Rookie Shedeur Sanders on Browns quarterback competition
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The Browns quarterback battle pits youth against experience and big-armed signal-callers against safer options.
Before the NFL draft, the Browns signed Kenny Pickett and Joe Flacco, who previously played for the team in 2023. Then during the draft, the Browns selected both Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders.
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Sporting News on MSNBrowns QB battle gets surprising prediction from ESPN insiderThe Cleveland Browns quarterback battle should be front and center over the next couple of months. At this rate, none of them seems like an easy choice to win the job. The Browns have Kenny Pickett, Joe Flacco,
The Browns quarterback room is full of range. You have a familiar veteran in Joe Flacco, a new face in Kenny Pickett, though there’s familiarity to his days with the division-rival Steelers. Then the new draftees in Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders.
The Browns drills will likely be broken up into Pickett and Gabriel No. 1 and No. 2 and Flacco and Shedeur Sanders No. 3 and No. 4.
Those two rookies are joined by Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, and Deshaun Watson in the Cleveland quarterback room. Watson isn't likely to start again for the Browns, but the other four players will be battling for playing time and the right to be the Week 1 starter.
The Browns will hold OTAs and mandatory minicamp beginning next week and they still have big questions to answer on their roster.
The Cleveland Browns have a quarterback battle on their hands, and the only conclusion we can come to so far is that it's entirely confounding. Cleveland added
The Giants brought in veterans Jameis Winston and Russell Wilson, kept Tommy DeVito, and then traded up at the end of the first round to select Ole Miss QB Jaxson Dart. The Giants signed Wilson to a one-year deal worth $21 million with $10.5 million guaranteed, which screams starting quarterback money.