{"id":10772,"date":"2023-11-23T02:50:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T23:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/10772\/new-browns-qb-joe-flacco\/"},"modified":"2023-11-23T02:50:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T23:50:13","slug":"new-browns-qb-joe-flacco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=10772","title":{"rendered":"New Browns QB Joe Flacco, 38, says &#8216;I can still play&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Browns QB Joe Flacco, 38, says &#8216;I can still play&#8217;\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Jake Trotter, ESPN editor<span class=\"timestamp \">November 22, 2023, 5:55 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\">Close<\/p>\n<ul>Jake Trotter covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN.  He joined ESPN in 2011 to cover college <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/football\/\"   title=\"football\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">football<\/a>.  Before that, he worked for The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal.  You can follow him on Twitter @Jake_Trotter.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>BEREA, Ohio \u2014 Although he&#8217;s 38 years old, Super Bowl-winning quarterback Joe Flacco thinks he still has some gas left in the tank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really believe I can still play,\u201d Flacco said Wednesday, before his first practice with the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n<p>After spending more than half the season waiting for an opportunity, Flacco finally signed with Cleveland on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns were looking to add a third quarterback with Deshaun Watson out for the season with a broken throwing shoulder.  Watson underwent surgery Tuesday in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Choice<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Flacco was the only quarterback the Browns chose to replace Watson on the roster.  Flacco will begin his tenure in Cleveland as the backup behind rookie Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who, in his second career start Sunday, led the Browns to a game-winning field goal in a 13-10 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a> over the Pittsburgh Steelers.  Cleveland also has quarterback PJ Walker on its roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m a veteran who has played a lot at this point in the season with a team that&#8217;s doing well,\u201d Flacco said.  \u201cSo I think there\u2019s a lot of different things I can bring to the table.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever my role is and wherever it takes me, I will do my best to achieve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flacco had 42,320 yards and 232 touchdowns in his career.  He won the Super Bowl in 2013 while with the Baltimore Ravens and was named Super Bowl MVP.<\/p>\n<p>Flacco most recently started games for the New York Jets during the 2022 season. In <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/week\/\"   title=\"Week\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Week<\/a> 2 of last season, Flacco led the Jets to an improbable fourth-quarter comeback in Cleveland.  In that game, Flacco threw four touchdown passes, including the game-winner to Garrett Wilson with 22 seconds remaining.  On Wednesday, Flacco called it &#8220;the craziest&#8221; game he&#8217;s ever played.<\/p>\n<p>Flacco said he hoped to sign somewhere this season, but admitted he was starting to doubt that opportunity would arise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I sat at home for most of this year, I was probably starting to lose a little confidence in it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Flacco said his workout with the Browns Friday was the first he&#8217;s had since coming out of the University of Delaware in 2008, before the NFL draft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was excited to do it,\u201d he said.  &#8220;You want to impress. It was cool and it was good practice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Flacco spent a decade with the Ravens, one of Cleveland&#8217;s rivals in the AFC North.  Despite that, he said it wasn&#8217;t strange being in the Browns locker room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it would probably be a little different if I came here four or five years ago,\u201d said Flacco, who also played with the Philadelphia Eagles and Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his roots in Baltimore, Flacco said his four sons, especially his 10-year-old son, already have a long Christmas list with &#8220;about 50 Browns things on it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Browns will face the Broncos on Sunday in Denver.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Browns QB Joe Flacco, 38, says &#8216;I can still play&#8217;\u060c Jake Trotter, ESPN editorNovember 22, 2023, 5:55 p.m. Close Jake Trotter covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2011 to cover college football. Before that, he worked for The Oklahoman, Austin American-Statesman and Middletown (Ohio) Journal. 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