Joe Flacco's first Browns stint, revisited: Stats, results from 2023
Flacco, 40, made five regular season starts and one playoff start for Cleveland in 2023, playing well enough to secure a playoff appearance for the Browns. He also started their one postseason game that year.
After that season, Flacco won the 2023 Comeback Player of the Year award over heavy favorite and Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin.
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Flacco parlayed that excellent stretch into a one-year stint with the Indianapolis Colts in 2024. He appeared in eight games and started six of them to the tune of a 2-4 record with a 65.3% completion rate and 12 touchdowns to seven interceptions.
USA TODAY Sports revisited the 18-year veteran's late-season cameo for the Browns in 2023 in honor of his being named the team's Week 1 starter this year.
Here's a recap of Flacco's performance in 2023:
Joe Flacco 2023 stats: How veteran fared in first Browns stint
Record: 4-1 (Postseason: 0-1)
Completion rate: 123-of-204 (60.3%)
Passing yards: 1,616
Touchdowns: 13
Interceptions: 8
Passer rating: 90.2
Flacco took over as the starter for the Browns in Week 13 of the 2023 season following a season-ending shoulder injury to Deshaun Watson and a concussion to then-Browns backup Dorian Thompson-Robinson.
After losing his first start in Cleveland, Flacco ripped off four straight wins between Weeks 14 and 17 to secure a spot in the playoffs for the Browns by Week 18. In each of those four wins, the then-38-year-old passed for over 300 yards and threw for multiple touchdowns.
Flacco and many of the Browns' starters rested for the season finale before heading to Houston to face the Texans in the wild-card round. The Super Bowl 47 MVP completed 73.9% of his passes for 307 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions in Cleveland's 45-14 loss.
Flacco's upcoming Week 1 start will be his first start for the Browns since that playoff game in Houston and his first Week 1 start since 2022 with the New York Jets.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Joe Flacco stats, results from first Browns stint in 2023
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