CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Browns made a jaw-dropping move this week, trading veteran quarterback Joe Flacco to the division rival Cincinnati Bengals in exchange for moving up from a sixth-round pick to a fifth-round pick in the upcoming draft. While the compensation seems minor, the implications of this trade reverberate through the AFC North and potentially through the rest of the Browns’ season.

On the Orange and Brown Talk podcast , Browns beat reporter Mary Kay Cabot immediately identified the high-stakes nature of this transaction.

“Well, it does feel like a win-win — until Joe Flacco beats the Browns in the season finale to knock the Browns out of the playoffs, then it won’t be,” Cabot said, highlighting the nightmare scenario that now looms over Cleveland’s season.

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