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Flacco will start for Ravens; Smith to work as backup

ESPN.com news services

Thursday, October 9, 2008

OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Baltimore coach John Harbaugh has named rookie Joe Flacco the Ravens' starting quarterback for the rest of the season. The announcement came as former Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith, who had been expected to compete for the starting job, finally returned from a severe tonsil infection that had sidelined him since training camp. Whether Smith would again compete for the starting job once he returned had been an open question. But Harbaugh said Smith will be the third qua ...

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