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Browns Name Dillon Gabriel Backup QB Over Shedeur Sanders

Browns QB Joe Flacco will have two rookies as his backups this season, and now we finally know which one is on top. On Tuesday, HC Kevin Stefanski announced third-round selection Dillon Gabriel as the second quarterback on the depth chart. In other words, Shedeur Sanders, their fifth-round selection, will serve as the emergency third quarterback.

Earlier this week, Cleveland traded veteran QB Kenny Pickett to the Raiders for a fifth-round pick. That paved the way for the Browns to keep both rookies, Gabriel and Sanders, on the 53-man roster. Although they claimed a willingness to keep four quarterbacks, a trade always seemed likely.