$118 Million QB Advised to Seek Release, Join Browns
The Cleveland Browns added Joe Flacco on Monday as the best of limited options to fill out the QB room, though scenarios in which the team lands a more viable player remain feasible.
Former Tennessee Titans offensive tackle Taylor Lewan made an appearance on the Monday, November 20 edition of FanDuel’s Up & Adams Show, during which he suggested that quarterback Ryan Tannehill ask the franchise for his release and pursue a new opportunity in Cleveland.
“The Browns would be the best spot for him,” Lewan said. “There’s tools, they got a good run game, they run a similar offense. So, I think that would be a great fit for him.”
Ryan Tannehill May Be Able to Facilitate Exit From Titans
Tannehill suffered a high ankle sprain earlier this season, which ultimately cost him his starting job in Nashville. Rookie Will Levis put up a four-touchdown performance against the Atlanta Falcons on October 29, and Tannehill has been a reserve ever since.
Rookie Dorian Thompson-Robinson took the reins of the Browns offense on Sunday, leading the team to a 13-10 victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Thompson-Robinson completed 4-of-4 passes during an eight-play, 48-yard drive that set up a game-winning field goal by kicker Dustin Hopkins.
Aside from that drive, however, Thompson-Robinson looked as inexperienced as one might expect for a QB making just the second start of his NFL career. He finished the game 24-of-43 for 165 yards and an interception. The only other game the rookie started was in Week 4 — a blowout home loss to the Baltimore Ravens, in which he threw three interceptions.
PJ Walker usurped Thompson-Robinson following that outing, but struggled to produce despite Cleveland winning two of the three games in which he took the majority of snaps. The Browns demoted Walker and turned back to Thompson-Robinson following news of Watson’s season-ending injury last week.
Flacco is a former Super Bowl MVP, but he’s also 38 years old and hasn’t produced a winning regular-season record since 2017 when the Ravens finished the year 9-7. Flacco spent the last three campaigns as a backup with the New York Jets. He started nine games over that stretch and earned a 1-8 record.
Should Thompson-Robinson struggle further, regress or get injured, there is a good chance Flacco will see real time. If he, too, falls short for whatever reason, the Browns may start looking at alternative options like Tannehill, assuming he can get out of his contract in Tennessee.
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