beat the texans!

[@EJD339]

There are so many good stories coming into the playoffs. I just hope that translates to good games

[@tromboneman4517]

It won’t. I can guarantee you that.

[@zonloe3268]

He’s the new franchise qb for browns. He’s got another 10 years in him!

[@ryanchaney94]

How about now?

[@XMLiamMX]

The career of Joe Flacco needs to be studied 😂

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Things you didn't expect to say for 500 What is, there is a possibility Joe Flacco threads the needle and gets the Browns to their first Super Bowl?

[@langstonbell7072]

Brock Purdy catching strays in the intro🤣

[@jackcarraway4707]

There is nothing more terrifying than Flacco's deep ball in January and February.

[@dezz695]

I think taking a break from the game helped him. Being able to see things from an outside perspective and reflecting on the past can reignite that desire to play and win.

[@michaelhinton2738]

Im from newark delaware hes still a legend i work at U of D campus

[@NicholasMueller-oh6bb]

Flacco taking the Browns to the playoffs only to lose to Houston has got to be the greatest inside job in history. Congrats Ravens! Truly an elite QB.

[@mullaneymike79]

Baltimore legend

[@supersaturn956]

As a Ravens fan, the original Joe Cool is repping Ohio straight from the Land!

[@richborn6700]

My Vikings should have picked him up instead of Josh Dobbs. KOC tailored his offense to Cousins and wanted all the backups to do what Kirk did. Flacco is an aged professional who could have put that playbook to use and with weapons like JJ, Addison, and Hockenson. We might not have fallen on our face right at the end of the season. But go Cleveland y'all deserve something good

[@hudsonplays]

And thats over....

[@YoSweet]

It would be nice if the Ravens if they let him come back for a game and retire a Raven. Both of my colleges had starting QBs in the NFL this year WVU with Geno Smith and University of Delaware with Joe Flacco. I was actually in a class with Geno Smith, Tavon Austin, and Steadman Bailey when I went to WVU. Although he is not from Delaware it is still cool he played for UD.

[@stevebarcia5945]

Have to amend the video to rise, fall, resurgence, then fall again lol

[@Corwin1141]

I'm really pulling for him and the Browns.

[@mcray0309]

Imma say it, joe flacco was a star. Lets not act like he wasnt a solid player for forever

[@SASPAT31]

This aged well

[@jeremyvanb821]

You don’t see these QB resurgences very often. Usually when the magic drops off it keeps dropping. Joe has somehow found some magic. Now obviously he’s helped out by a really solid defense but he’s done incredibly well for what he’s been asked to do. I don’t think he’s a long term solution given his age but what a way to end a career if he and the Browns could pull off a superbowl appearance.

[@mwangimathew919]

Are we getting a Michigan vid?

[@_snth6710]

well this aged well 😭

[@SnuggieMaple]

W

[@CanuckPayne]

...and fall again.

[@alexg9601]

This aged like milk 🥛

[@1906ediediedi]

The rise of Joe flacco shows how the media has so much influence over everyday America. They hyped this man up like he was the next coming of Joe Montana and he only beat one playoff team in this rapid rise. That was the Texans without CJ Stroud and when they played them in the playoffs and the Texans were at full strength Joe showed who he was. Just look at his stats, yes he put up a lot of gaudy numbers but he also threw eight interceptions in five games. That came back to bite them in the playoffs when he threw two more interceptions both of which were returned for touchdowns.

[@davidtran2026]

The other Joe Cool from the AFC North.

[@cinnabronjames1407]

Its odd watching the outro after their playoffs

[@user-nl5vj9jv1h]

I miss him. He was such a good player for the Browns. Then our $240 million QB didn’t want him.

[@anxiousx]

Joe Fuckko is HIM

[@tredaytheplaymaker1579]

Crazy How Joe Flacco Never Made Any Pro Bowls

[@OwensEpicz]

after the texans game it ain no resurgence 😭🙏

[@carterp6033]

Daddy Flacco is ELITE

[@chinortega3]

Craziest tging about this video is learning that mark sanchez beat brady and peyton lol

[@Akudama_]

Joe Cool.

[@centertonarkansastyrantpatrol]

Im a broncos fan im band wagoning the browns right now 😂 theres a few teams i dont mind seeing in the superbowl. The dolpins are another i wouldnt mind seeing.

[@CeeMoono]

The end.

[@MDeezy42069]

Not only did he beat a dominate 49ers defense, he beat Colin Kaepernick.

[@zazaman_]

woah matt ryan greatest atlanta qb of all time?

[@samuelgould4274]

easily

[@order3457]

flacco secretly the GOAT? watch him go on a 3 peat

[@ZGh0st1422]

This video jinxed him

[@markchan2413]

3:12 power 4 + the pac-12

[@TheCountofToulouse]

How hilarious would it be if he takes down his old team in the playoffs?

[@biggestwanderer8827]

Can anyone name an offensive player other than him during his entire time in Baltimore?

[@underbot9011]

what was it with bro throwing 12 interceptions 😭🙏

[@TransNFLGirl]

And just like Dechaun's trials, this became a mess.

[@brwnohno]

And fall again

[@brad8749]

Could you imagine watching your back up in college go on to win a super bowl and your career goes nowhere

[@Smokebox_345]

It’s so weird cause when you showed his stats the season Lamar came in , if he would’ve stayed healthy it could’ve easily been a career year

[@KermitTFYT]

Make a video on Dennis Allen and how he’s destroyed the New Orleans Saints and how Delusional Mickey Loomis is being totally okay with missing the playoffs and being mediocre.

[@adamshv8141]

you didnt even talk about dtr tourching the steelers ?

[@jinavl]

go celtucs..they are a championship team.. rn

[@Slagando]

The guy just had to get in his 12 interceptions.

[@tonybellick7841]

2 pick 6’s

[@cruzrichard6881]

you forgot another couple of words to add to the thumbnail…GETTING DESTROYED BY THE HOUSTON TEXANS AND HAVING TO RETIRE

[@chris8266]

Hopefully he can be their nick foles

[@Das_Vert]

And fall again…

[@OldSoulNewWorld]

Matt Ryan was not a first overall pick

[@TheMakumakumaku]

Joe Cool may not be elite, but he will always be a Raven.

[@katieedsallreamy4756]

Wacko Flacco 😊

[@anthropomorphicOrange]

Apparently, he fell, again.

[@xycomm5604]

Spoiler alert. Joe Flacco is Indeed NOT an elite quarterback.

[@tuba1379]

This didn’t age well

[@michaelhinton2738]

Flacco Hof?

[@blexusxeno25]

Nah for now...

[@samuelgould4274]

never lol

[@jonrice6855]

Ok dude I know your not a local browns fan but honestly the Browns never trail in the game so what comeback are talking about🤷

[@jonrice6855]

In bears game I mean

[@treevore5080]

whos here after the browns got butt fucked in thee wild card

[@whoozyyy]

Congrats, by making this video, you just made the Browns lose. You should have waited until after the Super Bowl to Atleast see how the post season pans out.

[@poseyjames4365]

Uh-oh...Joe fell down again. Houston Texans crushed old Joe Flacco and sent him back to his couch.

[@lethalinjection2031]

Flacco hasn’t even been that good💀

[@debow1844]

Have you watched the browns

[@primeup6955]

I was looking for a hater in the crowd and found 1.. you're obviously a casual fan who doesn't watch games.

[@lethalinjection2031]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@primeup6955that’s like the worst comment you could’ve made, a casual who doesn’t watch the games would be you, Flacco’s one of the worst this year literally Baker Mayfield has outplayed Flacco by a good amount, Flacco’s been making bad reads, and crumbles when under pressure, the thing is he has the second best Oline in the league so he has all day to make a play, all of this you would’ve known if you watched the Browns games, Joe Flacco is not elite he has been one of the worst qbs this year that’s all I said which is only facts and the hype around him being elite is only from the media and from casuals the real hype around him is because he’s like 38 and playing at a low end starter level again which is pretty cool. So you might wanna check yourself before trying to prove me wrong🤡

[@Deezenutz27]

You're not that good either

[@Tlche_]

So mad he went to colts

[@MrReece9]

Be sure to give him some love after he throws 3 picks this upcoming weekend. Go Texans!

[@legendaryj2824]

I can see him throwing 4 tuddys and 3 picks realistically

[@katieedsallreamy4756]

@@legendaryj2824 ( knock on wood) but Flacco has never lost a wildcard game.

[@MrReece9]

@@legendaryj2824 1 TD and a 2 pick 6's. Now that's more like Joe.

[@johnjones8655]

and then fall again...