Flacco didn't play much this preseason, but he did enough to give the Browns some confidence in their starting quarterback.

It's the Browns vs. Rams in Week 3 of the NFL preseason. Joe Flacco leads Cleveland into their only home game of the exhibition season.

When coach Kevin Stefanski named Flacco the Browns’ starting quarterback, it wasn’t just another personnel decision – it was the official arrival of what might be the most unexpected feel-good story in Browns history.

The Browns' decision to hold Joe Flacco out of their first two preseason games this summer was a sign that he was the likeliest choice to be their starting quarterback and head coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed that's the case on Monday.

In the preseason finale, Cleveland will be hosting the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday, as team insider Mary Kay Cabot relayed what head coach Kevin Stefanski said is the game plan for the contest. He would say that Flacco will start the game with the first-team playing 25 to 30 plays, as after that, Dillon Gabriel will play next, and then Sanders.

The Cleveland Browns recently announced that Joe Flacco will be their starting quarterback for Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Flacco served as the team’s QB late in the 2023 season to lead Cleveland to its second postseason appearance under head coach Kevin Stefanski and that familiarity likely helped the 40-year-old signal-caller secure the job. In his Tuesday press conference, Stefanski said Flacco has done really well in the offseason program and training camp.