On Sunday, Kevin Stefanski shared that he would name the Week 1 starter in the upcoming week, and then the team formally announced Joe Flacco as the guy on Monday afternoon. Brad Stainbrook writes that choosing Flacco as the starter was the easy decision,

The Cleveland Browns announced on Monday that veteran Joe Flacco will be the team's starting quarterback for its regular-season opener on Sept. 7 against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Flacco didn't play in the team's three preseason games, but Cleveland will trot him out vs. the Bengals in Week 1