Insider reveals when Browns will finalize starting quarterback decision
The Browns need an answer at the QB position. The next couple of days will force one.
Insider reveals when Browns will finalize starting quarterback decision originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Cleveland Browns have a quarterback room full of question marks and a new head coach in Todd Monken who needs resolution well before training camp.
Browns insider Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland. com, whose assessment was shared by BrownsNation on X, laid out the timetable the organization is working toward. The Browns aim to have their QB1 identified by the end of minicamp in June, ensuring the winner accumulates proper reps and chemistry with the offense before the season begins.
Last year's chaotic four-way competition proved too costly to repeat this year. Minicamp in June is when the Browns plan to have their answer "I don't know if they will go into minicamp in June knowing who that guy is," Cabot said, "but certainly, they will want to come out of minicamp knowing. " Monken has said reps will not be split evenly from day one.
Early priority goes to whoever held the position at the end of 2025, which effectively means Shedeur Sanders enters the spring program with the advantage. Deshaun Watson, returning from two Achilles surgeries, is also in the race. His $80.