Joe Flacco Expected to Miss 4-6 Weeks With Neck Injury
The Denver Broncos' season has been a complete wash. Sitting at 2-6, their playoff hopes are all but gone, and now the injury bug is doing them no favors.
Quarterback Joe Flacco is expected to miss 4-6 weeks with a neck injury.
This has to be somewhat disheartening for Broncos fans, despite the fact that Flacco is unlikely to need surgery.
Flacco is a solid quarterback, but he's never been a game-changer despite some consideration of his 'elite' status back in Baltimore. Many wondered why John Elway even traded for him in the first place, seemingly putting a bandaid on a gaping wound.
In fact, Elway's history of drafting and developing mediocre quarterbacks has done the Broncos no favors.
So maybe the problem with Denver isn't their players, but the one putting the team together. Elway is an all-time great QB who delivered two of the Broncos' three Super Bowl victories.
Yet, being a great player doesn't always translate to front office success, and Elway's decision to bring in a now-injured Flacco will likely go down as a loss in the personnel department.