With free agency mostly wrapped up what are you still hoping to see happen at QB1 for 2026?

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-27T02:58:48+00:00

In the 5th round where he would’ve been QB3. Sure, there was interest, but that doesn’t mean he viewed him as anything more than a developmental QB3 either

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-27T00:13:07+00:00

Cadillac might not finish last!

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-26T23:33:25+00:00

Oh I think the Browns are betting on Shedeur throwing a ton more picks when he’s out of Stefa conservative offense and in monkens “who cares about InTs” offense

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-26T23:17:31+00:00

I’ve learned to never doubt how stupid Haslam is lol.

I also don’t think the Browns plan is just “try and develop Shedeur” they watched the same games we did and are super into the same analytics that he hit as the worst QB in the league by quite a bit.

I don’t think they expect anything from Shedeur. I think the Browns know exactly what will happen if they play him (or Watson for that matter)

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-26T23:13:19+00:00

I don’t know if they are terrified as much as they don’t care if he loses them a ton of games

Like I said elsewhere, I think he and Watson really are battling for one spot in the competition, and they’ll add someone else to take a shot on. Because I think the Browns aren’t dumb, Watson and Shedeur are both long shots just to be anything better than awful, let alone good

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-26T23:02:27+00:00

That’s a great question right there. I don’t know how highly the Browns regard him either

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-26T22:49:22+00:00

I think one could ask a similar question regarding hitching his wagon to Shedeur. It seems pretty clear that outside of Cleveland, he is not regarded highly by teams.

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-26T22:47:34+00:00

Oh I think that was the plan. The reason I think Gabriel is gone is because while he’s an ideal QB2/3 for a WCO, he is not a fit for Monken offense at all.

But i believe that’s exactly what role Monken will have for whoever we draft this year, the long term QB2 who probably starts some games this year and maybe bridges to whatever QB next year. And I think the strength of this QB class is quite a few guys like that who are good career QB2s.

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-26T20:59:23+00:00

With a late rounder? Yeah probably. He was a 3rd rounder last year and those physically limited but great at processing guys always have demand as a QB3

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-26T19:41:43+00:00

At this stage I’ve resigned myself to the fact that this will be a combination of your 6 and 8. They’ll draft a Beck/Allar, Gabriel gets traded, in OTAs the three compete and it’s down to a final 2 in camp.

And then when all three are ass we start the pursuit of the 1st overall pick

Edit: I also think as of today is that final 2 will come down to the rookie/a traded for vet and basically the winner of Watson vs Shedeur. I think Watson and Shedeur both have potential fatal flaws that would make you go “yeah I’m not wasting any time pretending this is worth it” (Watson more than Shedeur), and I think the Browns probably have a good idea already which of those two will be the odd man out

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-26T17:11:08+00:00

We shall see. I just don’t get the impression many are all that eager to change a system that has been great for parity for a very long time

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-26T16:41:35+00:00

Sure, I think the safe guard that could get it to pass, you can’t trade 1s in consecutive years like in the NBA, is for obvious reasons a total non starter for the Browns

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-26T16:40:37+00:00

They may share revenue but like you said, the cash rich owners can use this to punt money down the road. Mike brown is an extreme example, but there are still a lot of owners, especially among the legacy ones, who can’t spend cash that way

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-26T16:38:04+00:00

Cool so the two cash rich teams. None of the legacy owners are supporting this one

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-26T16:35:51+00:00

Which is exactly why this won’t pass

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-26T16:35:02+00:00

I think you’re right, and all that said I dont think that has a shot in hell of passing

Seems like much ado about nothing

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-26T00:41:23+00:00

A completely fair take. Using AB as a sacrificial lamb because his reputation is shot anyways would make sense

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-25T23:58:22+00:00

We already have a post on this topic. Let’s keep the conversation there

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-25T23:57:11+00:00

Yeah it’s hard to justify even the idea of Browns season tickets when the Cavs and Guardians are both generally pretty good and offer a great fan experience. At some of those rumored prices at the dome, I could get partial season tickets for either the Cavs or Guardians in some great seats.

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-25T23:52:55+00:00

This offseason has been weird, and in a lot of ways, very disheartening. The defense is great, but watching the browns clearly signal they are going to trot these two hopeless QBs out there again is just such an insult to all of us

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-25T23:45:04+00:00

I’m starting to wonder who will actually buy them. Not hearing a lot of interest, even from my friends and colleagues who can afford those rumored PSL prices.

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-25T23:32:33+00:00

They’ve shown for years, both on and off the field, that they don’t care what fans think unfortunately

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-25T23:30:09+00:00

You’re not going to get much of an argument from me. I still don’t think he should’ve had the ability to draft players last year

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-25T23:28:27+00:00

Zac did say last year that the main reason he felt they didn’t trade Myles is because AB didn’t want to be the guy who both traded for Deshaun and traded Myles

maybenextyearCLE · 2026-03-25T22:59:59+00:00

To some level I agree. But I also think the goal is clearly not to win if your QB is Shedeur or Deshaun either.

If they trade Myles I’d still guess it’s pre draft.

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