Joe Flacco will join the Colts on a one-year contract worth $4.5 million, according to sources.
Joe Flacco is headed to the Indianapolis Colts after helping the Cleveland Browns reach the playoffs and winning the AP Comeback Player of the Year award.
The former Ravens defensive end and the Colts have agreed to a one-year deal with $4.5 million guaranteed, a person familiar with the terms told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal has not yet been finalized. Flacco’s contract is worth up to $8.7 million with incentives. Flacco, Baltimore’s Super Bowl MVP, was at home in New Jersey with his family when he got the call from Cleveland in November.
He went 4-1 in five starts, passing for over 300 yards and 13 touchdowns in four consecutive games. He wanted to remain in Cleveland to back up Deshaun Watson, but the Browns did not make him an offer, agent Joe Linta told The Associated Press.
Instead, the Browns brought in Jameis Winston as Watson’s backup. Flacco turned down an offer from the Philadelphia Eagles to join the Colts.
The Saints also have expressed interest in the veteran QB. He ended up coaching Anthony Richardson in Indianapolis, which made it possible for veteran backup Gardner Minshew to go to Las Vegas.
Richardson, the No. 4 overall pick in last year’s draft, went 2-2 with the Colts before suffering a shoulder injury late in the season. Indianapolis defeated Minshew 7-6.
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