Return to Pittsburgh marks circle for Flacco
Return to Pittsburgh marks circle for Flacco
OWINGS MILLS — The irony struck Joe Flacco quickly as the notion sunk in that his first start in the city of Pittsburgh would occur as the Baltimore Ravens‘ rookie quarterback, and not as a University of Pittsburgh freshman five years ago. For Flacco, it’s a case of a burgeoning football career coming full circle.
Rookies in key roles Monday night (AP)
Nothing in their college careers prepared Joe Flacco and Rashard Mendenhall for this. When the Baltimore Ravens drafted Flacco with the No. 18 pick and the Pittsburgh Steelers took Mendenhall at No. 23 in April, neither team anticipated its rookie would start when the teams met in late September. Ready or not, as Pittsburgh coach Mike Tomlin said, the two first-rounders will play potentially pivotal…
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