{"id":29185,"date":"2025-07-29T11:17:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=29185"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:17:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T11:17:20","slug":"breaking-news-browns-qb-joe-flacco-offers-honest-take-on-picketts-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=29185","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Browns QB Joe Flacco Offers Honest Take on Pickett\u2019s Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2227120319-e1753783162434.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2227120319-e1753783162434.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2227120319-e1753783162434.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/GettyImages-2227120319-e1753783162434.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Browns QB Joe Flacco Offers Honest Take on Pickett\u2019s Injury\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco is looking to make the most of his increased workload with Kenny Pickett sidelined, though he\u2019s unsure it will give him an edge in the competition for the starting job.<\/p>\n<p>Pickett suffered a hamstring injury during Saturday\u2019s training camp session and sat out Monday\u2019s practice. He\u2019s expected to be re-evaluated later in the week. In the meantime, Flacco is eager to take advantage of the extra reps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course,\u201d Flacco said when asked about the opportunity for more snaps, per Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com.<\/p>\n<p>Flacco, 40, took most of the first-team reps on Monday after a slightly lighter load earlier in camp. With more than 200 career starts and experience in Cleveland\u2019s system, the team has a clear sense of what he brings to the table.<\/p>\n<p>As for how the injury affects his standing in the quarterback competition, Flacco isn\u2019t sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been trying to keep my head down this whole time anyway, so I really don\u2019t (know),\u201d he said. \u201cCouldn\u2019t say.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flacco acknowledged the timing of Pickett\u2019s injury isn\u2019t ideal but noted it could have come at a less opportune time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s worse timing,\u201d Flacco said. \u201cBut at any point when you\u2019ve been working so hard, you don\u2019t want to see something like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Browns Have No Timetable for Kenny Pickett\u2019s Return<\/h2>\n<p>The Browns\u00a0traded for Pickett\u00a0in March, bringing the former first-round pick over from the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles. Pickett was a backup in Philadelphia to Jalen Hurts but he started his career in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/KXiDStBSyWoj.n4KdP6aAw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTM1OTtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/clutchpoints_articles_939\/f0553900c698f55ad015e280997f0f29\" alt=\"Browns' Joe Flacco blasts mentor narrative with brutal takedown - Yahoo  Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He spent two seasons with the Steelers, compiling a 14-10 record as the starter while throwing for 4,474 yards, 13 touchdowns, and 13 interceptions. Now in Cleveland, Pickett is aiming to revitalize his career, but the hamstring injury has stalled his momentum. The Browns don\u2019t have a clear timeline for his return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t have a timeline. You know, with something like this, we\u2019ll see how it goes. But his mindset, my mindset, will just go day to day,\u201d\u00a0Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said on Monday. \u201cI\u2019m not going to get into specifics on the injury other than to tell you he\u2019s going to do everything in his power to get back ASAP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like Flacco, Stefanski is bummed for Pickett.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor any player, you\u2019re disappointed when you can\u2019t be out there with any injury, but he\u2019ll be fine. He\u2019ll rehab, he\u2019ll get back out very quickly,\u201d Stefanski said. \u201cWe\u2019ll re-evaluate it after this block, if you will. But again, disappointed for Kenny, but he\u2019s here. He is getting better and we\u2019ll see when he\u2019s back out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Sanders, Gabriel to Pick Up Extra Reps<\/h2>\n<p>The other beneficiaries of Pickett\u2019s injury are rookie quarterbacks Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders, who are expected to see increased reps with Pickett sidelined. The Browns have continued to stress that all four quarterbacks remain in the mix for the starting job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, everybody will get a little bit more because of how you\u2019re going to distribute those reps,\u201d Stefanski said. \u201cI think it\u2019s really dependent on the period, what we\u2019re trying to accomplish in that period, and just moving these guys around, giving them some more exposure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel has seen limited action with the first-team offense, while Sanders has yet to take any snaps with the starters. It remains unclear if that will change in the coming days. The Browns open their preseason schedule on August 8 against the Carolina Panthers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Flacco is unsure if Kenny Pickett&#8217;s injury will give him an edge in the competition for the Cleveland Browns&#8217; starting quarterback job.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29185","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING NEWS : Browns QB Joe Flacco Offers Honest Take on Pickett\u2019s Injury - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=29185\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING NEWS : Browns QB Joe Flacco Offers Honest Take on Pickett\u2019s Injury - 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