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Heading into training camp, the hub of the NFL media storm will be swirling around the Cleveland Browns.
The team's impending four-man quarterback competition is a bizarre yet compelling wrinkle for an organization desperate to land a franchise signal-caller.
Kenny Pickett, Joe Flacco, Shedeur Sanders, and Dillon Gabriel will be the answer to a future niche trivia question, but for now, they are competing to take the reins of an unproven offense.
Before the quartet put on the pads this summer, the group was already receiving some harsh criticism.
Bleacher Report analyst Alex Kay recently ranked the Cleveland QB room as one of the worst in the league.
"With four quarterbacks now competing for a spot in the pecking order, head coach Kevin Stefanski has the unenviable task of allocating reps and sorting the depth chart during training camp and the preseason," Kay wrote. "Flacco memorably led the Browns to a playoff berth after being signed off the street two years ago, but he's regressed significantly since then. It's telling that he's still the odds-on favorite to come away with the starting job over three players far younger than him, making this one of the NFL's worst quarterback rooms."
It's not uncommon for an aging veteran to start at the top of the depth chart, helping the younger options get acclimated before eventually sliding into a starting spot. Despite Kay's flawed logic, his greater point is still correct.
This room is lackluster.
The best case for this working is sheer volume. All the franchise needs is one of the three younger prospects to work out.
With Flacco likely to be QB1 and unproven depth behind him, Cleveland should be excited that two squads somehow have a worse situation.
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