Joe Flacco has lastly taken over because the full-time starter at quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts and may have a troublesome job forward of him on Sunday evening when he leads his workforce up in opposition to the Minnesota Vikings, who’re hungry after dropping two in a row after a 5-0 begin to their season.
Flacco was introduced in to function a veteran backup and mentor to Anthony Richardson, however Richardson’s inaccuracy has compelled the workforce to make the change to Flacco, whose contract incentives have now been introduced into the dialog because of him profitable the beginning gig.
NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero shared on X that Flacco’s one-year contract contains $3.7 million in incentives together with $100,000 for each common season win wherein he performs at the least half of the workforce’s offensive snaps.
Joe Flacco’s one-year contract with the #Colts contains $3.7 million in incentives. That features $100,000 for every regular-season win wherein he performs 50% of the snaps. (He is additionally prohibited from mountaineering and karate.) pic.twitter.com/UdSvb6eUZR
The identical stipulation applies to playoff wins, which might web him $250,000 per win.
The contract additionally says that he’s unable to do karate or mountaineering, so Flacco must put these hobbies on maintain at the least till this offseason.
The season wasn’t imagined to unfold this manner, however Richardson has solely accomplished 44 % of his passes and made loads of headlines in final week’s loss to the Houston Texans when he took himself out of the sport as a result of he was drained.
Flacco signed with the Colts contemporary off of main the Cleveland Browns to an inconceivable playoff run down the stretch final season and has seemed like the identical gunslinger this yr in his restricted enjoying time.
Sunday evening must be a enjoyable battle, and we’ll see if Flacco can earn himself a bit of additional cash together with his efficiency.
