Cleveland Browns, Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders
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The Browns quarterback battle pits youth against experience and big-armed signal-callers against safer options.
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 quarterback question will be a big one for the Browns as they enter the 2025 season with a plethora of options at the position.
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.
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.
No team in the NFL has a quarterback situation like the one the Browns are preparing for, with four QBs on the roster and all four getting a chance to earn the starting job.