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Shedeur Sanders’ spot on the Cleveland Browns’ quarterback depth chart was revealed on Friday. Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed that Sanders will serve as Dillon Gabriel’s backup heading into an AFC North matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The 23-year-old was initially No. 3 on Cleveland’s depth chart before veteran Joe Flacco was traded to the Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday. …

The Bengals came into the 2025 season with high hopes for making a return to the playoffs, but they have looked likelier to land the first overall pick in three games since quarterback Joe Burrow’s toe injury. Getting outscored 113-37 in those games led the team to make a move to try to stop the bleeding before its too late. …

Joe Flacco was named the Bengals’ starting quarterback a day after joining the team in a trade with the Browns, which means he’ll have no time to waste when it comes to picking up the team’s offense. Wednesday was the first chance he had to work on that in a practice setting and the early reviews are all positive. Center …

CINCINNATI — Joe Flacco is the Bengals’ new starting quarterback, and Sports Illustrated insider Albert Breer thinks it’s a “game-changer” for the Bengals’ season. He has a serious belief that Flacco could win enough games for the Bengals to eventually let Joe Burrow come back and punch home a playoff spot. ESPN’s Football Power Index gives Cincinnati an 8.7% chance to make the playoffs, the lowest odds of any 2-3 team. …

CINCINNATI – If you want to know how much work there is to be done to get new Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco up to speed, consider that the team has nixed what typically is a 12- to 15-minute, post-practice Wednesday news conference for the starting quarterback. It’s not that the Bengals are reluctant to commit to Flacco being the …

Editor’s note: Tony Grossi is a Cleveland Browns and NFL analyst for TheLandOnDemand.com and 850 ESPN Cleveland. He has covered the Browns since 1984. The Joe Flacco trade story is getting weirder and weirder. On Tuesday, the club’s announcement of the trade with the Cincinnati Bengals included no quote from a team official. I mean, Flacco took the team to …

When you’ve been in this thing for 18 years like Joe Flacco has, you’ll never meet a stranger. And that’s exactly what happened Wednesday on his first day of work as a Bengal at Paycor Stadium. His new right tackle, Amarius Mims, turned six the fall Flacco broke into the league, and those Flacco-Ben Roethlisberger AFC North matchups helped him …

It’s official: Joe Flacco will start for the Bengals on Sunday when they play the Packers. Head coach Zac Taylor told reporters that would be the case to start his Wednesday press conference. “Played him a lot, watched him a lot. Brings great experience, great leadership,” Taylor said of Flacco. “His style fits our style of play, too. So, excited …

Cincinnati’s newest field general will lead the Bengals right into battle.  Bengals head coach Zac Taylor announced Wednesday that newly acquired veteran quarterback Joe Flacco will start the team’s Week 6 matchup against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday. “We’ll start him this week,” he told reporters, “so he’ll take all the reps, get ready to go.” …

CINCINNATI — Joe Flacco may not have been the Bengals’ first choice of quarterback options to try to save the 2025 season.  ESPN’s Dan Graziano reported the team never had any interest in Russell Wilson, Jameis Winston, or Kirk Cousins but did have some “chatter” surrounding the Eagles’ Sam Howell and the Seahawks’ Drew Lock. “When Joe Burrow got hurt, the Bengals truly did believe …