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Recent reports<\/a> have suggested that people within the\u00a0<\/span>Cleveland Browns<\/a> want fans of the team to realize that controversial veteran\u00a0<\/span>Deshaun Watson<\/a> is on track to be named the club’s 2026 Week 1<\/a> starting quarterback over\u00a0<\/span>Shedeur Sanders.<\/a><\/p>\n During Wednesday appearances on ESPN Cleveland, ESPN football writer Jake Trotter and Browns insider Tony Grossi shared more bad news about Sanders’ short-term future.<\/p>\n “We’re hearing all this Deshaun Watson is gonna start buzz, right? Whether you agree with it or not, it’s coming from somewhere,” Trotter said.<\/a> “And I just don’t understand why you would go through the pomp and circumstance<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and the distraction of taking Shedeur, and yet clearly you don’t think he’s the guy,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>because you would not be thinking about starting Deshaun Watson<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>if you thought Shedeur Sanders had a chance to be the guy.”\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Watson\u00a0<\/span>reportedly<\/a>\u00a0outperformed Sanders and fellow 2025 rookie\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>Dillon Gabriel during Cleveland’s voluntary minicamp that was held in late April. That said, Watson\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reportedly<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0“will not be back” with the Browns following the 2026 campaign, while both\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sanders<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Gabriel<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0are on team-friendly contracts through 2028.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Thus, one would think first-year Cleveland head coach\u00a0<\/span>Todd Monken would want to get a good look at either Sanders or Gabriel<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> this fall.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Then again,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Monken reportedly<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00a0could become a one-and-done head coach if the Browns endure another losing season under his watch.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\nAre the Browns giving up on Shedeur Sanders with Deshaun Watson leading the quarterback competition?\u00a0<\/h2>\n
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Would the Browns make Shedeur Sanders available if he loses the starting job to Deshaun Watson?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n