The Cleveland Browns are walking into training camp, much like they have at various points this offseason, with one of the more puzzling quarterback rooms in the league. Deshaun Watson is out for the 2025 season with an injury, leaving the unestablished trio of Kenny Pickett, Dillon Gabriel, and Shedeur Sanders to battle against former Super Bowl champion Joe Flacco for the starting job in Cleveland.
While Kenny Pickett is trying to carve out a niche for himself, the two rookies are trying to establish themselves as major players in the league.
Sanders, in particular, comes into the NFL with a ton of hype as the son of the legendary Deion Sanders. A projected first-round pick, he suffered a dramatic draft day slide before the Browns picked him up. However, one analyst believes his tenure with Cleveland may come to an end before the season gets underway.
Why Does Maggie Gray Believe Cleveland Browns Will Cut Ties With Shedeur Sanders?
Before they suit up, Sanders has been involved in the Browns’ quarterback competition throughout the summer. Rookie training camp, OTAs, and mandatory minicamp have all seen the fifth-round pick try to establish himself in the pecking order.
So far, Â the reports on him have been wholly positive, both on and off the field. However, even after a promising start, his spot on the roster is nowhere near guaranteed. As a result, Maggie Gray believes Sanders could be cut from the roster before the season begins.
“You think Shedeur’s spot on this roster is way more on firmer ground than I do,” Gray argued, before pointing to the signals from Cleveland as the reason for her skepticism. “It’s a crowded quarterback room, and the messaging coming out of the Browns the moment after they took Shedeur was, ‘This was a low-risk, no-risk. We’re not tied to him at all.'”
From that standpoint, it isn’t hard to assume that the Browns choose to go in a different direction by the time the season rolls around. Keeping five roster spots for quarterbacks is a big ask for any organization with the physicality and pitfalls of the NFL.
It would be unwise for any team to have that many quarterbacks on the roster, making potential trades or cuts a realistic possibility. However, Sanders being the odd one out still feels improbable after the rookie has impressed everyone on the field, while becoming a true fan favorite in the community through his various charitable gestures.
Remember when the Cleveland Browns told us that picking Shedeur Sanders in the 5th round meant they could move on at any time
Will he be the odd man out in the Browns QB room?
pic.twitter.com/XeY6P9H54t— Maggie Gray (@MaggieGray) July 22, 2025
“That’s what they were messaging through all the Browns reporters,” Gray continued. “He’s just like every other fifth-round quarterback.” It remains to be seen where the Sanders train eventually finds itself.
However, after reported missteps in his pre-draft process, the youngster has been mostly consistent, and as such, he could have a stake in the quarterback pie for the Browns.
