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ESPN’s Bill Barnwell proposed the Cleveland Browns trade back up into the first round to potentially take quarterback Ty Simpson.<\/p>\n
Pundits have already begun arguing whether Shedeur Sanders<\/a> will start for the Cleveland Browns<\/a> next season.<\/p>\n Given Sanders\u2019s ability to create headlines, and the years of drama around some his competition, Deshaun Watson<\/a>, it\u2019s not a surprising debate. But it\u2019s premature to have it considering what the Browns could still add in the 2026 NFL<\/a> Draft.<\/p>\n ESPN\u2019s Bill Barnwell proposed<\/a> a scenario Monday where Cleveland acquired the No. 32 overall pick. With the final selection of the first round, Barnwell then predicted the Browns to draft Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson.<\/p>\n \u201cThough Schneider would also miss out on the fifth-year option at No. 32, the Seahawks<\/a> would pick up an extra third-round pick and restore that fifth-round selection by moving down seven spots here,\u201d Barnwell wrote<\/a>. \u201cThe Browns would pick up the phone, and this could be to land Ty Simpson (or the quarterback of their choice). The Jets and Cardinals<\/a> pick at Nos. 33 and 34, respectively, and could draft Simpson if he\u2019s still on the board at the start of Day 2.<\/p>\n \u201cTaking Simpson at this point of the draft also wouldn\u2019t preclude the Browns from drafting a quarterback in 2027 if they\u2019re not in love with what they see from the former Alabama QB as a rookie.\u201d<\/p>\n Pundits are split on Simpson as an NFL draft prospect. But because of a weak quarterback class, most analysts predict the Alabama signal-caller to go off the board in the first round.<\/p>\n During a recent radio appearance, Cleveland.com\u2019s Mark Kay Cabot actually encouraged<\/a> the Browns to consider Simpson at No. 6 overall.<\/p>\n Obviously, such a move would give Sanders, who pundits called a first-round 2025 prospect but the Browns drafted in the fifth round last year, additional competition behind center.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tDave Holcomb<\/a> is a sports reporter covering the NFL and MLB for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Pittsburgh Steelers and a variety of other NFL teams. Originally from Pittsburgh, Holcomb has covered college and professional sports for outlets including FanSided, Rotowire and Yardbarker. More about Dave Holcomb<\/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 ESPN’s Bill Barnwell proposed the Cleveland Browns trade back up into the first round to potentially take…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":857087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,2337,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-857086","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":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857086","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=857086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/857086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/857087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=857086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=857086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=857086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}