The Cleveland Browns could potentially solve their franchise quarterback woes in next week's NFL Draft with the No. 2 overall pick.
The Cleveland Browns could potentially solve their franchise quarterback woes in next week's NFL Draft with the No. 2 overall pick.
Deshaun Watson is likely out for the entire 2025 season after rupturing his Achilles tendon for the second time in three months back in January, and the team brought in 40-year-old veteran Joe Flacco as a stopgap.
Flacco signed with the Browns, knowing Cleveland is probably seeking a young signal caller this offseason, but told local radio that it doesn't bother him.
"I felt good enough about the situation and all that, that it wasn't that big of a deal to me, what's going to happen in the draft," Flacco said on 92.3 The Fan's Ken Carman Show. It is what it is. I understand the realities of those things and factor them into my decision."
Flacco joined the Browns late in the 2023 season after injuries decimated the position as the fifth starter of the year and led the team to a 4-1 finish and an unlikely playoff appearance.
The Browns ultimately lost to the upstart Texans in the Wild Card round.
Flacco says he has "no expectations" about who the starting quarterback will be in 2025.
"I don't think there's any expectation of exactly who's going to be the starting quarterback," Flacco said. "So, you know, I'm excited to get in that room and go show that I have a lot of football ahead of me and kind of become part of the team and do my best to prove all those things -- just like you always would when you kind of come into a new situation and want to be the guy."
