Browns, Joe Flacco and QB competition
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Cleveland named Joe Flacco the starting quarterback Monday. “Joe Cool leading the way,” the Browns official account wrote on X, adding a saluting face emoji. It took any remaining drama out of the unique quarterback competition that included Kenny Pickett and two rookies in Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders.
The Browns currently have four quarterbacks vying for the starting job, and all of them were offseason additions. Cleveland traded for Kenny Pickett, signed Joe Flacco in free agency and selected both Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders in the NFL Draft.
Tuesday, as Cleveland returned to the practice field in Berea, we got updates on the injuries for Pickett and Sanders: Kenny Pickett will do some 11-on-11 today for the first time in 3 weeks. Shedeur Sanders won't practice as he rehabs an oblique injury.