Browns roster: Ranking each quarterback based on spring practice performance
· Yahoo Sports
The 2026 offseason practice period is officially over for the Cleveland Browns, and it’s no secret that everybody was focusing on the quarterback position and how it played out over the course of the past month.
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Today, we’re going to break down and rank all four quarterbacks based on how they performed this spring.
1. Deshaun Watson
Obviously, Watson’s the most controversial player of the group, but he’s also been (surprisingly) the most consistent throughout the offseason practice period for Cleveland. He also looked good moving around the pocket and extending plays in 11-on-11 drills.
He consistently ripped off beautiful deep balls in camp as well, connecting on a few 30+ yard completions to guys like Luke Floriea and Tylan Wallace.
2. Shedeur Sanders
Sanders got the second-most first-team reps behind Watson, and he also looked pretty good, especially in the intermediate areas of the field. Yes, it was only 7-on-7 and non-contact 11-0n-11 periods, but he looked better in the anticipation department this spring.
He did much better at getting the ball out before receivers got out of their breaks on in-breakers than he did as a rookie. Sanders didn’t throw as many touchdown passes in practice, but he looked much more sound from a mental aspect. It’s evident that things have really started to slow down for him heading into year two.
3. Dillon Gabriel
To be 100% honest, Gabriel looked pretty much how a backup quarterback should look in spring. He threw a few really nice passes, but had a couple of frustrating interceptions as well.
He continues to display a good feel for the offense and is fairly accurate, but his obvious lack of arm strength has limited him throughout the spring. He’s more than capable of operating the offense in the short to intermediate level of the field, but if he needs to extend plays downfield or tries to throw an off-platform deep ball, it gets really sketchy.
4. Taylen Green
Green didn’t get much run with the first team this year, and that was to be expected from the team’s 6th-round “project” quarterback.
The Browns undoubtedly fell in love with his frame (6’6”, 227 lbs.) and speed (4.36s 40-yard dash), but his throwing mechanics and consistency throwing the football need to improve before he’s ready to see legitimate playing time at the NFL level. There’s a chance that he could be used in different sub-packages or trick plays for Cleveland as a rookie, but that’s about it.