Cleveland Browns QB Battle: Flacco vs. Pickett for 2025

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00:00DRS some interesting movement and I look forward to your reaction on it Joe Flacco has been the

00:06favorite the veteran the 40 year old for Cleveland who of course started the tail end of the season

00:11in 2023 leading the Browns to 11 wins and a playoff spot two seasons ago he is back under

00:19the command of Kevin Stefanski and he is the short favorite but it was plus 116 yesterday

00:26it's minus 102 on this Wednesday morning as minicamp now underway in the land Kenny Pickett

00:34who was acquired this offseason via trade second best number at two to one and rather hefty prices

00:41on both Shador Sanders and Dylan Gabriel Sanders has actually moved back he was plus 310 yesterday

00:47afternoon Gabriel was plus 1060 both the rooks at a plus 680 price that is what the odds say

00:55DRS about the Browns QB battle what do you say who should be the starter for Cleveland come week

01:02number one I love this too because first day of OTAs everybody's paying attention to the depth chart

01:08and everybody's paying attention to which snaps these guys are taking here so the fact that

01:12Shador Sanders doesn't get a lot of snaps he's not playing here look that's day number one there are

01:17no pads things are going to figure themselves out over the next month and a half until we get up to

01:21game number one we understand that but if I look at the odds here for me just understanding what's

01:26the most healthy point for your franchise it's not starting an aging quarterback day number one

01:32on the roster now you might say let's just say Kenny Pickett wasn't on the roster we're going to bring in

01:37Joe Flacco we're going to draft a couple quarterbacks who are young if we feel they're not ready to play

01:42we don't want to hurt their career by putting them out there too soon because then it might damage some

01:47goods which means might be leading them into some bad tendencies they might not have when they're

01:51actually ready to take the helm as a starting quarterback but the fact that you went out and

01:54got Kenny Pickett we're not saying Kenny Pickett is a great quarterback but Kenny Pickett was a high

01:59draft pick Kenny Pickett is much younger Kenny Pickett has been in big situations like with the

02:03Philadelphia Eagles playing a couple games there and just being in that organization and then with

02:06the Pittsburgh Steelers trying to make the playoffs he does have a pedigree of playing games in the NFL

02:11and then you have Shador Sanders and Dylan Gabriel so Joe Flacco being the favorite at minus 102

02:16it's like me saying like what are we doing in Cleveland like your offensive line is average

02:21at best we know Flacco can't move at all Dave and the joke who's a good tight end you draft fan and

02:26junior Jerry Judy starting to come into his own as a younger wide receiver into his prime we know you

02:30got Deontay Johnson but also Quinchan Judkins in the backfield isn't this the perfect time to let a

02:34younger quarterback sort of mesh with these guys and grow with these players here as opposed to having

02:39Joe Flacco who you know isn't your franchise guy I just want to say like look I understand if Kenny Pickett

02:45can't play why did you get him there but also if the two young quarterbacks aren't ready yes you're

02:49going to start Joe Flacco but he can't be the favorite he should be your emergency option like

02:53Joe Flacco because you get the least amount of snaps in OTAs and training camp because you know what he

02:58can do let the other kids eat to see what they can do Flacco starts game number one that's just a

03:03travesty by the Browns