Most families with parents in their sixties are coping with the destruction wrought by grandchildren’s Christmas presents hastily unwrapped on Christmas morning and then scattered across the household. Instead, we cope with the fuzz from 2,301 doggie toys, most of which were summarily dissected for their internal squeakers, with fuzz strewn all over the floor in a savage mockery of human surgical medicine.

Which brings me to the Cleveland Browns quarterbacks. We broke ’em all. At the start of the season, the Browns found themselves with Deshaun Watson, Dorian Thompson-Robinson, Josh Dobbs, and Kellen Mond. The first two have found themselves injured and on the IR, and the latter two have been tossed away so they can engage in the usual nomadic journeys associated with second and third-tier NFL quarterbacks. Quarterbacks five and six, P.J. Walker and Joe Flacco are still around. The former is a “break glass in case of emergency” situation every Browns fan fears. The latter is a late-December story of revival and unlikely success that has caught the imagination of the NFL.

Without the improbable story of Flacco, it’s a pretty damn sad story of promise unrealized for the 2023 season. With him, well, Browns fans still have dreams of success.

Kicker Dustin Hopkins an answer to Browns' prayers – News-Herald

Today’s stories revolve around that final pre-season quarterback exiting for the injured reserve list, and the return of P.J. Walker to the active roster. Beyond that, the Browns acknowledged that Dustin Hopkins won’t be available this week as he recovers from a hamstring injury. They also signed a punter named Matt Haack in case Corey Bojorquez can’t punt due to his quad injury, as the Browns injury situation reached levels of absurdity previously considered the the sole province of Monty Python sketches.

Have a good one! GO BROWNS!