The Cleveland Browns will have one of the most discussed quarterback rooms throughout the 2025 season. After signing Joe Flacco and trading for Kenny Pickett, the Browns drafted both Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders in the 2025 NFL Draft. Ever since, fans have wondered when they will get a glimpse of both quarterbacks in regular season games.
Brad Gagnon of Bleacher Report predicts that Sanders will get the first crack out of the two rookies, getting the start in Week 7 against the Miami Dolphins before getting benched ahead of Week 14, where Gabriel would start against the Tennessee Titans.
I get the feeling this’ll be another messy, chaotic season for the Browns, who may not have Watson all year but wouldn’t necessarily play him anyway. It’s hard to imagine the 40-year-old Flacco holding on all season, and there’s little reason to believe Pickett would get more than a single chance to prove he’s turned his career around. My guess? Flacco is out by the end of September, Pickett gets fried by the Vikings and Steelers in October, and the struggling Browns go to Sanders for a mid-October home matchup with Miami. Even that should be a roller-coaster ride, and I’ll bet a team that is long out of it goes out of its way to get a look at Gabriel before the campaign comes to an end.
A lot of fans would be disappointed should this come to fruition, as Sanders would be benched the week of a potential matchup with No. 1 overall pick Cam Ward.
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