{"id":43331,"date":"2026-02-13T12:42:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=43331"},"modified":"2026-02-13T12:42:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T12:42:00","slug":"browns-could-weigh-intriguing-150-million-quarterback-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=43331","title":{"rendered":"Browns Could Weigh &#8216;Intriguing&#8217; $150 Million Quarterback Option"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2190092068_2f6661-e1770984802232.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2190092068_2f6661-e1770984802232.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2190092068_2f6661-e1770984802232.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2190092068_2f6661-e1770984802232.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Browns Could Weigh 'Intriguing' $150 Million Quarterback Option\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As much as the team\u2019s approach on its head coach and his staff has been a critical factor, as much importance as there is on next month\u2019s free-agent strategy, and as fascinating and weighty as the decisions in April\u2019s NFL draft will be, the one thing that the Cleveland Browns will have to do in the coming weeks that will most determine how things shake out for the team in the short and long terms is pick a quarterback. Any quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s not a great time to be doing that. The NFL draft is not stocked with great choices, with Fernando Mendoza likely going No. 1 and no other QBs on the board truly worthy of a first-round pick. The best trade option is likely Mac Jones, the light-armed QB with a 25-32 career record. In free agency, Daniel Jones will almost certainly return to the Colts and Malik Willis, with six career starts, is the wild card.<\/p>\n<p>But maybe, just maybe, there is a wildcard in all this: Former Saints quarterback Derek Carr, who abruptly retired last year.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Browns Could Be \u2018Intrigued\u2019 by Derek Carr<\/h2>\n<p>Could the Browns pursue and land Carr? For a team that can\u2019t afford to turn up its nose at any option, maybe. Carr is a four-time Pro Bowl quarterback who has 169 starts under his belt (77-92) and walked away after going 5-5 with an average of 214.0 yards per game, and a 101.0 quarterback rating in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Carr retired because of a shoulder injury, walking away from the remainder of the four-year, $150 million contract he\u2019d signed in New Orleans.\u00a0 But he reportedly is eyeing a comeback, and the Browns (you might have heard) need a quarterback.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland.com Browns beat reporter Mary Kay Cabot noted this week that there is plenty of intrigue around Carr, including in Cleveland. \u201cI would be somewhat intrigued by Derek Carr,\u201d she said on \u201cThe Orange and Brown Talk\u201d podcast. \u201cYou called him an old guy but he is now young in terms of quarterback years in terms of the NFL. He is 34. I don\u2019t think that is bad at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also now, in modern day quarterback years, it\u2019s not old. You can still get out there and play at the age of 35. I would be somewhat intrigued by that one.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Derek Carr Looking for a Super Bowl Opportunity?<\/h2>\n<p>Again, the Browns should be intrigued by all their quarterback options.<\/p>\n<p>But consider Carr a longshot, for multiple reasons. For one thing, he has confirmed he would come back, but only for a shot at a Super Bowl, and that probably has him thinking Vikings a lot more than he\u2019s thinking Browns. Cleveland does have the defense for a Super Bowl, but it\u2019s a roster packed with offensive holes.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also money. It\u2019s doubtful that Carr is going to want to come back for a minimum salary, and the Browns already have almost $50 million invested in quarterbacks. Carr could command a Sam Darnold-type payout, three years and $100 million, if he is committed to a return.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Browns Not Looking for Old QBs Again<\/h2>\n<p>Finally, there is the matter of age. Carr is not necessarily old, but the Browns would prefer not to go back to the Joe Flacco plug-and-play veteran model.<\/p>\n<p>Said Cabot: \u201cAndrew Berry did say the last time we talked to him in the sidebar interview after Todd Monken\u2019s introductory press conference, he basically said, we\u2019re not going to be going out and signing a lot of older guys. So we need to keep that in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think they\u2019re going to do that. They already have someone in that almost age bracket, that 30-something age bracket, and that is Deshaun Watson. I think if they are going to go outside of the building, they are either going to draft a quarterback that, we just don\u2019t know what they\u2019re thinking, or find someone in the Malik Willis age bracket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Browns must consider all their options for quarterbacks in 2026, even if it means looking at the unretiring Derek Carr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43331","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>Browns Could Weigh &#039;Intriguing&#039; $150 Million Quarterback Option - 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=43331\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Browns Could Weigh &#039;Intriguing&#039; 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