Following yet another bad game from Cleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco in Week 4, head coach Kevin Stefanski was asked about making a quarterback change. Here's what he said.
Kevin Stefanski makes Browns starting QB decision after Joe Flacco's Week 4 dud originally appeared on The Sporting News
Another week, another dud from Cleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco.
Despite being completely overmatched, the Browns actually hung tough against the Lions for three quarters, but with how poorly the offense played, there was no hope Cleveland would pull off an upset.
When it was all said and done, Flacco completed just 16-of-34 passes for 184 yards and two interceptions, with one of those picks being a hideous pass that landed in Lions safety Kerby Joseph's waiting arms.
Once the game was out of hand late in the fourth quarter, the Browns gave the ball to rookie Dillon Gabriel, who threw an incomplete pass for his only attempt of the game.
After the game, Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski was asked what is now a weekly question: will the Browns make a switch at quarterback?
Stefanski said no.
“That’s not our focus," Stefanski said of a quarterback change, per ESPN's Daniel Oyefusi. "We didn’t do enough on offense.”
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said he’s still not considering a QB change.
— Daniel Oyefusi (@DanielOyefusi) September 28, 2025
“That’s not our focus … We didn’t do enough on offense.”
It isn't clear what the Browns are waiting for because they're already cooked.
Cleveland is now 1-3 and the offense has not posted more than 17 points in any game this season, and the Browns have just 23 points over the last two contests.
Perhaps Stefanski thinks he'll lose the locker room by turning to Gabriel now, or maybe he just doesn't think the rookie is ready.
That said, the Browns have two rookie quarterbacks to evaluate this season, with Shedeur Sanders being the other, so they're going to need ample time to do that.
Now seems like as good a time as ever to get that process started.
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