Mere Days Before Celebrating His 39th Birthday, Joe Flacco Joins Elite Club Featuring Tom Brady and Peyton Manning

There’s another Flacco in the highlights and no, it’s not A$AP Rocky. The Browns QB has become the talk of the NFL ever since he took over Deshaun Watson in the wake of his injury. The Cleveland Browns won against the Houston Texans and would most probably clinch a berth in the playoffs. Joe Flacco is about to turn 39 soon and his newfound popularity might be a perfect gift for him.

In the wake of the 36-22 win, the NFL decided to take an in-depth look into Flacco’s career and found out some interesting facts about the Browns’ new QB. Safe to say, that the veteran, if not able to make it to the playoffs, will surely have a seat besides the likes of Tom Brady and Peyton Manning.

A reinvented Joe Flacco takes over the NFL

Flacco has just played 4 games with the Cleveland Browns this season and during this time, he has broken a very significant record. Even at this age, his effectiveness on the team garners all the attention. NFL recently posted his accomplishment on X ahead of his 39 birthday. And yes, these stats have to do with his birthday. Flacco is well on his way to breaking Brady’s and Manning’s records.

He has become one of the oldest players in the league to have back-to-back 300-plus yard games in his career. This came after the Browns played against the Bears and the Jaguars. He is 38 years and 342 days old precisely and has joined Tom Brady and Peyton Manning among the OG players who held this record.

The first place belongs to Tom Brady, of course. He made the record twice, in 2020 and in 2017, at the age of 43 and 40 consecutively. The first time it happened for Brady was when he played for the Pats and the next time, he played with the Buccaneers. In 3 place, we have Warren Moon, who played for the Vikings in 1995 and held the record for the oldest player to have 3 back-to-back 300-plus yard games for quite sometime.

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Lastly, we have Peyton Manning, who set the bar in 2014 when he was 38 years and 237 days old. At this point in his career, he was playing with the Denver Broncos.

QB Flacco had an amazing game

Joe Flacco threw 42 passes today out of which he completed 27 and came out with a completion rate of 64.3%. Flacco started with a bang when he threw a 75-yard pass to the Browns’ WR Amari Cooper in the second quarter. By the end of the first half, the QB threw a 21-yard pass to David Njoku and a 7-yard pass to Amari Cooper again toward the end of the third quarter.

The QB came out with a final passer rating of 96.1 in the game and the Browns are now 10-5 and hold the second spot in the AFC North, just behind the Baltimore Ravens. They will be going against the New York Jets in their next game.

What are your favorite Flacco moments from today’s game? Let us know below.

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