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Joe Flacco - Expected to rebound

3/28/18

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Baltimore Ravens

Joe Flacco

Harbaugh's expectation seems overly optimistic, as it isn't entirely clear that the team's new wideout duo of Michael Crabtree and John Brown will be an upgrade over the 2017 combination of Mike Wallace and Jeremy Maclin. The Ravens will likely add more talent at wideout and tight end before Week 1, having already shown interest in restricted free agents Willie Snead and Cameron Meredith. Flacco started all 16 games last year, but it did seem that a back injury from the summer impacted him early in the campaign. He sat out all of training camp and the preseason, and then threw for less than 250 yards each of his first eight games. Flacco did improve toward the end of the season, accounting for 10 touchdowns over the final five weeks while averaging 253.2 passing yards. A normal, healthy offseason would help him build trust with Crabtree and Brown, as well as any other receivers the Ravens might acquire before training camp.