Overview
- Cleveland’s offseason work in Berea has begun with coaches staging an open competition between Shedeur Sanders and Deshaun Watson.
- Former Browns All-Pro Hanford Dixon urged the team to name Sanders the starter now and blasted Watson’s lack of return on his massive deal.
- ESPN analyst Jason McCourty said he would open the program with Sanders as QB1 but made clear Sanders must earn and keep the job.
- Reports indicate the staff will sort the depth chart through rotating reps, training camp, preseason games, and possibly early-season play.
- Media assessments flag risk on all fronts as Dillon Gabriel sits a distant third, and even if Cleveland drafts a passer, the starter is still expected to be Sanders or Watson.