Sep 25, 2025 - Sports
Cleveland Browns have quite the age gap
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The Browns have one of the older rosters in the NFL.
Why it matters: Age isn't nothing but a number, sure, but it comes with pros (experience) and cons (more injuries).
- Take, for example, the Browns.
Zoom in: 11 Cleveland players are aged 30 and older, including 40-year-old starting quarterback Joe Flacco.
- The team's average age is 26.23.
Yes, but: The Browns also have 13 rookie or first-year players, which is tied for the second most in the league.
Zoom out: The average age of the last four Super Bowl-winning teams was approximately 27, according to the NFL.
- Only five players on the 2024-2025 Philadelphia Eagles roster were 30 or older.
Flashback: The oldest champion in the last five years was the 2020-2021 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, led by a 43-year-old Tom Brady.
- That team's average age was 28 and the roster had 14 players north of 30.