Joe Flacco scored his fifth career road playoff win, which tied him with Eli Manning for most all-time, with his victory against Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos in the divisional round. He followed that up this past weekend by owning the record alone, with six, after getting revenge against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in Foxboro for the 2011 AFC Championship game. The knock against Flacco was that he was merely a tag-along asset riding the coat tails of the Ravens defense and Ray Rice’s running attack. This year’s playoff run and his performance in those two victories are not. Flacco pulled out the miracle victory against Denver last week due to a 70-yard touchdown pass as time winded down at the end of regulation that forced overtime. It wasn’t just that one pass. Flacco went into hostile territory and outplayed future first-ballot Hall of Famer in […]
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