The Cleveland Browns offense goes to be within the palms of veteran quarterback Joe Flacco for the rest of the season. Head coach Kevin Stefanski announced that decision on Sunday evening following the Browns’ 31-27 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars.
The Flacco is story is among the most surreal developments within the NFL this season. Cleveland signed him shortly after beginning Deshaun Watson was misplaced for the rest of the season and when backup Dorian Thompson-Robinson was sidelined by a concussion. He was thrust into the beginning function final week and dealt with himself nicely in a loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
He was even higher on Sunday, finishing 26-of-45 passes for 311 yards and three touchdowns. In his first two begins with the Browns he has thrown for a complete of 565 yards and 5 touchdowns.
It’s such a surprising growth as a result of the 38-year-old Flacco was sitting at residence unsigned previous to becoming a member of the Browns. He spent the earlier three seasons with the New York Jets, most just lately showing in 5 video games for the crew throughout the 2022 marketing campaign. He threw for 1,051 yards, 5 touchdowns and three interceptions a 12 months in the past.
The Browns (8-5) are in a powerful place within the AFC wild-card race and personal the No. 5 seed following Sunday’s video games. They’ve a powerful protection and stable operating sport, so that they in all probability don’t want Flacco to place the crew on his again and carry it. They simply want him to keep away from errors, handle the sport effectively and make some occasional throws. In different phrases, be a sport supervisor.
The Browns play the Chicago Bears, Houston Texans, New York Jets and Cincinnati Bengals to shut out the common season. These video games in opposition to the Texans and Bengals will probably be important for playoff positioning as each groups are among the many log-jam of groups competing for the three wild-card spots.