Though most first-round rookies typically don’t sign contracts until after the Fourth of July, the Ravens are already working on a deal with their first-round pick, quarterback Joe Flacco.

Per James Walker of ESPN.com, agent Joe Linta arrived in Baltimore on Sunday night, and spent Monday negotiation the parameters of a five-year deal.

“They want him in and he wants to be in,” Linta said. “So the sooner that you start talking, the better chance you have of finishing before the deadline.”

As Walker points out, the two quarterbacks taken in round one of the 2007 involved two of the most contentious sets of contract talks.  Even if Flacco gets signed, we doubt that the deal will be an easy one between the Falcons and Tom Condon of CAA for quarterback Matt Ryan, the No. 3 overall pick — primarily because Condon knows that the Falcons can ill afford to have a holdout from the new face of the franchise.