John Elway and the Broncos made headlines Wednesday when Denver agreed to acquire Joe Flacco from the Baltimore Ravens via trade.
The Broncos general manager has yet to find a suitable replacement at quarterback since Peyton Manning called it quits. And for whatever reason, Elway seems to think Flacco is the answer. While Flacco does have a Super Bowl ring on his résumé, the quarterback’s play has dipped over the years, and he went 4-5 in nine games with Baltimore last year before the club named Lamar Jackson the starter.
The move sparked a lot of comments — more negative than positive — from a lot of unhappy NFL fans who took to Twitter to roast the GM for the move.
Joe Flacco to the Broncos.
The NFL is playing on Xbox One and John Elway went out and got a Nintendo.
— Adam Rank (@adamrank) February 13, 2019
Wow, the Broncos have traded for quarterback Joe Flacco. That’s like buying a tire with a slow leak in it, man. Get your air compressor ready
— Football Reels 📽 (@TheFBReels) February 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/3testes/status/1095729007679672320
Joe Flacco is a good guy and good quarterback who had one great month that made him a #Ravens legend. But, it’s hard to look at this today and say the #Broncos are all set at qb.
— Mike Greenberg (@Espngreeny) February 13, 2019
https://twitter.com/FarmerBarn/status/1095824577953972227
gotta respect john elway’s efforts to make sure he gets a bad qb with a name every year, ensuring he will go to his grave as the franchise’s best qb ever
— Harry Lyles Jr. (@harrylylesjr) February 13, 2019
True story: John Elway has now picked both Brock Osweiler AND Joe Flacco over Nick Foles.
— Zack Rosenblatt (@ZackBlatt) February 13, 2019
