Throws three touchdowns

Flacco completed 25 of 34 passes for 236 yards and three touchdowns during Sunday's 47-3 win over Buffalo.

Analysis: Lamar Jackson might be the future in Baltimore, but Flacco looks like he's ready to push it off for a while. Baltimore has struggled with providing Flacco with quality receivers in recent seasons. On Sunday, Flacco connected with three new targets on scores. He has some tough matchups against the Bengals and Broncos coming up, but maybe a new collection of targets is just what Flacco needed to rekindle his career.

Not suiting up Saturday

Flacco isn't in uniform for Saturday's preseason game in Miami, freelance NFL writer Jeff Zrebiec reports.

Analysis: Flacco has fared well this preseason, completing 12 of 16 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns across four possessions. Entrenched as the starting quarterback for now, he may not be so lucky in the regular season if there are numerous bumps in the road. In particular, the Ravens traded up to select Lamar Jackson in the first round of this year's draft, a development that put the writing on the wall for the eventual end of the Flacco era in Baltimore.

Tosses another TD

Flacco completed seven of nine passes for 72 yards and one touchdown during Monday's preseason win at Indianapolis.

Analysis: Flacco continues to do his best to fend off rookie signal-caller Lamar Jackson, ending his third and final possession with a seven-yard connection with John Brown in the back of the end zone. The touchdown marked Flacco's second overall in four total series, and he's completed better than 70 percent of his passes in both exhibitions. Meanwhile, Jackson has cobbled together a 41.9 completion percentage and just 4.2 yards per carry across three appearances. Flacco is set to enter the season as…read more

Expects to play Thursday

Flacco expects to play in Thursday's preseason contest against the Rams, freelance NFL writer Jeff Zrebiec reports.

Analysis: Flacco isn't slated to play much throughout the preseason as the Ravens' clear-cut No. 1 QB, but he expects to be deployed for one or two drives against the Rams on Thursday. His likely limited participation in Thursday's tilt should allow for Robert Griffin, rookie Lamar Jackson and Josh Woodrum to split time leading the offense.

Won't play in HOF Game

Flacco won't play in Thursday's Hall of Fame Game against the Bears, Jeff Zrebiec of The Athletic Baltimore reports.

Analysis: Flacco has reportedly been excellent through the first two weeks of training camp, perhaps drawing motivation from his team's decision to draft Lamar Jackson at the end of the first round in April. A new group of wide receivers also seems to be helping, with Michael Crabtree, John Brown and Willie Snead replacing Mike Wallace, Jeremy Maclin and Michael Campanaro. While he may eventually find his job in danger, Flacco is locked in as the Week 1 starter and doesn't figure to get a ton of playing…read more

Looks faster at camp

Flacco has shown improved mobility during the opening days of training camp, Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com reports. "It looks like he's moving and grooving better than he has in several years," said Ravens offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg.

Analysis: While never much of a rushing threat, Flacco at least displayed passable athleticism for most of his career prior to suffering a torn ACL in November 2015. He wore a brace on his left knee the past two seasons, but the bigger issue in 2017 was a back injury that held him out for the entire preseason and seemed to bother him into the regular season. Flacco did average 253 passing yards and two TDs per game in December, finally looking healthy as the Ravens came up just short of a wild-card spot.…read more

Ravens head coach John Harbaugh said first-round selection Lamar Jackson will have "a chance to develop" while learning behind Flacco.

Analysis: Baltimore's decision to trade up for Jackson leaves Flacco on shaky ground for the future, though it probably won't threaten his status as the Week 1 starter for 2018. He's coming off back-to-back seasons averaging less than 6.5 yards per pass attempt, and he has non-guaranteed base salaries of $18.5 million for 2019 and $20.25 million for 2020, per OverTheCap. Harbaugh hinted that the Ravens plan to roll with Flacco as their starter for at least one more year, but the offseason additions of…read more

With Flacco healthy and boasting a couple new weapons, Ravens coach John Harbaugh is counting on "exponential" growth from the team's passing attack in 2018, Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com reports.

Analysis: Harbaugh's expectation seems overly optimistic, as it isn't entirely clear that the team's new wideout duo of Michael Crabtree and John Brown will be an upgrade over the 2017 combination of Mike Wallace and Jeremy Maclin. The Ravens will likely add more talent at wideout and tight end before Week 1, having already shown interest in restricted free agents Willie Snead and Cameron Meredith. Flacco started all 16 games last year, but it did seem that a back injury from the summer impacted him…read more

Flacco completed 25 of 47 passes for 203 yards and two touchdowns and an interception in Sunday's 31-27 loss to the Bengals.

Analysis: Flacco picked things up after halftime, but completed only 5 of 19 passes for 28 yards in the first half. The spark was a six-yard touchdown to receiver Chris Moore at the end of the first half, set up by Moore's 87-yard kick return. The Ravens offense looked like a different team after that, with the only real blemish being a redzone pick-six on a pass bobbled by Moore. Despite the abysmal first half, the veteran signal caller continued his strong play down the stretch, but ultimately fell…read more

Flacco completed 29 of 38 passes for 237 yards and two touchdowns during Saturday's 23-16 win over the Colts.

Analysis: With Baltimore nursing a three-point lead midway through the fourth quarter, Flacco sold the play fake and found tight end Maxx Williams in the flat for a four-yard score. The final stat line might not look like much, but it amounted to Flacco's best performance of the season from a quarterback-rating perspective. After running mostly cold earlier in the season, Flacco has been solid during the Ravens' last six games, of which Baltimore has won five. Flacco has tossed eight touchdowns to just…read more

Flacco completed 26 of 42 passes for 288 yards and a touchdown, adding four carries for three yards and another score, in Sunday's 27-10 win over the Browns.

Analysis: Flacco's three best passing yardage totals of the season have all occurred the past three weeks, a stretch in which he's also produced three of his five multi-touchdown games this season. The Ravens finally seem to have find a reasonable balance between taking shots downfield and settling for checkdowns, though the recent outburst admittedly has coincided with a favorable stretch of matchups. Flacco gets another soft opponent in a Week 16 home game against the Colts, albeit with the possibility…read more

Flacco completed 20 of 35 passes for 269 yards, two touchdowns and one interception during Sunday's 39-38 loss to the Steelers.

Analysis: After tossing a pick on the opening drive, Flacco bounced back in a big way by leading the Ravens to six scoring drives against one of the league's best defenses. He was most impressive in the third quarter when he, with his team initially down three points, orchestrated three of such drives to lift his team to an 11-point advantage to start the final quarter of play. However, the wheels fell off thereafter as the Steelers forced punts on two of the next four possessions with Flacco's final…read more

Flacco completed 22 of 36 passes for 269 yards and a pair of touchdowns during Sunday's 44-20 win over the Lions.

Analysis: Flacco recorded his most productive game of the year, setting a new season high in yardage while tossing multiple touchdowns without a turnover for the first time. He was able to complete throws at all levels, including a 66-yard deep ball down the sideline to Mike Wallace. Flacco had failed top top 200 yards through the air in five of his previous six games, so this was an encouraging development for the veteran. He'll be hard-pressed to produce a repeat performance, however, with a matchup…read more

Underwhelming in win

Flacco completed 20 of 32 passes for 141 yards and rushed six times for 42 yards in Monday night's 23-16 win over the Texans.

Analysis: Flacco's passing output was expectedly mild, as Baltimore's vanilla offense has seen him average just 5.35 yards per attempt this season. While he fell below that mark Monday and failed to throw a touchdown for the first time since Week 6, his 42 rushing yards helped compensate for that missing production. In fact, Flacco has only rushed for more yards once in 149 career regular-season outings. Next up for the quarterback is another home matchup, as the Lions visit in Week 13.

Flacco completed 22 of 28 passes for 183 yards, one touchdown and one interception in Sunday's 23-0 win over the Packers.

Analysis: Flacco notched a fourth consecutive game completing more than 65 percent of his passes while also falling south of 6.8 yards per attempt. The Ravens' ultra-conservative passing offense might be a waste of Flacco's big arm, but it's been enough to get the job done whenever the excellent Baltimore defense has turned in a dominant performance. Flacco has yet to produce a game with more than two touchdowns or 261 passing yards, hinting at little in the way of upside. He does have a favorable Week…read more

Flacco (concussion) completed 34 of 52 passes for 261 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions in Sunday's 23-20 loss to Tennessee.

Analysis: Both of Flacco's touchdowns came during a failed fourth-quarter comeback attempt. He connected with Javorius Allen from three yards out with 8:56 to play and added a one-yard score to Mike Wallace in the final minute. Flacco's season touchdown-to-interception ratio is still an ugly 8:10.

Flacco (concussion) is listed as active for Sunday's road game against the Titans.

Analysis: Flacco practiced fully this week, so this outcome was expected despite the veteran QB having been deemed questionable on the Ravens' Week 9 injury report. Eight games into the 2017 season, Flacco has thrown just six touchdowns versus eight interceptions, but his prospects Sunday are boosted by the fact that both Mike Wallace (back) and Jeremy Maclin (shoulder) are available this weekend.

Flacco (concussion), who is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Titans, is slated to start the contest, Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports.

Analysis: In addition to practicing fully throughout the week, Flacco apparently passed through the concussion protocol after being diagnosed with the head injury upon exiting the Week 8 win over the Dolphins. Unless Flacco's concussion symptoms suddenly resurface shortly before game time, the Ravens shouldn't have to alter their game plan dramatically with their franchise quarterback in the fold. Flacco, who has thrown six touchdowns against eight interceptions in eight games while averaging a lowly…read more

Officially listed as questionable

Flacco (concussion) is listed as questionable for Sunday's game against the Titans after logging full practice participation throughout the week.

Analysis: Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Monday that Flacco wasn't showing any symptoms from the concussion he suffered during last Thursday's 40-0 win over Miami. The veteran quarterback's full practice participation supports the notion he's healthy, but the Ravens nonetheless opted to make Flacco one of the 12 players listed as questionable on the final injury report. Jeremy Maclin (shoulder) and Mike Wallace (back) also are listed as questionable but expected to play.