An NFL insider who regularly covers the Cleveland Browns has come up with a theory the Browns should draft, not one, but two quarterbacks in the first round of April's NFL Draft.
Mary Kay Cabot, of The Plain Dealer, proposes the Browns first take Colorado's Shedeur Sanders with the second pick of the draft.
Sounds reasonable so far.
Don't think Sanders is worthy of the No. 2 pick, but for arguments sake, we can accept it.
She then wants to take the second round pick, No. 33, and package it with other assets to trade back into the first round and draft Louisville quarterback Tyler Shough.
This is perhaps the most outrageous scenario you could paint for the talent-starving Browns. If general manager Andrew Berry did this, he would be run we out of town. He promised Myles Garrett he would get a quarterback and improve the team.
This doesn't do that.
"I'm putting on my GM cap today and I'm going to make a trade," Cabot said on social media Tuesday. "I'm taking Shedeur at No. 2. I'm gonna do the obvious right thing there. I am gonna take Shedeur and I'm going to roll with it and see how it goes."
OK, first pick is Shedeur. It's a bit of a reach, but the Browns need a quarterback they can develop and start. Makes some sense.
What she wants to do afterwards is simply preposterous. Her reasoning for doing so is even more crazy.
"Then I'm trading back into the end of the first round with my second round pick and some other things and I am taking Tyler Shough. I'm taking two quarterbacks in the first round," Cabot said.
She proposes to take Shough as an insurance policy for the guy they would have taken several hours before.
"If Shedeur for whatever reason is not exactly what you thought he was going to be then you have someone else that you can develop and try there," Cabot said. "He's getting so much buzz and so much run lately. I watched him at the Senior Bowl. I am totally intrigued by him."
Cabot has been covering the league for a long time. She has covered the Browns long enough to be considered an expert.
What is she thinking?
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"In my mind it's a win-win situation. You cannot lose by doing this. You get the guy that everybody else thinks should go at No. 2 and then you get the 'IT guy'," Cabot said. "If you find yourself with two amazing quarterbacks then trade one of. them at some point, Develop and trade. What else do you need with the 33rd pick that you cannot do this."
My hot take on the #Browns and QBs in the #NFLDraft. Don't hold me to it. It's just one bold idea. Not my final draft prediction: pic.twitter.com/76oV7bSyzJ
— Mary Kay Cabot (@MaryKayCabot) March 18, 2025
What else do they need with the 33rd pick of the draft? How about some beef up front to protect Sanders? Perhaps someone for Sanders to throw to. They could also use another decent running back.
Everyone has their opinions on what to do with draft picks and mock drafts are very popular. However, to spend two first-round picks on quarterbacks is simply not in the cards.
That's what gets people fired.
Related: 2025 NFL Mock Draft: Browns, Steelers Start Over at QB, Shedeur Sanders Falls Out of 1st Round
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This story was originally published March 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM.
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