BEREA, Ohio — After benching him ahead of their Week 5 matchup with the Minnesota Vikings, the Cleveland Browns have now parted ways with veteran quarterback Joe Flacco, trading him to the Cincinnati Bengals, league sources told News 5.
The Browns are sending Flacco and a sixth-round pick to the Bengals in exchange for a fifth-round pick.
Flacco won the starting role after a summer of competition between him, rookies Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders and Kenny Pickett. After the Browns traded Pickett, they named Flacco the starter, Gabriel QB2 and Sanders QB3.
Through the first four games of the season with Flacco starting at quarterback, the Browns' offense struggled, as did Flacco himself. Flacco threw six interceptions, fumbled the ball twice and held a league-low passer rating of 6