Browns to host quarterback workout that will include Joe Flacco following Deshaun Watson’s season-ending injury

After losing starting quarterback Deshaun Watson for the rest of the season to a shoulder injury, the cleveland browns they are becoming newbies Dorian Thompson-Robinson to start this weekend against division rival Pittsburgh Steelers. But they’re also looking at other quarterbacks.

According to CBS Sports NFL Well-informed person jonathan jonesformer The Baltimore Ravens, Denver Broncosand New York Jets attacking player Joe Skinny He will work for the Browns. on Friday. After training, the The Browns did not offer Flacco a deal, according to ESPN.

After spending the first 11 years of his career in Baltimore and winning a Super Bowl Along the way, Flacco spent one year in Denver and three in New York, alternately operating as a starter and backup for each team. He started four games in 2022, going 1-3 and completing just 57.6% of his passes while averaging a career-low 5.5 yards per attempt with five touchdowns to three. interceptions. The quarterback, now 38, has been out of the league this entire season.

It is not yet known which other quarterbacks will participate in this Cleveland workout, but the Browns do have PJ Walker plus Thompson-Robinson, and they felt comfortable enough with Walker to start him in three games Watson missed earlier in the season. It seems unlikely that whichever quarterback is hired will usurp both players, but stranger things have certainly happened, especially in this wild season of backup quarterback play.