Quarterback Joe Flacco signs deal to Cleveland Browns’ 53-man active roster

The Browns agreed to a deal to add Flacco to the 53-man roster on Thursday. The agreement ended any of the unfounded concerns about their new starting quarterback ending up on another team. The deal, per a league source, includes $4.05 million worth of incentives.

BEREA — The least-concerned person about Joe Flacco’s roster status with the Browns was the same one whose roster status had everyone up in arms. So the fact the team worked out a deal to sign him to the 53-man roster on Thursday did nothing to alter the quarterback’s outward mood.

That’s because Flacco, despite spending the last three weeks on the practice squad, never thought he was heading anywhere else.

“I wouldn’t have went, though, anyway,” Flacco said Thursday. “It’s been great here.”

The Browns agreed to a deal to add Flacco to the 53-man roster on Thursday. The agreement ended any of the unfounded concerns about their new starting quarterback ending up on another team.

The deal, per a league source, includes $4.05 million worth of incentives. That includes a $75,000 bonus for each win he picks up over the Browns’ final four regular-season games.

The Browns (8-5) are currently the No. 5 seed in the AFC playoff standings. Should the team qualify for the playoffs, Flacco would make $250,000 for winning a wild-card game, $500,000 for winning a divisional-round game, $1 million for winning the AFC championship and $2 million for winning a Super Bowl.