The Cleveland Browns were the talk of the 2025 NFL Draft after trading the chance to land Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter to the Jacksonville Jaguars and selecting Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders in the fifth round.
Looking ahead to the 2025 season, here are the three biggest questions facing the team.
Who will win Cleveland’s messy quarterback competition?
The Browns have a true quarterback competition heading into training camp. Deshaun Watson is expected to miss the entire 2025 season after re-injuring his Achilles in January. That leaves four QBs — Sanders, 17-year veteran and 2023 Comeback Player of the Year Joe Flacco, failed Steelers first-round draft pick Kenny Pickett and third-round rookie Dillon Gabriel from Oregon — to battle it out this summer for the starting job.
Flacco is presumably the favorite to start in Week 1, but considering the Browns are expected to be one of the worst teams in the NFL once again, fans will be clamoring to get a glimpse of Sanders or Gabriel sooner than later. It will be fascinating to see how head coach Kevin Stefanski handles this busy quarterback room.Â
Per ESPN, Flacco — who is 4-1 as a regular-season starter for Cleveland — is one of three quarterbacks who has a winning record with Cleveland since its return to the NFL in 1999. The others are Brian Hoyer (10-6) and Case Keenum (2-0).
Sanders will be wearing No. 12, the number of one of his mentors, Tom Brady.Â
