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    The Athletic’s Zac Jackson suggested Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel will “potentially” compete for a roster spot in training camp.
    The Browns’ Week 1 starting job will come down to Kenny Pickett versus Joe Flacco. Several Cleveland beat writers have said Flacco, who is familiar with Kevin Stefanski’s offense and succeeded with the Browns during a short stint in 2023, is the odds-on favorite to land the starting gig. That could leave Gabriel and Sanders to fight for the team’s QB3 spot. Jackson didn’t dismiss the possibility that Pickett or Flacco could get the boot ahead of Week 1. “Gabriel got some starter snaps during the spring, but I’d be stunned if either rookie can actually win the job in camp,” Jackson said, adding that one of the rookie quarterbacks could see late-season playing time if 2025 is yet another lost season for Cleveland. “Nobody knows what the circumstances might be in November and December, and the Browns need to know who and what they need to prioritize next March and April at the game’s most important position.”
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    The CFL’s Toronto Argonauts claimed Shedeur Sanders’ negotiating rights in case he chooses to leave the NFL in the future.
    There’s zero indication that Sanders is in contact with the Argonauts and we do not expect Sanders to leave the NFL for the CFL at this time. Every year in early July, just before training camps begin, the CFL allows its teams to claim NFL players’ negotiating rights, on the off chance that the player is released or waived by his team and decides to pursue a career in Canada. Per the CFL’s Marshall Ferguson, “the CFL began releasing a few names here and there periodically, but now the full list is available for all to see from each of the nine teams.” Fans can rest assured that their high-profile, fifth-round rookie remains a Cleveland Brown.
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    ESPN’s Cameron Wolfe reports Browns QB Joe Flacco is the favorite to land the team’s starting job.
    Wolfe added that Kenny Pickett “is gonna have the chance to steal that job from him” during training camp and in the preseason. Shedeur Sanders or Dillion Gabriel, Wolfe said, might get a look later in the 2025 season if it’s another lost season for the franchise. Flacco knows head coach Kevin Stefanski’s offense well and was productive for the Browns during his five starts in 2023. Flacco posted the third best adjusted yards per attempt (7.2) of his NFL career during that 2023 stint in Cleveland, and made fantasy superstars out of David Njoku and Amari Cooper. Stefanski said the Browns offense has “a very high floor” with Flacco under center. If Flacco begins the season as starter, look for the Browns to be among the pass-heaviest offenses in the league. It’s a potentially excellent development for Njoku, Jerry Jeudy, and perhaps Cedric Tillman.
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    Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Alex Darus reports that Shedeur Sanders’ Tuesday citation for 101 MPH occurred hours after Sanders failed to appear in court for another speeding ticket issued less than 2 weeks prior.
    This is not the type of update we were hoping for, and it will not help Sanders overcome the labels that got attached to him in the draft process. We don’t think getting two speeding tickets or not showing up in court disqualifies him from having an NFL career or becoming a starter at some point. (We’d say the same thing for being drafted in the fifth round.) But it certainly has not been an auspicious start.
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    Browns QB Shedeur Sanders was cited for speeding on Tuesday morning.
    Sanders was caught doing 101 miles per hour in a 60 MPH zone in Strongsville, Ohio. He must either pay a $250 fine for the fourth-degree misdemeanor or fight the ticket in Strongsville Mayor’s Court on July 3. Sanders, 23, a fifth-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, is competing for the Browns starting job with Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, and Dillon Gabriel, though The Athletic reported in May that there is “almost no scenario” in which Sanders or Gabriel get the Week 1 starting nod. We’ll see if this incident affects his standing with the organization.
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    Browns QB Shedeur Sanders served as the fourth-team quarterback to open the team’s mandatory minicamp.
    Sanders was last in the quarterback rotation behind Kenny Pickett, Joe Flacco, and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel during OTAs. Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot reports Sanders “served once again as the fourth-team quarterback” to begin mandatory minicamp. Cabot added, “he’s not getting work with the starters yet like the other three, but he did get the second set of 11-of-11s on Tuesday after Gabriel.” As the rookie with the lower draft pedigree, Sanders has an uphill climb for starting snaps despite his prolific image. He will need to work his way up the roster to compete with Gabriel and the two veterans, Flacco and Pickett.
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    The Athletic’s Zac Jackson believes “there’s almost no scenario” where a rookie quarterback wins the Browns starting quarterback job initially.
    This won’t qualify as surprising news, but Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders are battling for the pecking order after the gate is lowered. “But the reality is that either Gabriel or Sanders staying in the team’s plans and being deemed worthy of further development would count as a win,” Jackson notes while praising Sanders’ “obvious gifts.” Both quarterbacks are in the dynasty conversation, but they should be treated as stashes at this point.
  • CLE Quarterback #15
    The Athletic’s Zac Jackson believes Joe Flacco is “the favorite to win” the Browns’ QB camp battle.
    “Flacco throws the ball in a practice setting better than any of (the other quarterbacks),” per Jackson. His experience under head coach Kevin Stefanski during their 2023 stint also likely bodes well for Flacco’s chances, at least early on, but there’s a good chance we see three or four different quarterbacks take the field for the Browns in 2025, depending on how their season unfolds. Coming off a three-win season, it’s fair to say expectations are far from high for the Browns, who ranked in the bottom five in points scored and points allowed last season and started four different quarterbacks due to poor play and injuries. Shedeur Sanders, who is expected to draw the most hype of any Browns QB in preseason, notably worked fourth in the QB rotation at OTAs.
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    Kenny Picket quarterbacked the first-team offense to start Browns OTAs.
    Pickett took reps with the first-team offense, followed by veteran Joe Flacco, followed by Dillon Gabriel. Shedeur Sanders, the team’s fifth-round draft pick, was last in the first-team rotation. Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski said last week that the first-team reps would not be evenly split between the Browns’ four QBs. The team appeared to do just that on Wednesday. It would not be surprising if any of the the four signal callers were to emerge as Cleveland’s starter, though there’s a long way to go before we get any clarity on this muddied situation.
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    Speaking on ESPN Cleveland, Browns HC Kevin Stefanski said of the team’s QB competition “it’s not going to be everybody gets 25 percent of the reps, that’s not how it’s gonna be.”
    Rather than dish out even reps to his quarterback room this offseason, Stefanski said the goal will be “to give everybody enough reps where we can learn more about them and prepare them to get ready to play.” While it’s possible things still shake out more evenly than what’s being suggested here, it’s worth pointing out that veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett could find themselves on the shorter end of reps as rookies Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders are more likely to be the team’s long-term answer at the position. Stefanski will undoubtedly want to have his entire QB room prepared for the start of the season as he enters the season fresh off an underwhelming 2024 campaign that saw his team go 3-14, but giving two rookies ample reps in camp could bode well for his team’s outlook beyond this season.