BEREA, Ohio — The Browns named veteran Joe Flacco the starting quarterback for Week 1 last week, before the final preseason game. The decision on how the depth in the room would shake out was still undecided, but on roster cutdown day, the Browns decided to set their depth chart at quarterback, naming rookie Dillon Gabriel as QB2 behind Flacco.

Gabriel will back up Flacco with rookie Shedeur Sanders slated for the QB3 role to start the year.

The Browns had narrowed down the room from four quarterbacks to three on Monday after trading Kenny Pickett to the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for a 2026 fifth-round pick. That left the rookies to be sorted out.

Head coach Kevin Stefanski made the announcement on Tuesday after the first practice following the team setting the initial 53-man roster

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