The former Super Bowl MVP had a brief conversation with the Ravens about a potential return.
This offseason, the Baltimore Ravens went looking for a backup quarterback for Lamar Jackson. And prior to the team signing Cooper Rush, they called a familiar franchise hero about a potential reunion.
The Baltimore Sun’s Mike Preston reports the Ravens called Joe Flacco.
“They did kind of reach out to [my agent] Joe [Linta], gauging my interest for something like that to happen,” Flacco said. “My agent called me up and was like, ‘What do you want me to tell them?’ I’m like, ‘Well, listen, I’m interested. I don’t know what’s going to happen. It’s not like choice No. 1, I don’t know what’s going to happen here with me if I’m going to get an opportunity to do something a little bit more, but I wasn’t against it.’ I think I would’ve been excited about it in a little bit of a way.”
In the end, the Ravens signed Rush and Flacco returned to the AFC North with the Cleveland Browns on a one-year, $4 million deal.
The return would’ve been a sweet, final chapter for the Ravens. But Flacco still has belief in himself to lead a team as their starting quarterback to his second championship. In 2023, Flacco finished with a 4-1 record as a starter for the Browns.