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Will Joe Flacco Get Paid As A Top-Five Quarterback? Sep 14th 2012, 19:35 By Joel Corry, National Football Post When Joe Linta declared during the offseason that his client, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco, was a top-five quarterback who should be paid accordingly in his new contract, his claim raised eyebrows and was largely dismissed as agent posturing. Currently, the salary range for top-five quarterbacks is $16 million-$20 million per year (by average yearly salary) where $48 million-$61 million of compensation is in the first three years of the deal with $41.7 million-$60.5 million guaranteed (includes Matthew Stafford and Sam Bradford's rookie contracts). Although Flacco—who makes $6.76 million this season in the final year of his five-year rookie contract—hasn't made much of a case during his four NFL seasons to be mentioned in the same breath as Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Drew Brees and the Manning brothers, his new contract could approach the lower end of such salary levels. Read More... More on NFL

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