Those four players are Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, Shedeur Sanders, and Dillon Gabriel. Flacco seems to be the front-runner for the Week 1 job with Pickett close behind him. Both Sanders and Gabriel are widely expected to play in 2025.

Sanders completed 74% of his passes in his final season in Boulder and was a consensus first-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. Then he fell to the fifth round, pick No. 144, before Cleveland mercifully ended the draft slide. MORE: Bills QB Josh Allen named 'Director of Billustration' in special work with children's hospital

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders has established that he’s fast off the field, and now he must be equally quick on it to remain in the Browns’ four-way quarterback competition.