The league’s Comeback Player of the Year is Cleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco. It was announced at the NFL Honors award ceremony Thursday night in Las Vegas.
Flacco, who had not been a full-time starter in the NFL since 2017 with the Baltimore Ravens and was the New York Jets’ back up in 2022, was signed off the streets by the Browns in late November.
In five starts, he led the Browns to a 4-1 record down the stretch, throwing 13 touchdown passes and eight interceptions. The Browns made the playoffs.
Flacco won with 151 total points but did not have the most first-place votes. He only had 13 first-place votes. Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, who nearly died on the field in 2022 with cardiac arrest, had the most first-place votes with 21 but was on only 21 other ballots, finishing with 140 points.
The Cardinals did not face Flacco even though they faced the Browns in 2023.
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