I’ll be the first to admit I was aghast when news broke that John Elway traded for Joe Flacco Wednesday.
After all, he’s the guy who denied quite possibly the best Peyton Manning Broncos team a Super Bowl when Rahim Moore blew it made a critical error that would have preserved a 35-28 victory. What’s more, he’s the guy that has been a poster boy for QB WINZ and the bloated franchise quarterback contracts that have become the norm in recent years.
Once I dug into the details on the contract (it isn’t as bad as the $66 million number looks, as none of it is guaranteed) it wasn’t so bad.