BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns have been searching for a veteran quarterback to add to the room this offseason, and they've got their guy. Joe Flacco is headed back to the Browns.
Flacco and the Browns reached a one-year, $4 million contract agreement that will return Flacco to the roster for the upcoming 2025 season.
During the 2023 season, Flacco was signed to the Brown practice squad as a free agent who hadn't played in nearly a year.
He was he fourth quarterback to start for the team that season after Deshaun Watson sustained a shoulder injury and a carousel of quarterbacks began.
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Flacco helped lead the Browns to the playoffs amid a season of injuries and uncertainty. In his five games with the Browns, Flacco went 4-1, completing 123 passes for 1,616 yards, 13 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
There was a strong desire from many Browns fans for the team to re-sign Flacco that offseason, but the Browns moved forward without him, and Flacco signed a one-year contract with the Indianapolis Colts where he played in eight games, starting in six, throwing 162 completetions for 1,761 yards, 12 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
Flacco returns to a quarterback room in Cleveland that currently consists of Kenny Pickett and an injured and highly unlikely-to-play Deshaun Watson.
The veteran quarterback will help a rookie quarterback develop this offseason, one that the Browns are expected to select somewhere in the draft.
Flacco is entering his 18th NFL season.
