Ravens make clear that Joe Flacco is still their starting QB

It’s quite fair to be excited to see Lamar Jackson head to the Baltimore Ravens, but it’s also worth keeping those emotions in check, as it sounds like we won’t be seeing him play for a while.After trading up to pick Jackson at No. 32 on Thursday night, Ravens coach John Harbaugh made clear that veteran Joe Flacco remains the team’s starting quarterback.“[Jackson’s] a great quarterback. But Joe Flacco is our quarterback,” Harbaugh said, via Jamison Hensley of ESPN. “That’s the thing we got to remember. Lamar is going to have a great chance to develop. When you get to this stage in a quarterback’s career, you’ve seen done in New England and you’ve seen done in a lot of places. This doesn’t really change things in a sense that we’re going to go with Joe and he’s going to roll.”The conventional wisdom is that Flacco will play the season with the Ravens and then be released, a move that would clear $18.5 million in cap space if done after June 1 of next year. Harbaugh fought back against that narrative as well, c

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