Shortly after benching Joe Flacco for rookie Dillon Gabriel, the Browns traded the 40-year-old veteran quarterback to the Bengals on Tuesday. Flacco started four games for the Browns this year, but after a 1–3 start, Cleveland decided to get a closer look at their third round pick.
Trading Flacco means that fifth-round rookie Shedeur Sanders will move to the backup quarterback spot behind Gabriel. Sanders initially remained the team's third-stringer after Flacco was benched, but is currently listed as QB2 on the team's depth chart.
