CLEVELAND, Ohio — Shedeur and Deion Sanders both weighed in Tuesday on the Joe Flacco trade, which could elevate Shedeur to QB2 behind fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel for Sunday’s game in Pittsburgh.
The Browns traded Flacco, 40, to the Bengals on Tuesday along with a 2026 sixth-round pick in exchange for a 2026 fifth-round pick. He’ll likely start Sunday against the Packers in place of Jake Browning, who lost three straight games and threw eight interceptions in his four starts, including three in a loss to the Lions on Sunday.
It means Sanders, the Browns’ fifth-round pick out of Colorado, could be the backup quarterback for the first time this season after serving as the emergency third QB in each of the first five games. The Browns might also contemplate elevating Bailey Zappe, the Patr