Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco has never been a sought-after fantasy quarterback in his nine-year NFL career, and there will be increasing concerns with Flacco playing on a surgically repaired left knee. But this season is shaping up to be a career year for Flacco.
ESPN Fantasy Projection: 4,103 yards passing, 25 touchdowns
Over or under: It makes sense to predict that Flacco will have more passing yards and come close to his projected amount of touchdown passes. Last year, he was on pace for 4,465 yards passing and 22 touchdowns before suffering a season-ending knee injury in Week 11. It's not a stretch to think that Flacco will produce similar numbers in his second season with offensive coordinator Marc Trestman. This year's schedule favors Flacco as well. Fourteen of Baltimore's 16 games come against teams whose pass defense ranked in the bottom half of the NFL last season. In fact, Flacco and the Ravens face four of the league's five worst pass defenses (Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Pittsburgh and New York Giants) in 2016.
