FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco (5) holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game in New Orleans. The Ravens will have to pay at least $14.896 million for Flacco to be their quarterback in 2013. The NFL set the franchise tag at that figure Friday, March 1, 2013, and if the Ravens can't reach agreement on a long-term deal with Flacco before free agency begins March 12, they could tag him. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, FIle)
FILE - In this Feb. 13, 2013 file photo, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco (5) holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game in New Orleans. The Ravens will have to pay at least $14.896 million for Flacco to be their quarterback in 2013. The NFL set the franchise tag at that figure Friday, March 1, 2013, and if the Ravens can't reach agreement on a long-term deal with Flacco before free agency begins March 12, they could tag him. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, FIle)
FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2013, file photo, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco is lifted into the air by teammates after defeating the San Francisco 49ers 34-31 in the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game in New Orleans. A person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press that Flacco has agreed on a new contract with the Ravens. The person spoke on condition of anonymity on Friday, March 1, 2013, because the agreement has not officially been announced. Terms of the deal were not immediately available.(AP Photo/Bill Haber, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2013, file phot, Baltimore Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco (5) looks to throw a pass during the first half of the NFL Super Bowl XLVII football game against the San Francisco 49ers in New Orleans. A person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press that Flacco has agreed on a new contract with the Ravens. The person spoke on condition of anonymity on Friday, March 1, 2013, because the agreement has not officially been announced. Terms of the deal were not immediately available. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, FIle)
Joe Flacco is staying in Baltimore.
The Super Bowl MVP quarterback agreed Friday to a new contact with the Ravens, two people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.
Terms were not immediately available, but Flacco was expected to get a long-term contract close to the $20 million average salary Drew Brees earns with New Orleans.
The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the agreement has not officially been announced.
Fox Sports first reported the new deal.
Flacco played out his rookie contract last season for $6.76 million and led Baltimore to the NFL championship.
The 28-year-old Flacco is the only quarterback to win a postseason game in each of his first five pro seasons. He had a spectacular playoffs and Super Bowl this year, throwing for 11 touchdowns with no interceptions.
He also holds the record for playoff road wins with six.
Before the Super Bowl, Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti expressed confidence that Flacco would be the Ravens' quarterback of the future.
"We've never lost a great, great franchise player from the beginning," Bisciotti said. "I'm just very comfortable that it will get done."
On Friday, it did.
Flacco was a first-round draft pick in 2008 out of Delaware and one of the most consistent postseason winners in NFL history.
Flacco said after the Super Bowl victory over San Francisco that he expected to be back in Baltimore. He made sure of that Friday, coincidentally hours after the franchise tag figures for 2013 became known.
Had Flacco been franchised, he would have earned at least $14.896 million this season.
Associated Press
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