Browns' 'Woeful' QB Situation Biggest Question Heading Into Training Camp

Browns’ ‘Woeful’ QB Situation Biggest Question Heading Into Training Camp originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

The Cleveland Browns honestly have more than just one question heading into training camp.

The quarterback position is just one among others at wideout, corner, edge and linebacker.

But since the quarterback is the most important, it’s the biggest this offseason. Especially considering the Browns’ history at the position.

Bleacher Report’s Alex Ballentine wrote that Joe Flacco most definitely is not the answer under center for the Browns.

“Joe Flacco may have Myles Garrett’s full support as the Browns’ starting quarterback, but that doesn’t make starting the 40-year-old quarterback in 2025 a sad proposition,” Ballentine wrote. “Flacco may have had a 4-1 stretch as the Cleveland starter in 2023 that endeared him to fans, but he hasn’t been a full-season starter since 2017 and is actually worse at taking care of the ball since then. That’s why it’s in the Browns’ best interest for Kenny Pickett, Dillon Gabriel or Shedeur Sanders to emerge from training camp as the starter. Cleveland obviously wants to win, but it needs to come away as a well-positioned team in 2026 even more. That means figuring out a woeful quarterback situation. Any one of Pickett, Gabriel or Sanders could provide hope. Pickett could be the latest first-round quarterback to figure things out later in his career. Baker Mayfield, Geno Smith and Sam Darnold have generated hope for that archetype. Gabriel and Sanders are long shots as Day 2 and 3 selections in the draft.

“However, starting them would allow them to sink or swim and provide more clarity for 2026. Either way, watching Flacco lead the Browns to a mid-round draft pick could be the ticket to another year in quarterback purgatory in 2026.”

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 16, 2025, where it first appeared.

Browns’ ‘Woeful’ QB Situation Biggest Question Heading Into Training Camp

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