Browns Widely Encouraged to Replace Watson with Flacco Permanently
Joe Flacco has sent a loud message to the NFL that he is far from finished as a starting QB, and Cleveland Browns fans and media alike have responded with an overwhelming show of confidence and support.
Flacco entered the starting lineup a little less than one month ago after spending the entire season up to that point sidelined not by injury, but by a general lack of interest around the league. Now, just four games later, suggestions that the Browns permanently shelve Deshaun Watson in favor of Flacco are beginning to surface everywhere.
“Does anyone think the #Browns will be better off with Deshaun Watson as their quarterback next season?” Jeff Schudel of The News-Herald and Morning-Journal wrote on X.
GettyCleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco.
Barstool Sports laid out Flacco’s performance over the last three weeks, all wins for the Browns, and flat out contended that he is elite. And the numbers are hard to argue.
“Joe Flacco the last 3 weeks: 81/132 [passing], 1,053 yards, 8 TDs, 3 wins,” Barstool posted to X. “Elite.”
Media members asked Flacco about his accomplishments following Sunday’s win against the Houston Texans, specifically about throwing for 300 yards for the third consecutive game.
“There’s probably a time in your career where you start to think about those things, and obviously it’s nice when it happens,” Flacco said, per Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. “But at this point, man, I’m so grateful just to be in position to win games. And so that’s the biggest thing. It really is such a singular focus to try and win these games, and everything else is secondary.”
