The Cleveland Browns have officially named veteran Joe Flacco as their starting quarterback for Week 1. That’s bad news for former Pittsburgh Steelers first-round pick Kenny Pickett. While Pickett was a starter with the Steelers, he spent last year as a backup for the Philadelphia Eagles. This offseason, he was traded to the Browns, and it looked like a good opportunity for him to become a starter again. He lost out, but reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala recently hinted that Pickett could still have opportunities elsewhere.
“I was chatting with an offensive coach in the NFL just last night who was asking me about Kenny Pickett as a trade object for trade status,” Kinkhabwala said Monday on CBS Sports HQ.