We have three things today, all of which are centered on the Browns quarterbacks.

Oh, come on, what other position area would you rather focus on right now, if not always.

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To start, let’s take a one-sentence look on what we know about each of the four guys in this quarterback derby when it comes to what they’ve done in NFL games:

Joe Flacco — He’s already in the Pro Football Hall of the Very Good, he came off his couch to lead the Browns to the 2023 AFC playoffs and, because he was so good, the club decided against bringing him back last season since the fans would love it and it would supposedly make Deshaun Watson uncomfortable, as if his ugly personal escapades hadn’t already made him uncomfortable enough.

Kenny Pickett — Once so highly thought of that he was a first-round NFL Draft choice in 2023, he was OK  — not great, but not terrible, either — in a poorly-coached, poorly-constructed and dysfunctional Pittsburgh Steelers offense as a rookie and, if he can get back onto the field at some point, at least has a chance to be the long-term answer to the Browns’ years-long quarterback issues.

Dillon Gabriel — He did not play in the preseason opener because of hamstring problems but the Browns like his smarts, even though the last time we saw him in a game was in last season’s College Football Playoffs when he looked dazed, beaten and completely confused and bewildered — like a dear in the headlights, actually — as his Oregon Ducks were trailing Ohio State by a whopping, fanny-whuppin’ 34-0 in the second quarter.

Shedeur Sanders — Aftet what he did in the preseason opener against the Carolina Panthers last Friday night, he has given the Browns and their fans something that former Cleveland head coach Sam Rutigliano always likes to talk about, “the audacity of hope.”

Secondly, there’s this quote from former college head coach Rick Neuheisel, now a CBS college football color analyst, but this time in his role as a talk show host on the College Sports Station on Sirius XM Radio: “All the focus on Shadeur Sanders since he got drafted by the Browns was all this off-the-field stuff, but there was nothing about what kind of player he is on the field. What we forgot, though, but got reminded of in that game the other night, is that, while he doesn’t have an exceptionally strong arm, he is great in that he has tremendous calm and poise when the action in and around the pocket is fast and furious. He has definitely created a problem for the Browns, but it’s a great problem.”

Finally, it’s wonderful — and perfectly-timed, based on what happened against the Panthers —that the Browns are going on the road this week to practice against the Philadelphia Eagles and then play them in a preseason game on Saturday afternoon. What better way to get a great read on all of these quarterbacks than to see them against the defending Super Bowl champions?

Steve King

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