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AP Source: Broncos to acquire Joe Flacco from Ravens

By ARNIE STAPLETON Siemian, Paxton Lynch and
AP Pro Football Writer Chad Kelly, trade acqui-
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — sition Mark Sanchez and
Joe Flacco has gone from Keenum, who threw for 18
Denver Broncos tormentor TDs and a career-high 15
to savior. interceptions last season
The Baltimore Ravens have to go with a career-high 34
agreed to trade the vet- sacks.
eran quarterback to the Flacco has three years and
Broncos in exchange for $63 million left on his con-
a fourth-round pick in this tract with a salary of $18.5
year's NFL draft, a person million next season, which
with knowledge of the is 10th-highest in the NFL at
agreement told The Associ- his position. His cap hit of
ated Press. that same amount is 21st
The person spoke to the AP among quarterbacks in the
on condition of anonymity league.
Wednesday because nei- The Broncos could trade
ther team announced the Keenum and save $18 mil-
deal, which was first report- lion next season. Releasing
ed by ESPN. NFL rules pro- him would produce $11 mil-
hibit teams from discussing lion in savings but cost them
trades until the start of the $7 million. Keenum signed a
league year on March 13. two-year, $36 million deal in In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco (5) holds the Vince
Flacco, the MVP of the 2013 Denver last season with $25 Lombardi Trophy after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football
Super Bowl following a mi- million guaranteed. game in New Orleans.
raculous win at top-seeded Either way, Elway's deal for Associated Press
Denver, became expend- Flacco continues his build-
able in Baltimore with the but-don't-rebuild ethos. eight games just twice in his 11-game winning streak of his seasons with the Ra-
emergence of rookie La- The Broncos have a solid seven NFL seasons. into their divisional round vens after being selected
mar Jackson, the former core of young stars and a Fangio also knows Flacco playoff game against Bal- 18th overall in the 2008 NFL
Louisville star who led the still superior defense led by well, having served on Bal- timore. draft. He started immedi-
Ravens into the playoffs af- Von Miller and Chris Harris timore's coaching staff dur- In the waning seconds of ately as a rookie and was
ter Flacco got hurt. Jr. that Elway believes can ing the quarterback's first regulation, Flacco con- Super Bowl MVP after the
The Broncos again needed keep up with the Chargers two seasons there. nected with Jacoby Jones 2012 season, guiding the
an upgrade at QB after and Chiefs in the AFC West Facilitating the deal for on a 70-yard touchdown Ravens to a victory over
Case Keenum's middling with the right quarterback Flacco was the extra pass to force overtime in San Francisco in the cham-
debut in Denver, where a leading the way. fourth-round pick Elway a game the Ravens won pionship game during a
6-10 finish led general man- They wanted a proven vet- had at his disposal from the 38-35 in double overtime. playoff run that included
ager John Elway to turn to eran such as Flacco or Nick Demaryius Thomas trade to Safety Rahim Moore went that "Mile High Miracle" in
Vic Fangio , his fourth head Foles, another Super Bowl Houston last fall. for the interception instead Denver. Flacco was the
coach in six seasons. MVP. In Flacco, the Broncos are of the tackle and mistimed starter last season until he
Now, he's landed his sev- At 34, Flacco is four years turning to a quarterback his leap, allowing Jones to injured his right hip in a loss
enth quarterback since older than Foles but he's who broke their hearts six catch the ball at the 20- to Pittsburgh on Nov. 4. The
Peyton Manning's tearful been durable, starting all 16 years ago. yard line and trot into the Ravens had a bye the fol-
retirement following Den- games in nine of his 11 NFL Denver was the top seed end zone with the tying lowing week, and Jackson
ver's win in Super Bowl 50. seasons. The other years he after going 13-3 in Man- touchdown. took over for the still-ailing
The others all bombed: draft started nine and 10 games. ning's first season in Denver Flacco, who turned 34 last Flacco on Nov. 18 against
picks Brock Osweiler, Trevor Foles has started more than and the Broncos took an month, has played all 11 Cincinnati. q

Combined and parallel put on

program for next ski worlds

ARE, Sweden (AP) — Mi- skiing's original Olympic combined and parallel,
kaela Shiffrin will be able to event introduced at the and a team event.
choose her program from 1936 Games, would be Shiffrin, the American who
seven events at the next eliminated. is on course for a third over-
world championships. FIS says in a statement that all World Cup title, won
The International Ski Fed- it will analyze "media view- the super-G at this year's
eration says it is adding an ing statistics and on-site worlds and then sat out the United States' Mikaela Shiffrin, center, shows her gold medal of
individual parallel event for spectators" for both events other events to prepare for the women's super-G, flanked by silver medallist Italy's Sofia
the 2021 worlds in Cortina in order to decide the fu- the upcoming giant slalom Goggia, left, and bronze medal's Switzerland's Corinne Suter,
d'Ampezzo, Italy, and will ture program. and slalom. at the alpine ski World Championships in Are, Sweden, Tues-
day, Feb. 5, 2019.
keep the Alpine combined So in Cortina, there will be The winner of combined Associated Press
on the program. the four historic disciplines races are determined by
There had been concern of slalom, giant slalom, adding the times from slalom leg, while parallel head-to-head on courses
that the combined, Alpine super-G and downhill, plus one downhill run and one events involve skiers going next to each other.q