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- Shedeur Sanders impresses during Day 4 of Browns' QB competition</p>
<p>Sean LeahyJuly 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM</p>
<p>The Cleveland Browns' quarterback situation is one of the top NFL storylines with training camps underway. Joe Flacco, Dillon Gabriel, Kenny Pickett and Shedeur Sanders are all vying for their place on the depth chart to replace the injured DeShaun Watson, who is expected to miss the entire season.</p>
<p>Saturday was the final day of practice without pads as head coach Kevin Stefanski is giving the players the day off Sunday. Business will pick up next week with the Browns' first preseason game Friday, and the speculation about who will be the team's starting quarterback Week 1 against the Cincinnati Bengals will continue.</p>
<p>"I mean, yeah, you can see them all winning the job, I think, right?" Browns offensive coordinator Tommy Rees said last week.</p>
<p>Stefanski said this week "we'd like to make a decision sooner than later" when it comes to their QB1. Now the question will be who is going to stand out among the four?</p>
<p>Sanders making most of training camp reps</p>
<p>Much of the attention through the first few days of camp has been on Sanders, their 2025 fifth-round pick. He was a major story on draft night and will have attention on every play he makes on the field. He has not received many first-team reps, but that has not hindered his work ethic.</p>
<p>"It doesn't really faze me. You gotta understand, we came all the way from an HBCU to a Power 5 [conference team], and now we here, so," Sanders said, via ESPN's Daniel Oyefusi. "At this point you look around, there's nothing that's a challenge, I would say."</p>
<p>Sanders did make his mark Saturday with three touchdowns during the workout, including this one to fellow rookie Luke Floriea:</p>
<p>Shedeur Sanders first pass attempt results in a touchdown to Kent St alumn Luke Floriea pic.twitter.com/ArYmULSdUO</p>
<p>— WZIP Sports (@WZIPSports) July 26, 2025</p>
<p>ESPN Cleveland has been tracking the passing stats of all four quarterbacks this week and the other rookie in the rotation, Gabriel, has thrown the most with 38, compared to 34 by Flacco and Pickett, and 31 from Sanders.</p>
<p>Gabriel, meanwhile, had led the way in team drill sets, according to tracking by Oyefusi.</p>
<p>I kept track of how many sets of team drills each Browns QB received through Week 1 of training camp. I think it will be a good sense of how the staff is prioritizing the QB battle as time goes on.By my unofficial count, Cleveland ran 42 sets of team drills (11v11, 7v7,…</p>
<p>— Daniel Oyefusi (@DanielOyefusi) July 26, 2025</p>
<p>Flacco was the Browns' savior in 2023 when he guided them to the playoffs and won Comeback Player of the Year. Now 40, he's back in Cleveland on a one-year, $4 million deal. Stefanski limited the veteran quarterback's work in the spring purposely due to Flacco's familiarity with the offense.</p>
<p>"Oftentimes, the thought in the NFL is like, 'OK, well, your starter gets 70% of the reps, your backup gets 25% of the reps and your third guy gets 5% of the reps, and the job of the backups is to be ready to play with no reps,'" Browns GM Andrew Berry told Yahoo Sports' Jori Epstein in June. "It doesn't have to be that way — especially in the spring, when we have some flexibility because we're not necessarily preparing for games."</p>
<p>Pickett made 42 pass attempts all of last season in a backup role to Jalen Hurts and the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles. His first two NFL seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers were mediocre with the 2022 No. 20 overall draft pick throwing 13 touchdowns and 13 interceptions.</p>
<p>Berry said he likes Pickett's mobility and decision-making and sees a pathway for improvement — maybe one that has Pickett follow in the footsteps of the likes of Sam Darnold, Baker Mayfield and Geno Smith as a reclamation project in a new environment.</p>
<p>#Browns Kenny Pickett to TE Blake Whiteheart for the TD in red zone team period. pic.twitter.com/UMvNQOU9Vl</p>
<p>— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) July 26, 2025</p>
<p>But the path to redemption for Pickett won't be easy as he attempts to fend off two rookies and a Super Bowl-winning veteran for the Browns' starting job.</p>
<p>Pickett did not have his fifth-year option picked up by the Browns, meaning he's in the final year of his rookie deal and has a lot to prove if he doesn't want to turn into an NFL journeyman signal-caller.</p>
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