It was not precisely a secret that the Cleveland Browns had been going to have to handle their quarterback state of affairs within the 2025 NFL Draft. Additionally it is not an enormous shock that they ended up with Shedeur Sanders.
The shock was the way in which all of that was dealt with.
As a substitute of taking Sanders within the first or second spherical (as might need been anticipated), they took him when he slid all the way down to the fifth spherical, and after that they had chosen a unique quarterback — Dillon Gabriel — within the third spherical.
It was unconventional to take two quarterbacks within the center rounds, and creates fairly a log-jam on a roster that already had Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and Deshaun Watson.
It was additionally a bit of complicated, and it could be simple to conclude that Gabriel, as a third-round choose, might need been essentially the most confused out of anyone.
Gabriel talked about his response on Saturday through the Browns’ rookie camp, and it won’t be what you count on.
“Yeah, I adore it. You already know, I adore it due to who it’s. I feel only for us each, you’ll be able to be taught from each other. But additionally, it’s not simply us two within the room. No less than for proper now [during rookie minicamp] is, however, , going into the yr, Kenny [Pickett], Joe [Flacco] and even Deshaun [Watson], only a bunch of fellows who performed a bunch of ball that we will all be taught from each other.”
Additionally it is value declaring that what he says to the media and what he really believes deep down could possibly be two very various things, however he positively is saying all the proper issues. If you end up a third-round choose at quarterback, particularly on a workforce that has not discovered a constant starter in a long time, you’re most likely getting into with the expectation of ultimately being a starter. Or no less than having an opportunity to compete for it.
On this case not solely did the workforce take anyone else simply two rounds later, they took some of the polarizing and distinguished quarterbacks within the class that’s going to command a lot of the consideration.
There’s nonetheless very clearly going to be an open competitors among the many veterans and rookies, and from a sensible standpoint Gabriel ought to be beginning greater on the depth chart than Sanders. He was, in any case, the upper choose. Cleveland already advised everyone they suppose he’s a greater quarterback, simply primarily based on draft order. That doesn’t imply it should essentially play out that means on the sphere.
