Browns QB Room 2025: Pickett, Flacco, Gabriel, and Sanders

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00:00Here is how the Browns quarterback room looks for the upcoming 2025 NFL season.

00:06They traded for Kenny Pickett earlier this offseason from Philadelphia.

00:10Right now, is he the presumed number one starting quarterback?

00:14Perhaps.

00:15They bring back Joe Flacco, who led Cleveland to a playoff appearance in only five games

00:20as a starter in the regular season two years ago.

00:22Then you've got the guy, Dylan Gabriel, who was drafted 94th overall, stunningly in front

00:28of Shador Sanders.

00:30Sanders drafted in the fifth round, and of course, Deshaun Watson, who we do not expect

00:34to play this year, but Cleveland, of course, still heavily tied into all of those finances

00:40from the salary perspective.

00:42Donnie, when Miles Garrett was brought back by the Cleveland Browns earlier this offseason

00:47for $40 million per year, Miles Garrett had expressed that he wanted to be traded because

00:52he wanted to play for a legitimate Super Bowl contender.

00:55So when Garrett was pushed on that idea, how do you feel the Browns can be a legitimate

01:00Super Bowl contender without a starting quarterback in place?

01:03He told the reporters, the Browns have told me they have a plan for the quarterback room.

01:10Is that it?

01:11Yeah, doesn't look like a great plan to me overall.

01:15And understand this, you were hoping to get a veteran guy, and you did in Joe Flacco.

01:19Does that move the needle for me?

01:20No.

01:20Kenny Pickett comes over from the Philadelphia Eagles.

01:22Does that move the needle?

01:23No.

01:23But at least you've got two competent starters, per se, that have started in the NFL.

01:28But the interesting part to me is Deshaun Watson is obviously just going to be scapegoated

01:32right out of town, and rightfully so.

01:33Don't even show up to camp.

01:34Here's your paycheck.

01:35Just hang out here.

01:36But is there animosity in that quarterback room?

01:38Because, you know, Kenny Pickett seems like a nice guy.

01:41Joe Flacco, you know he's a nice guy at this point.

01:43But Dylan Gabriel gets drafted ahead of Shadur Sanders.

01:45Like, what is that training camp, like, roster looking like where the Browns say, well, we

01:51like Dylan Gabriel over you, Shadur.

01:53So he's going to get the majority of the snaps.

01:55Like, the quarterback room is really interesting and may be muddied at this point where I do.

02:00Competition always leads to success for me.

02:02So if you have four of those guys outside of Deshaun Watson competing for the job,

02:05may the best man win, so go ahead and do it.

02:07But what's the treatment of Dylan Gabriel to Shadur Sanders?

02:10Two rookies coming in.

02:11Because the reason I bring this up, if you remember the commanders back in the day with

02:14RG3, they drafted Kirk Cousins as well.

02:17But there was a clear path that's like, no, no, no.

02:19RG3 is our starter.

02:21But we thought Kirk Cousins was really good.

02:23And on the board, he was the best value there.

02:25So we took him.

02:26Let's see how things work out.

02:27And it turned out that Kirk Cousins turned out to be the better quarterback with RG3.

02:30Got some injuries there.

02:31But that's not what Cleveland did here.

02:33So I'm interested to see how Cleveland treats this situation right away.

02:36It's like, no, no, no, Shadur.

02:37You're fourth on the depth chart.

02:39That's where you're going to be.

02:40We're going to let Dylan at least spin this year to see if he can win the job.

02:43It's kind of crazy.

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