The Cleveland Browns have too many quarterbacks.
As much as it’s been suggested they might keep four QBs going into the regular season, it still doesn’t really make sense.
Someone has to be the odd man out from Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders.
Bleacher Report’s Alex Kay predicts it’ll be Pickett.
Further, Kay writes that Pickett will get traded to the Minnesota Vikings for a sixth-round pick.
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That would put Pickett behind unproven second-year pro J.J. McCarthy on the QB depth chart.
“The Browns may have only just acquired Kenny Pickett earlier in the offseason for a fifth-round pick and Dorian Thompson-Robinson, but they might already be looking to salvage some value from a potential failed trade,” Kay writes. “With Pickett dealing with injuries during training camp—and failing to distinguish himself in the Browns’ high-profile four-man QB positional battle when healthy—his time in Cleveland could be extremely limited.
“While ESPN’s Adam Schefter suggested the Browns might carry four signal-callers on their final roster, they should call around and see if they can get an early-Day 3 pick for Pickett before making that decision. The Vikings might prefer a backup with some experience to work behind J.J. McCarthy this season. While Pickett has had his struggles since being drafted in the first round in 2022, he boasts a respectable 15-10 record as a starter and could provide Minnesota with a quality insurance option for an unproven young signal-caller.”
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As Kay writes, Pickett actually has a winning record as a starting NFL quarterback.
His time in Pittsburgh had an oddly unsatisfying ending, and a year as a backup with Philly didn’t really provide any new insight.
Minnesota has put its eggs in McCarthy’s basket, but it never hurts to have a bit of a backup plan.
Pickett could be that for the Vikings while also clearing out the Browns’ too-full logjam.
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