Flacco on cover of Sports Illustrated

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Quarterback Joe Flacco #5 of the Baltimore Ravens walks across the field after losing to the Denver Broncos at M&T Bank Stadium on December 16, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images)
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Posted: 01/16/2013

By: WMAR Staff

BALTIMORE - It's time to make room for Joe Flacco in the upper echelon of NFL quarterbacks.

That's the word from Sports Illustrated writer Peter King, following the ravens overtime win against the Denver Broncos.

Number five is featured on the cover of this month's regional Sports Illustrated.

It shows Joe Flacco getting ready to throw.

Above him it reads, "Dear Joe, last weekend you took down Peyton. On Sunday you get Brady and the chance once and for all to rewrite your legacy. All the best, the football gods."

At 61 and 30, Flacco has the most wins of any quarterback in the league and is the only one in history to win a playoff game each of his five seasons.

Joe Flacco and the Ravens are getting ready to head to Foxborough to take on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.

The AFC championship game is on Sunday.

Kick off is 6:30 p.m.