Overview

• The Browns announced Joe Flacco as their Week 1 starter for the Sept. 7 opener against the Bengals.
• Flacco was the only signal-caller to avoid missed time during training camp and earned the bulk of first-team reps.
• Kenny Pickett’s hamstring issue and oblique and hamstring injuries to rookies Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel curtailed their opportunities.
• Sanders and Gabriel produced encouraging moments in limited preseason snaps but lacked sufficient reps to overtake the veteran.
• With Deshaun Watson sidelined for the season, Cleveland must finalize whether to carry three or four quarterbacks before the final preseason game.