Quarterback Dillon Gabriel (5), Quarterback Kenny Pickett (8), Quarterback Joe Flacco (15) and Quarterback Shedeur Sanders (12) during fieldwork in Phase II of the offseason at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on May 12, 2025. Photo courtesy of the Cleveland Browns. Cleveland Browns

The Browns have been dealing with a quarterback curse since the turn of the century and even within the last decade, they've got a long list of failed QBs.

Fans and analysts have assumed ever since the Cleveland Browns added rookies Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel to their quarterback room via the 2025 draft that the club could trade or cut veteran Joe Flacco or 2022 first-round selection Kenny Pickett so that the Browns can have both Sanders and Gabriel on their active roster in September.

The Browns will lean heavily on running backs Quinshon Judkins and Dylan Sampson. Harold Fannin Jr. is the likely second tight end. Mason Graham should be a Day 1 starter. Second-round pick Carson Schwesinger, however, might be the draft pick they need to hit the quickest.

Cleveland Browns quarterback Joe Flacco opened up about a lack of preseason reps with the first team this preseason.

The consensus is that the Cleveland Browns simply have too many quarterbacks on the roster right now to carry them all into the 2025 season. The team,

With minicamp in the books, the Cleveland Browns quarterback competition is expected to heat up when training camp begins in late July, as four QBs battle it out for the starting job

Shedeur Sanders has rapidly become a beloved figure in Cleveland ever since the Browns snapped him up in the 2025 NFL Draft. After a shocking tumble down the draft board, Sanders was scooped up by the Browns in the fifth round,