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.

Fans and analysts have assumed ever since the Cleveland Browns added rookies Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel to their quarterback room via the 2025 draft that the club could trade or cut veteran Joe Flacco or 2022 first-round selection Kenny Pickett so that the Browns can have both Sanders and Gabriel on their active roster in September.

Cleveland Browns 2025 NFL Season Preview originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

The 2025 NFL Draft saw the Cleveland Browns bring in two rookie quarterbacks. They drafted former Oregon star Dillon Gabriel in the third round and backed up that pick with Colorado's Shedeur Sanders in the fifth round.

With minicamp in the books, the Cleveland Browns quarterback competition is expected to heat up when training camp begins in late July, as four QBs battle it out for the starting job

What quarterbacks will end up making the Browns' 53-man roster this NFL season? Our latest projection after minicamp is in.