Baltimore Ravens name Griffin No. 2 Quarter Back

Robert Griffin III will back up quarterback Joe Flacco for the Baltimore Ravens this season, NFL Network reported.

Robert Griffin III will back up quarterback Joe Flacco for the Baltimore Ravens this season, NFL Network reported.

That means rookie Lamar Jackson, the former Heisman Trophy winner from Louisville, will be the No. 3 quarterback. The Ravens moved up in the draft to select Jackson with the final pick of the first round in the 2018 NFL Draft.

Griffin, also a former Heisman winner, was taken with the No. 2 pick in the 2012 draft by the Washington Redskins. Injuries took their toll, and he never reached his potential with the Redskins, who released him after the 2015 season. He spent the 2016 season with Cleveland and was out of football last season.

Ravens head coach John Harbaugh had spoken favorably of Griffin in the preseason.

"There's no question that the best quarterback thing to do would be to keep Robert Griffin," Harbaugh said Aug. 24, according to ESPN.com. "He's proven it. He's played exceptionally well, and it makes the team better."

Flacco, 33, has shown durability at the position. He has started all but six games since joining the Ravens in 2008, all of them because of a torn ACL in 2015.

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