NFL quarterback rankings, Week 6: Maybe the Colts really are better off with Joe Flacco

Christian D'AndreaOctober 9, 2024 7:01 am ETFor the second straight season, Joe Flacco has burst onto the scene like he’s offering bored children Kool-Aid. This time, instead of replacing a once-great quarterback who’s now irreparably washed, he’s taken over for a young, toolsy prospect who may not get there.In 2023, Flacco replaced Deshaun Watson, the disgraced quarterback accused of more than 20 counts of sexual misconduct and what the NFL itself described as “predatory behavior” and helped guide the Cleveland Browns to the playoffs. He wasn’t great — his 0.048 adjusted expected points added per dropback ranked only 21st out of 41 passers to play at least 200 snaps in 2023 — but he was willing to throw deep and lit a fuse under an offense filled with underutilized explosives.This fall, he’s been called in to replace Anthony Richardson. Unlike Watson, Richardson has no qualms throwing deep but has seen meager returns from these high risk, high reward scenarios. When he left Week 4’s g...