Browns name Joe Flacco starting quarterback for Week 1

The Cleveland Browns named Joe Flacco its starting quarterback for Week 1 despite receiving some stiff competition from rookies Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel.

Flacco is the Super Bowl champion veteran quarterback who has experience in head coach Kevin Stefanski’s offense already. He was the favorite to get the starting job and Sanders, Gabriel and Kenny Pickett would have had to play astronomically well in preseason and training camp to sniff the opportunity to start.

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"The last couple of weeks, honestly, it’s been pretty good for me," Flacco said last week, via the team’s website. "I’ve gotten to get more reps and get comfortable and feel like I’m doing things at a pretty high level."

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