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Ty Simpson #15 of the Alabama Crimson Tide could be a Cleveland Browns target at No. 6 in the NFL draft.<\/p>\n
Without doing much of anything, the Cleveland Browns<\/a> have managed in recent weeks to cast more doubt and suspicion on their plans at quarterback in 2026\u2013and going forward\u2013where Shedeur Sanders<\/a> and Deshaun Watson<\/a> are expected to be the primary competitors for a job that has been among the hardest to fill in the recent history of the NFL. So why not add another candidate to the mix: incoming Alabama prospect Ty Simpson?<\/p>\n That\u2019s the notion from longtime Browns beat writer Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com, who has been covering the team for three-and-a-half decades and has seen Kosar, Kizer and Kessler right alongside McCown, McCoy, Mayfield and Manziel. This is a franchise that has shown no ability to find quarterbacks, and maybe the Browns have not yet earned the right to stop looking for one.<\/p>\n And yet, that seems to be the approach for the Browns this offseason. Cleveland has Shedeur Sanders, who finished with some promise at 3-4 in the final seven games of the season, and he probably should win the QB1 job. Multiple reports, though, indicate that Deshaun Watson, and his twice-repaired Achilles tendon, is the leader for the job going into the spring program.<\/p>\n Browns Should Draft Ty Simpson at No. 6<\/p>\n The Browns appear to be fine with letting those two, plus Dillon Gabriel and a late-round draftee, fill out the quarterback room, but there\u2019s plenty of evidence that group is simply not good enough. And in the NFL<\/a>, maybe if you don\u2019t have a quarterback, you should keep picking one until you do.<\/p>\n The Browns have the No. 6 pick in this year\u2019s draft, and Cabot argues it should be used on Simpson.<\/p>\n \u201cI have watched film now, and I\u2019ve thought through it and I think I would actually take a chance on Ty Simpson at No. 6,\u201d she told 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland<\/a>. \u201cI think I would do that because I\u2019ve seen enough over the years where, if you\u2019re not 100% sure about a player at another position, then why not take a chance on a quarterback? I said that in 2022 about Malik Willis. Take a chance on Malik Willis and see what you can develop him into.\u201d<\/p>\n GettyCleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Browns Could Use a QB on a Rookie Contract<\/p>\n Willis, of course, was picked by the Titans and developed into a starter by the Packers, who just saw him signed by the Dolphins<\/a> on a $45 million contract. While few think Simpson is worthy of the No. 6 overall pick, quarterback just might be too important a position for the Browns to brush off year after year.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s how I feel about the quarterbacks in Round 1,\u201d Cabot said. \u201cThey don\u2019t cost all that much money and if you happen to hit on one, then you can have a quarterback on a rookie contract that might turn into something for you.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a tough call, it\u2019s definitely a tough call on him because there are plenty of question marks. But there are plenty of question marks about a lot of other guys you might take there, too.\u201d<\/p>\n Ty Simpson \u2018Is Gonna Need Some Time\u2019<\/p>\n Now, assuming the competition remains Sanders vs. Watson, and assuming that Sanders should win that battle\u2013Watson has not played since October 2024, after all\u2013then it would be wrong to presume that drafting Simpson means Sanders is out for the Browns.<\/p>\n Sanders has some experience under his belt, and could yet build on it. Even with Simpson on the roster, he is probably not ready for the starting job\u2013he has started only 15 games in college and needs development time. So Sanders would probably remain the starter.<\/p>\n But over the last few weeks, multiple analysts, including Dan Orlovsky<\/a> and former GM Mike Tannenbaum of ESPN, have said that Simpson has shown himself to be a first-rounder.\u00a0And the Browns can\u2019t be passing up on first-round quarterbacks.<\/p>\n Said Cabot: \u201cTy is gonna need some time. Because he has started only 15 games. But I like a lot of what I see in those 15 games, from a decision standpoint, from an arm standpoint, from an agility standpoint. I probably would take him there.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tSean Deveney<\/a> is a veteran sports reporter covering the NBA, NFL and MLB for Heavy.com. He has written for Heavy since 2019 and has more than two decades of experience covering the NBA, including 17 years as the lead NBA reporter for the Sporting News. Deveney is the author of 7 nonfiction books, including “Fun City,” “Before Wrigley became Wrigley,” and “Facing Michael Jordan.” More about Sean Deveney<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Browns\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Ty Simpson #15 of the Alabama Crimson Tide could be a Cleveland Browns target at No. 6…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,2337,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-849804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-clevelandbrowns","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116336605221798780","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Cleveland](\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2250581497-e1774948428809.jpg\")
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