Flacco joins Ravens' flock

 
Thwarted in their bid to trade up and draft Boston College's Matt Ryan , the Ravens worked a pair of deals to get the second-best quarterback on their board: Joe Flacco . [link]

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1st Round, Eighteenth Overall: Ravens Select Joe Flacco [Continuing The Wonderful Ravens QB Tradition]

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