Joe Flacco beat out a group of young quarterbacks to win the Cleveland Browns' starting job for Week 1, and the most experienced option in the room is set to join a minuscule group of NFL players to extend their careers into their 40s. Flacco will be the second-oldest starting quarterback in the league this season, behind only Aaron Rodgers . The first-year Brown, who joined the franchise this offseason on a one-year, $4 million deal, said it is "special" to get the nod at his age.

Flacco emerged victorious in the position battle over contenders Kenny Pickett , Dillon Gabriel , Shedeur Sanders and Tyler Huntley . None of the other quarterbacks in Cleveland are older than 27, while Flacco celebrated his 40th birthday in January.

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