Joe Flacco

Joe Flacco completed 33-of-44 passes for 359 yards and three touchdowns in the Colts’ 37-34, Week 5 loss to the Jaguars.

Doing the only thing he knows how to, Flacco ripped chunk gains all afternoon as his 359 yards were the third most of his “second decade” since his improbable 2023 Browns comeback. He found six different pass catchers for a conversion of at least 18 yards, and four for 20-plus. That includes 46- and 65-yard fourth quarter strikes to Alec Pierce, with the former ending up at the Jaguars’ one-yard line and the latter in the end zone. Flacco plays in-rhythm, pass-happy football in a way increasingly few signal callers do since the end of the Brees/Brady/Manning golden age. For whatever reason, he’s barely even having the turnover-fests that marred his pre-Browns years. You could argue he is easily the Colts’ best quarterback bet if they are actually interested in winning this season, but developing Anthony Richardson will probably still take the day. Richardson seems genuinely questionable with his oblique issue ahead of Week 6 against the Titans.