ExtremeRavens Posted 23 hours ago Posted 23 hours ago Former Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco joined the BMore Football Podcast on Wednesday, and the Super Bowl champion touched on a host of topics. Among the most interesting was a conversation about the 41-year-old’s future as an NFL player. Is retirement on the table? It doesn’t sound like Flacco is quite ready to hang up the cleats after 18 NFL seasons. “I’ve tried to come up with a good answer for everybody, but it’s a hard question to answer,” Flacco said. “I’ve played football most of my life. I think you think about an end. You do think about one day being done, but at the same time, year to year, you don’t really think about that. You’re just like, ‘Oh, offseason. Time to work out and get ready for the next season.’ And I think that for the most part, my head is still in that space.” He spent the 2025 campaign with both the Browns and Bengals, appearing in 13 games and throwing for 2,479 yards to move his career total to 48,176. He’s less than 2,000 passing yards away from becoming just the 13th player in league history to surpass 50,000. Flacco says he still enjoys competing at the highest level. “A lot of guys talk about falling out of love with the game or just kind of knowing,” Flacco said. “I don’t think that’s hit me yet.” As for his health, Flacco says he still feels well enough to play professionally despite being one of the league’s older players. He wasn’t the oldest quarterback in the division, however, as Aaron Rodgers led the Steelers to the postseason and turned 42 in December. “We talk about 40 being an old age, but in the grand scheme of things, I don’t really think you’re that old,” Flacco said. “I think we’ve had a couple guys in front of me that are the best to ever do it that have shown if you want to do it, you can still play at a high level.” Could Flacco play for Pittsburgh? During the podcast episode, Flacco was jokingly asked if he’d be interested in completing his journey around the AFC North. He’s played for the Ravens, Browns and Bengals. “There’s something about the Steelers that seems a little bit different because they were our rival for so many years,” Flacco said with a laugh, “but at the end of the day, I play football because I love it. It is a job of mine. If somebody is hiring me, that is a pretty big deal.” He’s a free agent this offseason and likely to sign a one-year deal. The Steelers need to decide on whether they want to re-sign Rodgers with a new coach, but Flacco wasn’t ruling out the possibility that he could take a snap for every AFC North franchise. “You can’t necessarily let your personal feelings on an organization just from an outsider get in the way of a professional decision,” Flacco said. He admitted it’d feel weird to put on a black and yellow jersey after spending over a decade in Baltimore, though. “I think it would be strange,” Flacco added. Reaction to John Harbaugh’s firing Flacco played the first 11 seasons of his career under John Harbaugh. Only when the Ravens turned to Lamar Jackson late in the 2018 season did Harbaugh and Flacco part ways. Flacco shared his reaction to Harbaugh being fired by Baltimore after 18 seasons with the team. “I think when you’re around this league as long as everybody around here has been, I don’t know if you’re shocked by anything, but I was definitely surprised, especially to how it came out,” he said. Flacco added that he expects the veteran coach to find success in New York. “The Giants are getting one hell of a coach,” he said, “I think it’s a huge hire for them.” Have a news tip? Contact Bennett Conlin at bconlin@baltsun.com, 410-332-6200 and x.com/BennettConlin. View the full article Quote
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