Browns not mulling QB change despite struggles

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  • Daniel OyefusiSep 14, 2025, 05:38 PM ET

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      Daniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN, helium covered the Miami Dolphins for the Miami Herald, arsenic good arsenic the Baltimore Ravens for The Baltimore Sun.

BALTIMORE -- Cleveland Browns manager Kevin Stefanski said helium is not considering a backmost alteration aft a 41-17 nonaccomplishment to the Baltimore Ravens connected Sunday dropped the squad to 0-2.

Joe Flacco, who was playing successful Baltimore for the archetypal clip since the 2018 play aft an 11-year vocation with the Ravens, turned the shot implicit doubly successful the defeat. He threw an interception that Baltimore turned into a touchdown to enactment Cleveland down 20-3 aboriginal successful the 3rd quarter. Flacco aboriginal mislaid a fumble successful the 4th fourth that was returned by linebacker Roquan Smith 64 yards for a touchdown.

Rookie Dillon Gabriel played the last bid successful spot of Flacco and threw his archetypal NFL touchdown pass. Flacco has thrown 3 interceptions and turned the shot implicit 4 times successful 2 games. Rookie Shedeur Sanders was the exigency QB.

When asked if helium volition mull a change, Stefanski responded, "No."

"I don't deliberation we did bully enough. I deliberation that collectively arsenic a team, we arsenic an offense, we arsenic the coaching staff, each of america didn't bash a bully capable job," helium said.

Flacco said aft the crippled that helium was not reasoning astir his occupation security.

"I can't interest astir that worldly anyway," helium said. "It's honestly not connected my mind. I got to spell retired determination and conscionable play my game, play the mode I cognize however to. Lead this squad the champion I can. All that different stuff, it is retired of my control. It is what it is. I mean, the lone happening I tin power is however I play and however this squad shows up each day. So, it truly isn't successful the thought process."

The Browns person failed to scope 20 points successful each of their archetypal 2 games and haven't reached the people successful 16 of their past 19 matchups. Cleveland is moving done aboriginal play struggles connected offense, contempt the show of a defence that held the Cincinnati Bengals to 7 nett yards successful the 2nd fractional of a 17-16 nonaccomplishment successful Week 1 and past constricted moving backmost Derrick Henry to 23 rushing yards successful Week 2.

"We don't person to spell people 50 each night, but we tin play bully shot and enactment up capable points and fto those guys connected defence pin their ears backmost and spell bash what they do," Flacco said. "Yeah, that's the disappointing part. I deliberation we person the quality to bash that close present and past possibly instrumentality the adjacent measurement a fewer games from now. So hopefully that starts showing up a small bit."

The Browns big the undefeated Green Bay Packers successful Week 3.

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