Sporting News  Agent: Tom Brady's new deal won't affect Joe
Flacco talks  Joe Flacco's agent says the contract extension Tom
Brady just signed with the Patriots will have "no impact" on the
Flacco contract negotiations with the Baltimore Ravens.  "The
bottom line is, whether Brady took a pay cut or took $27 million
a year, it wouldn't have an impact on what we're doing," Joe
Linta told USA Today. "We've determined a number that we think
is fair with respect for the Ravens' cap situation."  Joe Flacco
is set to be a free agent, but he and the Ravens are talking
about a new contract. (AP Photo)  Flacco, a pending free agent,
is looking to re-sign with a contract that puts him among the
NFL's highest-paid players at his position.  Although Linta said
talks with the Ravens were "going fine," there is a sense of
urgency for both the Super Bowl XLVII MVP and the team. If they
are unable to agree on terms of a long-term contract before
March 4‹the deadline for applying the franchise tag‹Baltimore
officials will need