{"id":245982,"date":"2026-05-30T23:23:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T23:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/shedeur-sanders-gets-even-more-bad-news-in-browns-qb-competition\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T23:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T23:23:34","slug":"shedeur-sanders-gets-even-more-bad-news-in-browns-qb-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/shedeur-sanders-gets-even-more-bad-news-in-browns-qb-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Shedeur Sanders gets even more bad news in Browns&#8217; QB competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/teams\/cleveland_browns\/34\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cleveland Browns<\/a> have one of the most fascinating quarterback dilemmas in the NFL heading into the 2026 season, as they juggle a large quarterback room that features second-year signal-caller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/college_football\/players\/shedeur_sanders\/909462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shedeur Sanders<\/a>, veteran <a data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/players\/deshaun_watson\/513646\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/players\/deshaun_watson\/513646\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Deshaun Watson<\/a>, who&#8217;s finally healthy following an Achilles injury, <a data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/players\/dillon_gabriel\/654590\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/players\/dillon_gabriel\/654590\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dillon Gabriel<\/a> and rookie <a data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/college_football\/players\/taylen_green\/725768\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/college_football\/players\/taylen_green\/725768\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Taylen Green<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders gets lots of media attention, but Watson is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/springtime_workouts_continue_to_be_bad_news_for_browns_shedeur_sanders_amid_deshaun_watson_competition\/s1_13132_43895288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">largely expected to serve<\/a> as the starting quarterback this season. Now, a new report points even more to Watson having that starting role, which isn&#8217;t great news for Sanders, but things are always fluid, so don&#8217;t count him out yet.<\/p>\n<h2>ESPN insider details Shedeur Sanders and Deshaun Watson competition<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Deshaun Watson has a leg up in the quarterback competition, but the Browns have not made any kind of firm determination yet. But, the Browns like Deshaun Watson&#8217;s experience,&#8221; Fowler said, according to ESPN Cleveland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Watson believes that Todd Monken&#8217;s offense \u2014 which has some concepts to the Air Raid out of college, which he&#8217;s run in the past and has some room to freelance a little bit out of the pocket \u2014 he likes that and feels like it&#8217;s a fit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><script>\n    !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n    {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n    n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n    if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n    n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n    t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n    fbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yardbarker.com\/nfl\/articles\/shedeur_sanders_gets_even_more_bad_news_in_browns_qb_competition\/s1_13132_43900271\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Browns have one of the most fascinating quarterback dilemmas in the NFL heading into the 2026 season, as they juggle a large quarterback room that features second-year signal-caller Shedeur Sanders, veteran Deshaun Watson, who&#8217;s finally healthy following an Achilles injury, Dillon Gabriel and rookie Taylen Green. 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