Joe Flacco is back with the Cleveland Browns. Just don't bank on the 40-year-old journeyman opening 2025 as the team's starter. That's according to Kenny Pickett, the club's other offseason addition under center,

Joe Flacco is back with the Browns, but that hasn't changed Kenny Pickett's plans for the 2025 season. The Eagles traded Pickett to the Browns last month and he was at the top of the depth chart in Cleveland with Deshaun Watson out of the picture due to a torn Achilles.

Kenny Pickett has no intentions of being a backup quarterback with the Cleveland Browns. "That’s the plan, man [to start]," he told Jerry DiPaola of TribLive.com. "I'm not going there to hang out. I want to go play. I'm excited, been working hard for it, taking it a day at a time."