Ohio’s Cleveland The Browns are still in shock over their 45-14 loss to the Texans in the wild card game, and they are already looking for new assistant coaches and an offensive coordinator to take Alex Van Pelt’s place.
They’ll also bring on a new tight ends coach, running backs coach, defensive line coach, and potentially even a new play-caller for Deshaun Watson if Kevin Stefanski assigns the responsibility to his new coordinator before the next three weeks are out.Browns’ quarterback Joe Flacco joined the Pardon My Take podcast and talked about his time in Cleveland this year and if he’d consider a reuniting with the franchise next season We aren’t even a week removed from the Browns tough, Wild Card loss to Houston last weekend but fans are already looking ahead to 2024. Cleveland miraculously made it to the NFL Playoffs despite suffering an incredible amount of adversity thanks to injuries. The reason for their 11-6 record and Playoff birth was the play of now 39-year-old Joe Flacco down the home stretch of December. Flacco used to dominate Cleveland in his time with Baltimore and was an enemy of this town until he dawned the Orange and Brown himself over the last couple
For Cleveland in his six games, Flacco was outstanding. He finished with 1,923 yards, 14 touchdowns, and 10 interceptions, giving him a dazzling 4-2 record. He also completed passes for more than 300 yards in five of his six games.
Stretching those stats across a 17-game season, Flacco and the Browns would have probably finished with an 11- or 12-win season. Flacco would have completed his passing for 5,384 yards, 39 touchdowns, and—wait—28 interceptions.
Even though this is a small sample size, Flacco was throwing the ball at a high level, and that cannot be overlooked.
Cleveland is in a unique situation right now. Regarding finances, there is no debate over the team’s quarterback for the upcoming campaign. Deshaun Watson is here to stay.
