{"id":15162,"date":"2025-02-24T12:26:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T12:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=15162"},"modified":"2025-02-24T12:26:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T12:26:56","slug":"breaking-browns-expected-to-pass-on-43000-yard-qb-for-eyebrow-raising-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=15162","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Browns Expected to Pass on 43,000-Yard QB for Eyebrow-Raising Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MixCollage-19-Feb-2025-11-31-AM-9652-e1739986428113.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MixCollage-19-Feb-2025-11-31-AM-9652-e1739986428113.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MixCollage-19-Feb-2025-11-31-AM-9652-e1739986428113.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MixCollage-19-Feb-2025-11-31-AM-9652-e1739986428113.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Browns Expected to Pass on 43,000-Yard QB for Eyebrow-Raising Reason\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Cleveland Browns have a choice to make between trying to compete in 2025 or ripping up the blueprint and starting over, and either path will begin with their next choice of quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland owns the No. 2 pick in the upcoming NFL draft and may select a QB in that spot. In fact, it\u2019s possible the Tennessee Titans will pass on a signal-caller at No. 1, which would mean the Browns would have their choice of either Cam Ward of Miami or Shedeur Sanders of Colorado.<\/p>\n<p>But several analysts \u2014 including Kevin Clark of ESPN \u2014 have linked Cleveland to a trade for Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins, or to signing him to a value deal in free agency if Atlanta cuts him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI immediately made the connection between the Browns and Kirk Cousins. Kevin Stefanski, the fact that they could get [Cousins] and then they don\u2019t have to take a quarterback with the second pick,\u201d Clark said on last week\u2019s edition of \u201cThe Mina Kimes Show Featuring Lenny\u201d podcast. \u201cAnd then I thought, again, job protection: If Kirk Cousins goes to the Browns, and they go 5-12, doesn\u2019t everybody get fired?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah,\u201d Kimes responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they draft Shedeur Sanders, and they go 5-12, don\u2019t we have to give them at least two more years to figure it out?\u201d Clark continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt least some of them. Who knows?\u201d Kimes added. \u201cBut I think that\u2019s correct. It\u2019s a lot riskier for Stefanski.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lot riskier for an injured Kirk Cousins to be the end of the project in Cleveland rather than resetting the timeline,\u201d Clark said. \u201cAgain, this is not specific to these folks [with the Browns], this is specific to the league \u2014 that the No. 1 need is for everybody in charge to pay their mortgage.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Browns May Face Decision Between Cam Ward, Shedeur Sanders<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5242630\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187623932.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187623932.jpg 5249w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187623932.jpg?resize=150,100 150w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187623932.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187623932.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187623932.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187623932.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187623932.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187623932.jpg?resize=782,522 782w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187623932.jpg?resize=780,520 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187623932.jpg?resize=425,283 425w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187623932.jpg?resize=660,440 660w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187623932.jpg?resize=253,169 253w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187623932.jpg?resize=270,180 270w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187623932.jpg?resize=225,150 225w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-2187623932.jpg?resize=242,161 242w\" alt=\"Browns Expected to Pass on 43,000-Yard QB for Eyebrow-Raising Reason\" width=\"782\" height=\"522\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5242630\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5242630\">GettyMiami Hurricanes quarterback Cam Ward.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Considering those factors, and others, Kimes stated with a meaningful amount of certainty that she believes the Browns will take a quarterback with the second pick. She added, with a little less certainty but still decisively, that she expects the Titans may go with a higher-rated player at another position and consider a bridge contract for a veteran like Aaron Rodgers this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>The question then becomes, which rookie prospect will the Browns choose?\u00a0Kimes believes Ward has the higher ceiling. That said, Sanders has also impressed several NFL teams.<\/p>\n<div id=\"id\/article\/slide\/5162782\/element\/7\">\n<p>\u201c[Sanders] doesn\u2019t have dynamic physical traits, but he\u2019s mobile, accurate, has a good arm and displayed important intangibles such as leadership, poise and the ability to navigate adversity during his time at Jackson State and Colorado,\u201d Tashan Reed and Vic Tafur of The Athletic wrote on February 20.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Browns\u2019 Call at QB Will Impact Other Offseason Decisions<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5277107\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1422856380-e1739843344547.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" alt=\"Browns Expected to Pass on 43,000-Yard QB for Eyebrow-Raising Reason\" width=\"782\" height=\"441\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5277107\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5277107\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Going with Ward or Sanders will indicate that the Browns are pressing the reset button, which perhaps wouldn\u2019t be the case were they to acquire Cousins, who has amassed nearly 43,000 passing yards and 288 TDs in his 13-year career.<\/p>\n<p>That decision could also have a domino effect on how Cleveland handles the rest of its offseason, namely what it decides to do about the trade request from former Defensive Player of the Year and Myles Garrett.<\/p>\n<p>If the Browns deal Garrett for something like two first-rounders, that could set them up to address several other positions of need with young and inexpensive rookie talent over the next couple of drafts. However, moving in that direction could also lead other players \u2014 like cornerback Denzel Ward \u2014 to seek trades moving them out of Cleveland as they approach, or play out, their primes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Browns are expected to pass on QB Kirk Cousins in favor of drafting either Shedeur Sanders or Cam Ward for one wild reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland-browns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING : Browns Expected to Pass on 43,000-Yard QB for Eyebrow-Raising Reason - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=15162\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING : Browns Expected to Pass on 43,000-Yard QB for Eyebrow-Raising Reason - 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