Tony Rizzo of ESPN Cleveland raised eyebrows when he reported on Tuesday that sources told him the 1-3 Cleveland Browns planned to start rookie quarterback Dillon Gabriel over struggling veteran Joe Flacco for this coming Sunday's game versus the 2-2 Minnesota Vikings.
On Wednesday morning, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network and Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer shared that Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski was making the quarterback change for the first Sunday of October. The Browns subsequently announced that Gabriel will be their QB1 for the Vikings game.
What was "the last straw" for Browns regarding Joe Flacco?
According to Cabot, "the last straw" for Stefanski and Co. regarding the Browns' quarterback situation was Cleveland's 34-10 blowout lo