The Cleveland Browns have the messiest quarterback history in the NFL.
Since 1999, they've started 40 players at the quarterback position. And now they have three guys in their QB room who can add to that list (along with Joe Flacco, who has already checked that box).
There's Kenny Pickett, the veteran acquired in a trade with the Eagles. There's Dillon Gabriel, the No. 94 overall pick on Friday. And now there's Shedeur Sanders, who was chosen at No. 144 in the fifth round on Saturday.
Sanders' illogical draft slide is over, and now he can pursue the Cleveland starting job.
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The Browns should treat Sanders like a first-round pick. They were linked to him as high as No. 2 overall early in the draft process. His slide is irrelevant now.
This is a starting-level NFL quarterback. Every draft analyst said it. Anonymous scouts quoted in stories throughout draft season said it.
Maybe they didn't want Sanders in the top-10. Maybe they wanted him in the second round.
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But nobody doubted his arm talent, his athleticism and his football IQ to the point that they thought he'd be a career backup.
Sanders is officially the most talented quarterback the Browns have.
When he's ready, he should start. Cleveland wouldn't have made this pick if they didn't think that, too.
GM Andrew Berry and coach Kevin Stefanski will be smart about it. They won't want to rush him and cause him to fail.
But when Sanders is ready, have no doubt about it: He will be the Browns starting quarterback.
And he's good enough to end a quarter-century of miserable quarterback woes, from Tim Couch to Johnny Manziel to Deshaun Watson and everyone in between.
Sanders isn't guaranteed to be, but he just might be the answer.
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