According to Adam Schefter, Browns HC Kevin Stefanski is planning to name the team’s starting quarterback ahead of the final preseason game.
Schefter adds that the team plans to use the final preseason game as a type of dress rehearsal for Week 1.
As of now, it appears that the team will name veteran QB Joe Flacco the starter, with Dillon Gabriel, Kenny Pickett, and Shedeur Sanders all dealing with minor injuries.
Flacco, 40, is a former first-round pick of the Ravens back in 2008. After over a decade in Baltimore, the Broncos agreed to trade a 2019 fourth-round pick to the Ravens for Flacco.
Flacco was in the fourth year of a six-year, $125 million contract that contained $44 million guaranteed and set to make a base salary of $20.25 million for 2020 when Denver released him with a failed physical designation.
He signed a one-year contract worth $1.5 million and up to $4.5 million with the Jets in 2020 before joining the Eagles in 2021. Philadelphia traded him back to the Jets ahead of the deadline for a conditional sixth-round pick.
Flacco later re-signed with the Jets on a one-year, $3.5 million deal in 2022. He signed on with the Browns during the season in 2023 and parlayed a strong performance into a deal with the Colts in 2024.
This past offseason he signed a one-year, $4 million deal to return to Cleveland.
In 2024, Flacco appeared in eight games for the Colts with six starts, completing 65.3 percent of his pass attempts for 1,761 yards, 12 touchdowns, and seven interceptions.
We will have more on the Browns quarterback situation as it becomes available.
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