Broncos announce Joe Flacco is out for W

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Just a day after he pa sionately criticized the team's coaching staff for overly-conservative decision-making, the announced that quarterback will be against the . According to multiple reports, Flacco has a herniated disc in his neck and will be re-evaluated during the bye week, at which point it is po sible that he .Backup quarterback will make the Week 9 start in Flacco's place. It's po sible that rookie second-rounder could step into the lineup if and when he comes off injured reserve later  Chris Copeland Jersey this season.Following the Broncos' Week 8 lo s to the , Flacco used his postgame pre s conference to call into question the team's decision to play  Khris Middleton Jersey conservatively down the stretch, which ultimately contributed to their allowing the Colts to drive for a game-winning field goal."We're now a 2-6 football team and we're like, afraid to go for it in a two-minute drill, you know?" , per Lindsay Joy of Fox 31 Denver. "Like, who cares if you give the ball back to the guys with a minute, 40 seconds left? They obviously got the field goal, anyway."Flacco was asked to elaborate on what Jason Terry Jersey  he meant, and he doubled down.  "Once again, we're a 2-6 football team," he said. "It feels like we're kinda afraid to lose a game. It's third and 5 at the end of the game, who care if they have a time out or not. Getting in field goal range isn't that tough. So you're just putting your defense in bad situations. I just felt like, what do we have to lose, like, why can't we be aggre sive in some of these situations. That's kinda how I feel about a lot of the game today."Broncos coach Vic Fangio was ."Well, I'm sure he was expre sing his frustrations at the time," Fangio said during a radio appearance, per Nicki Jhabvala of The Athletic. "We all were. And in some ways he's right. We probably should've been more aggre sive with some throws, and I'm really  Thon Maker Jersey not even talking about the last po se sion. I'm talking about all throughout the second half there that we OJ Mayo Jersey  probably could have thrown some more times. But we didn't, and it didn't work out, so you expect this type of stuff."  Perhaps the team will be more aggre sive with Allen under center this week, but it's po sible they could swing in the other direction. The Broncos are heavily rumored to be sellers at Tuesday's trade deadline, with players such as and potentially on the block. If the defense takes a step backward, the Broncos may get even more conservative offensively in an effort to slow games down.