The Facts:
A long-standing agreement between the NFL and the NCAA will keep Flacco out of a four-day passing camp at the end of the month. Flacco will practice at two passing camps in June before reporting to training camp in July.
Reported by ESPN.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
The agreement limits a player to one mini-camp with a pro team while his school is still in session. That means Flacco, who attended the Ravens' mandatory mini-camp last weekend, can't rejoin the Ravens until after final exams end at Delaware on May 30 -- despite the fact Flacco has withdrawn from school. "It doesn't help, but I don't know how much it will hurt," said Flacco's agent, Joe Linta, told the Baltimore Sun. "He's a very cerebral kid. ..." Maybe so, but rookie QBs with a shot to be Week 1 starters need all the work they can get to achieve that objective.
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