{"id":20127,"date":"2025-04-11T15:28:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=20127"},"modified":"2025-04-11T15:28:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:28:16","slug":"breaking-news-the-deeper-meaning-of-browns-signing-joe-flacco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=20127","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: The deeper meaning of Browns signing Joe Flacco"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"teaser\">With the signing of Joe Flacco, Jack Duffin takes a look at how the Cleveland Browns 2025 quarterback position room will probably look once we get to week one of the season.<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.clubs.nfl.com\/image\/upload\/t_editorial_landscape_mobile\/browns\/rchqbaqci2vyzichxqvj.jpg\" alt=\"Flacco's Back: Browns agree to terms with QB Joe Flacco\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It can take a couple of days for the official numbers and incentives to come out once a contract is agreed as we don&#8217;t just need the total numbers from the agent but the full breakdown of everything in the deal. In the meantime I am going to take a look at how this addition changes the position room and who the players in it most likely are come week one of the season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reunion: the Cleveland Browns and veteran quarterback Joe Flacco reached agreement today on a one-year, $4 million deal worth up to $13 million with incentives, his agency <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JLSports3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JLSports3<\/a> told ESPN. Flacco now will return to Cleveland, where he won the NFL\u2019s Comeback Player of the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pOaCuhrVmS\">pic.twitter.com\/pOaCuhrVmS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/1910669760091521421?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Previous Position Room<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We will start by looking at how Andrew Berry&#8217;s position room has been built to start the season each year:<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-body is-guest\">2020 &#8211; Mayfield, Keenum<br \/>\n2021 &#8211;\u00a0Mayfield, Keenum<br \/>\n2022 &#8211; Brissett, Dobbs, Mond<br \/>\n2023 &#8211; Watson,\u00a0Thompson-Robinson<br \/>\n2024 &#8211;\u00a0Watson, Winston, Thompson-Robinson<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/resizer\/v2\/BWQOBYNMBFDKXDDY46A7Y5YVHU.jpg?auth=ef291d68c9a73128d9931127c0bc21696ac61698eb8ca134a2e297f8bc0b8720\" alt=\"The deeper meaning of Browns signing Joe Flacco \u2013 Terry Pluto -  cleveland.com\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cash Spending Per Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2020 &#8211; $8,951,180<br \/>\n2021 &#8211; $11,106,770<br \/>\n2022 &#8211; $60,767,500<br \/>\n2023 &#8211; $47,092,268<br \/>\n2024 &#8211; $50,915,000<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current Contracts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deshaun Watson<br \/>\n2025 &#8211; $46,000,000 (fully guaranteed)<br \/>\n2026 &#8211; $46,000,000 (fully guaranteed)<br \/>\n2027 &#8211; Dummy Year (for a Post June 1st cut)<\/p>\n<p>Kenny Pickett<br \/>\n2025 &#8211;\u00a0$2,623,350\u00a0(fully guaranteed)<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Additions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first place people&#8217;s minds will go is does this close the door to a Kirk Cousins signing. For me it makes it very unlikely that he will come to the Browns but at the same time it is probably his best chance at a starting role of any team on the market if the Steelers sign Rodgers. Would he want to sign and join a quarterback competition with three other quarterbacks if they draft someone. He might be better waiting and when a team gets an injury making the most of that.<\/p>\n<p>They will need to add another player to the position room too, this could be a UDFA or a veteran minimum player like\u00a0Jeff Driskel.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"slides-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"2633947\" class=\"slide-container active\">\n<div class=\"slide-meta\">\n<h2 class=\"slide-title\">The Draft<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"slide-content\">\n<p>It seems unlikely at this stage that the Cleveland Browns will select a quarterback with the number two pick in the draft. If\u00a0Shedeur Sanders thought he was in with a shot at the number two pick he wouldn&#8217;t be taking visits to the Steelers who pick 21st.<\/p>\n<p>The question is where they select their quarterback, there are three main options:<\/p>\n<p>Significant trade up &#8211; If they see\u00a0Sanders sliding and try to pair him with Hunter then it could be one where they are aiming to get up to around the 16th pick<\/p>\n<p>Trade up &#8211; A smaller trade up could be looking to get into the 20&#8217;s either just ahead of the Steelers or to the Vikings at 24. They could also look for a little trade up of a few spots to make sure they get their player. Lots of people to talk of the value of a fifth year option but if you hit on the quarterback then the $20m saved for one year isn&#8217;t going to move the needle very much.<\/p>\n<p>Stay at 33 &#8211; They could hold first and believe the slide will happen for their preferred quarterback, meaning they can keep all of their picks and pull the trigger to start day two.<\/p>\n<p>I would not rule out them passing on quarterback high if they are not wowed by the options and take a late day two or day three swing on a player.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final 53<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joe Flacco<\/p>\n<p>Kenny Pickett<\/p>\n<p>Draft Pick<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the new direction of the Browns?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland-browns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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