Browns' latest signing seemingly signals NFL Draft plan

The Cleveland Browns signed backmost Joe Flacco to a one-year declaration connected Friday, the squad announced.  

Flacco’s one-year declaration is $4 cardinal and could scope up to $13 cardinal with incentives per ESPN. 

The summation of Flacco could awesome that the Browns volition not instrumentality a backmost with the No. 2 prime successful the upcoming NFL Draft. 

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Indianapolis Colts backmost Joe Flacco, #15, walks disconnected the tract aft the crippled against the Jacksonville Jaguars astatine Lucas Oil Stadium connected Jan. 5, 2025. (Marc Lebryk-Imagn Images)

Flacco, 40, is the 2nd backmost the squad has acquired this offseason. The Browns traded for Kenny Pickett and sent Dorian Thompson-Robinson and a 2025 fifth-round prime to the Philadelphia Eagles successful March.

Flacco, Pickett and Deshaun Watson are the 3 quarterbacks connected the Browns’ roster, but aft Watson re-tore his Achilles tendon successful January, helium is wide expected to miss the upcoming 2025 season. 

With the Tennessee Titans seemingly locked successful connected Miami’s Cam Ward for the No. 1 selection, the Browns would person Heisman Trophy victor Travis Hunter, Penn State prima Abdul Carter and Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders connected the committee astatine No. 2.

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Indianapolis Colts backmost Joe Flacco, #15, yells from the enactment of scrimmage connected Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025 during a crippled against the Jacksonville Jaguars astatine Lucas Oil Stadium successful Indianapolis. (IMAGN)

However, with Flacco and Pickett successful the fold, the Browns mightiness beryllium much inclined to prime Hunter oregon Carter and hold a twelvemonth to find their backmost of the aboriginal successful the NFL Draft. 

Flacco returns to the Browns aft helium spent past play with the Indianapolis Colts. Flacco appeared successful 8 games and started successful six with a 2-4 record. He threw 12 touchdowns and 7 interceptions past year. 

In 2023 with the Browns, Flacco started 5 games successful the regular play successful spot of the injured Deshaun Watson and helped the squad get to the playoffs. In Flacco’s 5 starts, the squad went 4-1 portion Flacco completed 60.3% of his passes for 1,616 yards with 13 touchdowns and 8 interceptions.

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Cleveland Browns backmost Joe Flacco, #15, successful a 2024 AFC chaotic paper crippled against the Houston Texans astatine NRG Stadium connected Jan. 13, 2024. (Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports)

Flacco won the NFL’s comeback subordinate of the twelvemonth successful 2023. 

Flacco is entering his 18th play successful the NFL. He spent the archetypal 11 seasons of his vocation with the Baltimore Ravens and was named Super Bowl XLVII MVP arsenic helium led the Ravens to a Super Bowl triumph implicit the San Francisco 49ers. 

Flacco has played for the New York Jets, Denver Broncos and Colts, and present volition play for the Browns erstwhile again. 

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