A father of five children ages 8 to almost 13, Flacco famously joked in 2023 here that if he had messed up in high school, he could be the father of some of his teammates. So it is with the current quarterback competition, in which he’ll try to beat out Kenny Pickett, 26, and rookies Dillon Gabriel, 24 and Sanders, 23.

Jerry Jeudy missed being teammates with Joe Flacco in Denver. They're teammates now in Cleveland, and the Browns wide receiver couldn't be happier.

Kenny Pickett realizes that almost all the offseason attention devoted to the Cleveland Browns is on the quarterback competition.

All these reps add up, and they’re being graded on every play," Stefanski said. "We just love the opportunity to be on the practice field."