Cleveland traded veteran quarterback to Cincinnati Tuesday for a fifth-round draft pick, meaning Pro Duck Dillon Gabriel is now the starter with fifth-round draft pick Shedeur Sanders as his backup.
At 1-4 the Browns are due for another early selection in the NFL draft, which means Gabriel has about six weeks to convince management he represents the future of the franchise before 1) Sanders gets inserted in the lineup and 2) the GM and scouting staff begins pouring all their energy into scouting a QB for the first round of the 2026 draft.
That might mean that Detroit, Michigan native Dante Moore becomes the new face of the franchise, if not Indiana's Fernando Mendoza or LaNorris Sellers of South Carolina.