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Rahim Moore is a big reason why Joe Flacco is going to get a big payday
By MIKE RUTSEY, QMI Agency


If not for this terrible defence by Broncos safety Rahim Moore, Joe Flacco and the Ravens wouldn't have made the Super Bowl. (REUTERS)

Joe Flacco, Super Bowl MVP.

Joe Flacco, elite NFL quarterback.

Joe Flacco, soon to be the highest-paid quarterback in the land.

Flacco is currently enjoying the spoils of war, what comes with victory and his agent, Joe Linta, is beating the PR drum and pumping up his client’s exploits to all interested parties.

This is the reality in which Flacco now finds himself. This is his world; the soon to be newfound wealth and the celebrity.

Before Flacco thanks god or his parents or his teammates or agent he should first thank Denver’s Rahim Moore.

The fact is, it is Moore’s dumb play with less than 30 seconds on the clock that turned Flacco’s life completely around.

What would have happened if Moore, Denver’s safety, had maintained position, made sure Jacoby Jones was in front of him and came up to knock down Flacco’s desperation heave.

The result would have been a Ravens loss and Flacco, tagged as a quarterback who had yet to show he could w












Is first round pick Eric Fisher a decent choice by the Kansas City Chiefs?
  Yes.
  No.
  He has to prove himself before I decide.


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