How the Browns are navigating a four-way QB competition - ESPN

BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns were still more than a half-hour away from breaking into stretches at their eighth training camp practice last Friday, but quarterback Shedeur Sanders was already on the practice field.

Within the next 15 minutes, Joe Flacco, Dillon Gabriel and Kenny Pickett joined Sanders to practice taking shotgun snaps and throwing a few warmup passes as quarterbacks coach Bill Musgrave watched each player.

The Browns are one of three NFL teams (the Colts and Saints are the others) embroiled in a quarterback battle this summer — and they have already experienced their share of wrinkles based on observations through the first 10 practices.

Last Friday, Pickett returned in a limited capacity from the hamstring injury that cost him three practices. On Saturday, Sanders was held out of team drills after reporting arm soreness during individual drills, leaving Flacco and Gabriel to handle all the reps. On Monday, Sanders returned to full participation but Gabriel was limited because of hamstring tightness. And on Tuesday, the Browns signed Tyler Huntley to add depth in the wake of the injuries in the position room.

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Browns coach Kevin Stefanski has emphasized that a final decision on QB1 has yet to be made, but the team's first unofficial depth chart released Monday listed Flacco as the starter, followed by Pickett, Gabriel and Sanders.

A hierarchy had already been set as far as reps in practice. Flacco (an 18-year veteran), Pickett (a 2022 first-round pick) and