I didn't put it in the sports discussion? Wow fail lol.

Exactly it is right place at the right time. Contract situations in sports is pretty much based on what have you done lately.

Objectively speaking, no. He's not as good as the highest level of QB in the NFL. He's not at the same skill level as Brees, Rodgers, Brady, and a few others. Those guys are consistently excellent. Other QBs, like Eli Manning, aren't very consistent but they've shown flashes of brilliance that make them very dangerous and nearly unstoppable at times.

However, the NFL is subjective. If you have a particular QB on your team and your team wins big with that guy, then you need to keep him and you need to pay him. Flacco is often good but rarely brilliant. He's more inconsistent than you'd like but he now has a history of playing well when it counts. In the sense that the Ravens won the Super Bowl with Flacco under center, yes, he probably deserves "elite" money.

Right now, though, he still has things to prove as a player. One of the most memorable quotes I've ever heard was about the difference between a "good player having a great year" and a "great player having a good year"--to be considered great, you have to perform at a high level over a long period of time and Flacco really hasn't done that yet.

The only quarterbacks in the NFL that deserves a ridiculous amount of money is Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, , and maybe Aaron Rodgers.

I'm thinking maybe Eli too since he has won two superbowls but he makes a lot of mistakes as well. The three quarterbacks I mentioned above though has potential of getting you to the Superbowl every year though and regardless of what wide receivers and tight ends they have they dominate the field. Aaron Rodgers has yet to prove this but he has proved to be incredibly dangerous in the passing game who is also got great pocket presence and scrambling abilities.

Take Joe Flaccos receivers away and he wouldnt have won last night. Just throw it up high and they go after the ball. In his case the receivers are making him and not the other way around

Actually he was more then clutch in the playoffs this year 11 TD and no picks its one of the best playoff performances of all time.

This is truth. He doesn't deserve it, but he will most certainly get it. We're in a whole new era of the league where guys in the bottom of the top ten can lead great teams to super bowls.

Not a Ravens fan but usually wining a super bowl will get you a huge contract.

not that i'm biased or anything but flacco's entire paycheck should be forfeited to rogers. :P