Cleveland Browns Should Start Shedeur Sanders In Week One
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Quarterback Dillon Gabriel (5), Quarterback Kenny Pickett (8), Quarterback Joe Flacco (15) and Quarterback Shedeur Sanders (12) during fieldwork in Phase II of the offseason at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on May 12, 2025. Photo courtesy of the Cleveland Browns. Cleveland Browns
The Browns have been dealing with a quarterback curse since the turn of the century and even within the last decade, they've got a long list of failed QBs.
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The Browns will lean heavily on running backs Quinshon Judkins and Dylan Sampson. Harold Fannin Jr. is the likely second tight end. Mason Graham should be a Day 1 starter. Second-round pick Carson Schwesinger, however, might be the draft pick they need to hit the quickest.
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