Shedeur Sanders and Deshaun Watson will battle for the starting quarterback role in Cleveland. However, the Browns made the situation harder after the franchise selected Arkansas’ Taylen Green on Saturday. Even though Green is a sixth-rounder and is considered a project at that selection, Breiden Fehoko, thinks he will have a better chance of staying than whoever loses the QB1 competition.
“Deshaun or Shedeur is gone. Don’t see them cutting DG (Dillon Gabriel), the 3rd rounder last year who, after he got his shot, got hurt. Also, don’t see them cutting the rookie draft pick,” Fehoko, a former NFL defensive lineman who played alongside Russell Wilson with the Denver Broncos, tweeted.
Thanks for the submission!
•
Browns general manager Andrew Berry made it clear to reporters on Saturday that the team plans to keep all four quarterbacks. Cleveland coach Todd Monken added that all players will compete for their spots.
Looking to predict NFL playoff Scenarios? Try our NFL Playoff Predictor for real-time simulations and stay ahead of the game!
“Every player that’s going to be a part of a roster is going to be competing,” Monken said. “That doesn’t mean equal reps. There has to be some form of a depth chart.”
Dillon Gabriel, Cleveland’s third-round pick in 2025, started six games before a concussion cut his year short. Shedeur Sanders, who was selected in the fifth round last year, took over under center.
Read more Browns GM Andrew Berry gets honest about adding rookie Taylen Green “to QB competition” with Shedeur Sanders and Deshaun Watson
Read more 2026 NFL Combine Quarterback 40-yard dash times: Listing top 5 quickest players feat. Taylen Green and more
Shedeur Sanders and Deshaun Watson are the odd ones out as Browns add Taylen Green
Shedeur Sanders and Deshaun Watson are vulnerable. Sanders, the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, slid to the fifth round of the 2025 draft. He started Cleveland’s final seven games last season, going 3-4.
Meanwhile, Watson, among the league’s highest-paid quarterbacks after signing a fully guaranteed $230 million deal in 2022, sat out all of 2025 recovering from an Achilles tear suffered in October 2024. His return to form remains uncertain.
Taylen Green brings rare athleticism to the position. His 4.36-second 40-yard dash at the combine was the fastest by any quarterback since 2003. Green ran a run-pass option system at Arkansas under Bobby Petrino, the coach who also helped shape Lamar Jackson’s game at Louisville.
Edited by Victor Ramon Galvez
