Cleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco looks downfield for a deep pass during an NFL practice at the Cleveland Browns training facility on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Berea, Ohio.

Cleveland Browns: Joe Flacco Sets Strongly Shoots Down Narrative Amid QB Competition

Originally posted on Gridiron Heroics | By Rex Villas | Last updated Jun 1, 2025 7:56 AM ET

Joe Flacco has reunited with the Cleveland Browns in the offseason, as the Super Bowl-winning quarterback decided to take his talents back to The Land by signing a one-year, $4.25 million contract with the team.

Flacco turned 40 years old last January, but he still believes he can provide a quality performance in the 2025 NFL season for the Browns, who won just three games in the 2024 campaign. It can be recalled that Flacco had a career revival with the Browns in 2023, when he won the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year award and helped Cleveland make the playoffs after taking over the QB1 role following Deshaun Watson’s injury.

Cleveland Browns’ Flacco has QB1 role in mind

Make no mistake; Flacco has his sights set on winning the quarterback battle in Cleveland.

He did not just sign with the Browns to mentor his younger teammates in the QB room, as he works alongside rookies Shedeur Sanders, Dillon Gabriel and Kenny Pickett, who are each looking to make a case for a starting gig.

“It’s not really about that,” Flacco said about mentoring his fellow QBs in Cleveland (via Daniel Oyefusi of ESPN). “It’s just not the main focus,” Flacco said Wednesday after the Browns’ second OTA practice. “I see myself as a guy that can play in this league. So, if your main focus was just like, hey, but I’m going to get you ready, you’re just not taking care of business. The best way to be a mentor, honestly, is to show people how you go to work and, like I said, hope that they pick up on that stuff, but not necessarily force them to pick up on the things that you do.”

Jan 13, 2024; Houston, Texas, USA; Cleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco (15) on the field after a 2024 AFC wild card game against the Houston Texans at NRG Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports

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