The Cleveland Browns' quarterback situation this offseason has been analyzed and discussed ad nauseam.
Two veterans in Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett, are battling with two young draft picks in Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders, for the starting job in Week 1 on Sept. 7 at home against the rival Cincinnati Bengals.
One of the four will start that Sunday afternoon, but might not be the one who finishes the season.
Alternatively, none of the four might be the long-term answer under center for a franchise that has been plagued by bad quarterback play the last three-plus decades.
Matt Miller of ESPN predicts that the Browns will run through the 2025 schedule and land the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft and decide to go a different direction at quarterback by selecting Clemson's Cade Klubnik with that pick.
"Spending two picks on quarterbacks in 2025 -- Dillon Gabriel (third round) and Shedeur Sanders (fifth round) -- shouldn't prevent the Browns from looking for a long-term passer here," Miller wrote. "Klubnik enters the season as my No. 1 QB. In 2024, he threw for 3,639 yards, 36 touchdowns and six interceptions, highlighted by a gutsy performance against Texas in the College Football Playoff (336 passing yards, three TDs, one INT).
"Klubnik reminds me of Baker Mayfield -- whom Cleveland selected with the No. 1 pick in 2018 -- in terms of arm strength, mobility and playmaking awareness."
If this actually happens, then there could be sweeping changes across the board in Cleveland. Kevin Stefanski, Andrew Berry and everyone could be subject to firing.
The entire 2025 draft would come into question with wasted picks on Gabriel and Sanders, unless the team somehow turns those into additional draft capital via trades.
But all of this seems highly unlikely to us.