Super Bowl XLVII: Joe Flacco is Three Touchdowns Shy of NFL History
By Josh Sanchez
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco has really blossomed this postseason and has silenced the maniacal laughter of those mocking his belief that he is an elite quarterback. Truth is, there are few quarterbacks in NFL history that have put together a more impressive single postseason and Flacco is just three touchdowns away from NFL history.
Entering his Super Bowl XLVII matchup against the San Francisco 49ers, Flacco has 8 touchdowns and zero interceptions.
That stat line alone is impressive and puts Flacco in elite company — there is that “E” word again. Five quarterbacks have thrown at least eight touchdowns in a single postseason and each of those signal-callers has gone on to hoist the Lombardi Trophy, per ESPN Stats and Info.
Among those five quarterbacks are names like Joe Montana and Steve Young.
If Flacco can find the endzone four times on Super Bowl Sunday, he would stand alone as the quarterback with the most touchdown passes in one postseason.
With three touchdown passes, Flacco will join Montana and Kurt Warner for most touchdown passes in a postseason with 11. If Flacco records those touchdowns without throwing an interception, he will join Montana as the only quarterbacks to throw eleven touchdowns with zero interceptions. Montana accomplished the feat in 1989.
Some may still doubt Flacco, despite his incredible postseason run, but if he can put together another solid performance in the biggest game of his career, he will have recorded a historically great postseason and it would be hard to laugh at him now.