Joe Flacco, the quarterback who won the Super Bowl, is now formally a Cleveland Browns player .After spending the previous three games on the team’s practice squad and on the boosted roster, veteran quarterback Joe Flacco inked a one-year contract with the Browns on Thursday, according to an announcement made by JL Sports. He now joins the 53-man roster as a result.
Terms weren’t revealed. According to ESPN, there are incentives in the deal worth up to $4 million.
A day after veteran quarterback Joe Flacco passed for 311 yards and three touchdowns on Sunday as the Browns defeated the Jacksonville Jaguars 31-27, head coach Kevin Stefanski proclaimed Flacco the team’s starter for the remainder of the season on Monday.
He takes the place of rookie Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who filled in for Deshaun Watson, who is sidelined for the duration of the season due to shoulder surgery.
Starting with the Browns, Flacco is 1-1 after losing to the Los Angeles Rams on December 3. He completed 23 of 44 throws for 254 yards and two touchdowns in that contest. Every week, there has been one intercept of him.
Currently in his 16th season, Flacco was unemployed until the Browns called him after the 2012 season. Flacco was the MVP of the Super Bowl for the Baltimore Ravens. Watson harm. His 100th career regular-season victory came on Sunday.
On Sunday, the Browns (8-5) will play the Chicago Bears (5-8).
For the rest of the regular season, Flacco will receive $75,000 for every victory, according ESPN. A wild-card win would bring in $250,000, a divisional playoff win would bring in $500,000, an AFC Championship win would bring in $1 million, and a Super Bowl triumph would bring in $2 million.
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