Heading into training camp and preseason action, the Cleveland Browns have zero clue who their starting quarterback will be in Week 1.
As of right now, the Browns have four players competing for the starting job. Those four players are Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, Shedeur Sanders, and Dillon Gabriel. Truly, the starting job is completely up for grabs.
While the quarterbacks are poised to compete for playing time, the competition will also take a toll on other players on the team.
Jerry Jeudy, the team's top wide receiver, spoke out about the situation. Not knowing who the starting quarterback is going to be makes things much more difficult for the wide receiver room.
"It is pretty difficult because you want to always build that relationship with a quarterback and have that consistency throughout the years," Jeudy said. "But as a receiver going through that, you just got to keep working and you got to learn how to adjust no matter what. Some situations ain't going to go as planned, so you just got to figure out how to just keep going and stay on the right path."
Building chemistry between a quarterback and his wide receivers is extremely important. With that comes hope that Cleveland will be able to figure out who to start in Week 1 early on in the competition.
On the outside looking in, Flacco seems to have a leg up in the competition to be the Week 1 starter. However, there is a good chance that the Browns will have multiple different starters throughout the season.
As for Jeudy, he is coming off of a career-best season with Cleveland in 2024. In 17 games played, the 26-year-old wide receiver racked up 90 receptions for 1,229 yards and four touchdowns.
Hopefully, the Browns are able to find more quarterback stability moving forward. Some believe that Sanders will be the guy who takes over as the starter at some point during the season and will become the long-term franchise quarterback.
That would be an ideal situation for Cleveland, but it's far from a guarantee.
Only time will tell what happens with the Browns at quarterback. In the meantime, Jeudy is simply focused on controlling what he can control and doing his best with whoever his quarterback ends up being.
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