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Fantasy Football: 5 Late-Round Quarterbacks to Target

Brandon Gdula  —  @gdula13 Aug 23rd, 2016
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Joe Flacco, Baltimore Ravens

Quick! Name the Baltimore Ravens' top receiver.

Did you say Steve Smith? Or Mike Wallace? Was it Kamar Aiken or even the newly-off-the-PUP-list Breshad Perriman? Who knows? What about tight end? Is it Benjamin Watson (like it should be) or will Crockett Gillmore and Maxx Williams screw things up?

Let's not even get started on the running back situation.

The point here is that Joe Flacco has no shortage of weapons even if they all have some question marks. He underwhelmed last season, posting a Passing NEP per drop back of 0.06, well below the league average of 0.11, but he led the Ravens to the seventh-best passing offense in the NFL in 2014, per our metrics.

With a promising early schedule, Flacco is a great target in deep leagues or if you choose not to draft a quarterback at all to give you an extra roster spot before the season kicks off.

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