All offseason long, the Browns have maintained the stance that they were willing to keep four quarterbacks on their initial 53-man roster, just as they did a year ago. However, the chances they went into Week 1 with all four were slim to none, and the talk was more to raise the price from potential suitors.
The Browns sent a fifth-round pick and Dorian Thompson-Robinson to Philadelphia for Kenny Pickett this offseason, though Thompson-Robinson was purely a throw-in who was likely to be cut either way. Pickett was the first quarterback in the room as a fail-safe option, but the addition of the other three made him expendable, especially after the hamstring injury that limited him all camp.