Joe Flacco was atop the Cleveland Browns' initial depth chart at quarterback ahead of the team's first preseason game on Friday. The 40-year-old Flacco is currently ahead of veteran Kenny Pickett at No.

The Browns will be hoping he can recreate his late-season magic from 2023. Cleveland signed Flacco off his couch, and he started five games, going 4-1 and throwing 13 touchdowns. The playoffs were a nightmare, but it was still an exciting run.

Flacco, who unleashed one of the most epic deep balls of the 21st century — the 70-yard touchdown pass to Jacoby Jones that carried the Ravens to a shocking divisional-round upset of the Denver Broncos, en route to their Super Bowl XLVII victory in 2013 — insisted he can still throw the ball that far.