Vic Fangio has always been a big Flacco fan
Jan 25, 2013 at 8:00 AM
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Long before he had to scheme against him in the biggest game of the year, 49ers defensive coordinator Vic Fangio was a huge Joe Flacco fan. Fangio was a Ravens assistant when Flacco was drafted, and in the early days of OTAs, Fangio told then-boss John Harbaugh they had a keeper. "I remember his first...
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