Flacco didn't play in the team's three preseason games, but Cleveland will trot him out vs. the Bengals in Week 1

The Cleveland Browns still "do not have a lot of clarity" about their quarterback situation with two NFL preseason games in the books, according to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.

Given the team's unfortunate luck with injuries, especially under center, Cleveland loaded up on QBs to compete with Flacco, trading for former Pittsburgh Steelers first-round pick Kenny Pickett and drafting former Oregon star Dillon Gabriel in the third round of the 2025 NFL draft, and ex-Colorado star Shedeur Sanders two rounds after Gabriel.

NFL Network's Judy Battista explains why the Cleveland Browns named Joe Flacco QB1 over Shedeur Sanders, Dillon Gabriel, Kenny Pickett.

Zachary Weinberger is a credentialed Miami Heat reporter and an Associate Editor covering the NBA at-large, NCAA Football, and NCAA Basketball for ClutchPoints. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022, covering sports at the FAU University Press and later at The Palm Beach Post.

The news ends one of the most chaotic storylines of the 2025 NFL preseason. In a perfect world, Cleveland would have high-priced veteran Deshaun Watson as their franchise quarterback. But with his season already ended after an offseason injury, it’s been a five-way slugfest for the quarterback job in Cleveland.

Eagles' All-Pro wide receiver A.J. Brown lands ahead of Cowboys' CeeDee Lamb at No. 29 on the NFL's Top 100 players list for 2025

After it had been rumored since last week, the Cleveland Browns and undrafted free agent wide receiver Isaiah Bond made it official. The Browns and Bond have inked a three-year deal to bring the former Alabama and Texas wide receiver to Cleveland.