Flacco has launched for 45,697 yards with 257 TouchDowns and 162 interceptions in 17 seasons in the NFL.
Herea, Ohio – Joe Flacco The season will begin as quarterback titular of the Cleveland Brownsas announced by the team on Monday.
Flaccowhich begins its 18th season in the NFLwill also start in the last preseason game of the team, which will be played on Saturday at home against Los Angeles Rams. Coach Kevin Stefanski has declared that he will consider this match as a general essay for the regular season. Flacco did not play in the first two preseason games of Cleveland.
Los Browns They will receive the Cincinnati Bengals in the Week 1.
Los Browns Training began with a competition for the field Marshal among four contestants: Flacco, Kenny Pickett And the rookies Dillon Gabriel y Shedeur Sanders (Deshaun Watson The training camp has passed in the list of physically incapacitated players to play while recovering from an Achilles tendon injury). However, the injuries and a clear delimitation of repetitions in training led to Flacco to take the vast majority of the repetitions of the first team.
Picketta first round of 2022 by which Browns They paid in the low season, has not participated in training 11 against 11 since the Corva tendon was injured on July 26. Gabriela third round selection, did not play in the first preseason game due to an injury to the Corva tendon. AND Sandersa fifth round selection, did not receive any repetition with the head offensive during the camp. Sanders The second preseason game was also lost due to an injury to the oblique. On August 4, the Browns They signed a Tyler Huntley to provide depth before the large number of injuries of quarterbacks.
Flacco40, returns to Browns For a second stage after a five -game streak in the 2023 season that rivaled any other that has seen the franchise since its return to Cleveland In 1999. After the injury of Watson On the shoulder that left him out of the game in November 2023, the Browns They signed a Flacco. The team achieved a 4-1 balance in five regular season games with Flaccowhich launched for more than 300 yards in four consecutive victories before the streak came to an end with a defeat against the Houston Texans in the Commodines Round. Flacco He was subsequently appointed player of the year of the NFL for his return.
Flacco The 2024 season passed with the Indianapolis Colts and had a 2-4 balance as a starter before returning to the Browns With a one -year contract worth 4 million.
Selected in the first round of the 2008 draft by the Baltimore Ravens, Flacco He has launched for 45,697 yards with 257 touchdowns and 162 interceptions in 17 seasons. He was appointed MVP of the Super Bowl XLVII when he took the Ravens to victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
Cleveland Travel to Baltimore in the second week. The party will assume the first game of Flacco In Baltimore since he was transferred by the Ravens after the 2018 season.
Flacco is one of the three quarterbacks that have a positive balance with the Browns From his return, along with Brian Hoyer (10-6) y Case Keenum (2-0).
Joe Cool leading the way 🫡
We’ve named Joe Flacco our starting quarterback.
— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) August 18, 2025
