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Joe Flacco ‘Not Worried About’ Grooming Drew Lock, Like He Wasn’t Worried About Lamar Jackson

Almost every team in the AFC North last year added a quarterback that they had a first-round grade on during the 2018 NFL Draft. Two of those teams had incumbent starters, and neither of them really talked about how eager they were to mentor their new proteges.

One of them threw for over 5000 yards. The other was Joe Flacco. And after Lamar Jackson took his job, the Baltimore Ravens shipped him off to the Denver Broncos, who subsequently selected quarterback Drew Lock in the second round of the 2019 NFL Draft.