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Report: Broncos trade for quarterback Joe Flacco

Wow. The Denver Broncos have agreed in principle to trade for Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco.

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According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Denver Broncos have agreed in principle to trade for Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco. This trade cannot be officially completed until March 13th and it is being reported the Broncos are sending a 4th round selection back in return for Flacco.

Wow, where do we begin? Joe Flacco is the Broncos new starting quarterback.

The Broncos clearly wanted to move on from the short lived Case Keenum tenure in Denver and will now move on to the orchestrator of the “Mile High Miracle”. Newly hired Head Coach Vic Fangio has some experience with Flacco and now will get “his guy” to be his starting quarterback for the Broncos in 2019.

The Broncos are expected to rework Flacco’s deal so how that plays out will change the outlook of this trade greatly in my opinion. It could give the Broncos multiple opt-outs or shorten his deal, or be a total pay cut in general. We don’t know, but we know it will be re-done in some sort of fashion.

Now, what do the Broncos do with 2018 starting quarterback Case Keenum? Trade him? Keep him to be the backup? or eat the dead money and release him? That is the next big question for the Broncos to answer moving forward

Next, is does this keep them in the quarterback market in the 2019 NFL Draft? I think so. However, it does give them some flexibility at the 10th overall pick. They can stay put and see if Lock falls to them or take the “BPA” at 10 and get a quarterback later in the draft.

A lot is happening at once right now, but one thing we do know, Joe Flacco is the Broncos new starting quarterback in 2019.

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