Super Bowl-winning quarterback Joe Flacco of the Indianapolis Colts has inked a one-year contract worth $8.7 million with the team,
which confirms his compensation increase following his five-game performance with the Cleveland Browns last season.
Before the snap in an AFC wild-card playoff football game against the Houston Texans, Joe Flacco #15 of the Cleveland Browns sets up under centre at the line of scrimmage.
The Indianapolis Colts have signed 16-year NFL veteran quarterback Joe Flacco to a one-year contract worth $8.7 million (£6.5 million), which will bring in a sizable salary.
It follows his outstanding five-game showing with the Cleveland Browns the previous season, demonstrating his continued
His market was larger than anticipated when he led the Browns to the postseason, and before he signed with Indianapolis,
there were whispers he was being considered by the Philadelphia Eagles and the New Orleans Saints.
It’s interesting to note that just one day before Flacco signed a one-year, $4 million (£3 million) contract with the Browns, Jameis Winston, the Saints’ backup from the previous season, assumed Flacco’s role in Cleveland.
Flacco recently discussed the possibility of returning to the Browns with the ‘Pardon My Take’ podcast guests.
But after the team acquired Winston, there were whispers that they had not even extended a veteran’s contract to him.
