Joe Flacco and the Ravens were close to agreeing on a six-year, ~$90 million contract last year, Robert Klemko of USA Today reports. Instead, the two sides put it off, Flacco won Super Bowl MVP, and Baltimore gave him a six-year, $120 million deal last month. According to Klemko, the difference between the two sides last year was only $166,000 per year: "That's $1 million in total value over the course of a six-year offer that would have paid Flacco in the neighborhood of $35 million in guarantees.

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