Colorado Buffaloes football legend Shedeur Sanders is “probably not” winning the Cleveland Browns’ four-man quarterback competition this offseason against fellow 2025 draftee Dillon Gabriel, 40-year-old Joe Flacco, or current QB1 favorite Kenny Pickett.
That’s what the Athletic’s Zac Jackson had to say about a Browns QB race he believes is set to see increased scrutiny as training camp begins in late July.
“The four-man quarterback competition gets the headlines — and will get the scrutiny once it really gets going in late July. Could fifth-round rookie Shedeur Sanders win the job by September? Probably not given that Sanders is the only one of the four to take no first-team reps in the spring, but we’ll see,” Jackson wrote.
It’s not shocking to hear that Cleveland will be under a bigger microscope as the season draws closer.
The more meaningful the reps get, the more overdramatized takes on Shedeur’s place in the Browns’ pecking order will fly.
Not to mention, Cleveland will be linked to the 2026 QB draft class as it becomes clear they, along with the New Orleans Saints and New York Jets, and possibly the New York Giants, still don’t have a true franchise pillar under the center.
It’s even less shocking to hear that Sanders is still out of striking distance of the starting signal-caller job in Berea.
Chaos is commonplace in Cleveland. But “Prime Time” has made this offseason a special one to remember for the Dawg Pound.