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BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski on Wednesday was noncommittal on whether rookie Shedeur Sanders — or practice squad quarterback Bailey Zappe — would be the team's backup quarterback in the aftermath of trading Joe Flacco to the Cincinnati Bengals.
Cleveland traded Flacco and a 2026 sixth-round pick to Cincinnati on Tuesday in exchange for a 2026 fifth-round pick, leaving Sanders and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel as the only quarterbacks on the active roster. However, Stefanski said he would "let the week play out [and] make a decision later" when asked about the QB2 role.
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Fifth-round rookie Shedeur Sanders has been No. 3 on the Browns' QB depth chart for the first five weeks of the season. Jason Miller / Getty Images
The Cleveland Browns dealt Joe Flacco to the Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday, moving on from their Week 1 starter and completing their second trade of a veteran quarterback in the last six weeks.
Kenny Pickett, who took the first reps before missing most of training camp and all of the preseason with a hamstring injury, was traded to the Las Vegas Raiders on Aug. 25.
The youth movement that’s been on since the Browns drafted Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders in April was accelerated last week when they benched the 40-year-old Flacco and named Gabriel the starter. Right now, all that’s clear about the order in the quarterbacks room is that Gabriel is No. 1. The obvious internal hope is that he keeps the job for the rest of the season. Even at 1-4, the Browns aren’t totally sunk yet in the AFC North.
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Browns' Kevin Stefanski not committing to Shedeur Sanders as backup QB following Joe Flacco trade
Now that quarterback Joe Flacco is a member of the Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski has a decision to make about his team's depth chart. Will Shedeur Sanders assume the backup role behind fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel, or will Bailey Zappe take the second-string spot after being elevated from the practice squad?
"I'll let the week play out and make a decision later on that," Stefanski said Wednesday.
Asked specifically about the idea of promoting Sanders to No. 2 on the depth chart, Stefanski admitted he was still processing the situation because the Flacco deal took him by "surprise." The Browns coach added he has to keep the long-term development of Sanders, and other players, in mind when making tweaks to the depth chart.
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