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The 'AP NFL Comeback Players of the Year' quiz
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The 'AP NFL Comeback Players of the Year' quiz

When Joe Flacco joined the Cleveland Browns in 2023, it was taken as mostly a joke around the NFL. But he exceeded everyone's expectations by going 4-1 in five starts with 1,616 yards and 13 touchdowns and leading the Browns on to the playoffs. 

He played so well that he earned Comeback Player of the Year honors and parlayed his performance into a deal with the Colts after Clevelands' worries about pressure from Flacco on Deshaun Watson. Another lost season from the Browns and Watson later -- Flacco is back in Cleveland on a one-year, $4-million contract that can get up to $13 million with incentives. 

Which brings us to today's quiz. Flacco went just 2-6 in eight starts with Indy last year, but in a QB room featuring an injured (and increasingly diminished) Watson and Kenny Pickett, so don't be shocked to see Flacco under center in a regular season game once again for Cleveland. With that being said, how many of the AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year Award winners can you name in five minutes?

Good luck!

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SCORE:
0/28
TIME:
5:00
2024 / CIN / QB / #9
Joe Burrow
2023 / CLE / QB / #15
Joe Flacco
2022 / SEA / QB / #7
Geno Smith
2021 / CIN / QB / #9
Joe Burrow
2020 / WAS / QB / #11
Alex Smith
2019 / TEN / QB / #17
Ryan Tannehill
2018 / IND / QB / #12
Andrew Luck
2017 / LAC / WR / #13
Keenan Allen
2016 / GB / WR / #87
Jordy Nelson
2015 / KC / S / #29
Eric Berry
2014 / NE / TE / #87
Rob Gronkowski
2013 / SD / QB / #17
Philip Rivers
2012 / DEN / QB / #18
Peyton Manning
2011 / DET / QB / #9
Matthew Stafford
2010 / PHI / QB / #7
Michael Vick
2009 / NE / QB / #12
Tom Brady
2008 / MIA / QB / #10
Chad Pennington
2007 / DE / DAL / #98
Greg Ellis
2006 / NYJ / QB / #10
Chad Pennington
2005 / CAR / WR / #89
Steve Smith Sr.
2005 / NE / LB / #54
Tedy Bruschi
2004 / SD / QB / #9
Drew Brees
2003 / CIN / QB / #3
Jon Kitna
2002 / PIT / QB / #8
Tommy Maddox
2001 / SF / RB / #20
Garrison Hearst
2000 / NO / DE / #94
Joe Johnson
1999 / SF / DT / #97
Bryant Young
1998 / BUF / QB / #7
Doug Flutie

Tommy Fradenburg is a freelance writer and an alumni of UNC Chapel Hill currently based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He religiously follows his favorite teams The New York Yankees and Dallas Cowboys (yes, he knows) as well as his alma mater the Tar Heels and West Ham United F.C. in the Premier League. See more of his work on Twitter @tommyfradenburg.

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