Browns declare Joe Flacco, the quarterback, will start all of 2023.
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This is Cleveland’s starting quarterback for the balance of the campaign.
Head coach Kevin Stefanski named 38-year-old Joe Flacco the starting quarterback after Flacco turned back time on Sunday, leading the Browns to a 31-27 victory over the Jaguars with 311 yards, three touchdowns, and an interception.
After a performance this clutch, Stefanski was asked if Flacco will be at the top of the depth chart the rest of the way. His response was an unequivocal “Yes.”
Regarding Flacco, Stefanski stated, “played well.” “As he grows more accustomed to our system and our players, you anticipate him to improve in those areas. However, we were just discussing how he and our guys were performing their duties and giving it their all, and I believed that was what he had done.”
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Week 14 of the 2023 NFL season: What We Learned from Sunday’s Games
Patriots are out of the playoff picture for the first time since the 2000 season. Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud is in the concussion protocol after the team’s loss to the Jets.
With a six-play, 75-yard scoring drive that included a 34-yard touchdown pass to a wide-open David Njoku, quarterback Joe Flacco got the game underway on Sunday.
The Browns were able to take a two-possession lead on their first possession of the second quarter, which again concluded with a 30-plus-yard pass from Flacco to Njoku, after three punts. This was made possible by Cleveland’s defense, who managed to put together a first-quarter shutout.
That was the Browns’ gameplan, as they were able to withstand a late push by the determined Jags and frequently came alive in bursts under Flacco.
According to Flacco, “It was definitely an ugly game,” as he said to CBS’s Evan Washburn. “Both parties made mistakes. I certainly didn’t play the cleanest game, but I get the impression that this team kind of enjoys it that way. They respond quite well in situations such as those. I’ve been here for a few weeks, and during that time I’ve been watching them on TV, so that’s kind of what I’ve seen. Hey, we’ll grab them by all means possible.”
Flacco and Amari Cooper had an immediate rapport that was evident the entire game, despite the fact that two of his touchdown passes went to Njoku and the other to David Bell in the fourth quarter.
The team’s wide receiver was targeted 14 times by the new quarterback for the Browns, which is six times more than any other wide out. Together, they caught seven passes for 77 yards.
After the smoke cleared, the Browns improved to 8-5, Flacco earned a victory, making him the team’s fourth quarterback to do so this season, and Cleveland’s offense finished with 389 total yards, which was a season high since Week 2.
All of this is encouraging for Cleveland, which now holds the No. 5 seed in the AFC and has a full game lead over other teams with the losses of the Steelers, Colts, and Texans.
Over the last three weeks, Flacco has returned from the sidelines to don an NFL suit, been promoted from the practice squad twice, and been placed back on the practice squad once.
He is not going off the active roster just yet.
More crucial to the Browns’ hopes this season is the cunning veteran’s resume, which includes 16 years of experience and MVP honors from Super Bowls, as he attempts to lead Cleveland to the postseason and beyond.
After the victory, he remarked, “There were so many times when I was just feeling like a 10-year-old kid again.” “And to be able to do that, you just can’t let it be lost on you how special it is to play this game.”
