Cleveland Browns trade idea ditches Shedeur Sanders to land recent first-round pick
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The Cleveland Browns reportedly have some level of interest in adding another quarterback, no matter which direction they decide to go in with Shedeur Sanders and Deshaun Watson.
The question now for Cleveland is whether they want to bring in someone via the draft or a trade. Sports Illustrated’s Mark Morales-Smith proposed a trade that would add a player in a trade, and the deal would be an intriguing one to make.
Morales-Smith suggested a deal that would send San Francisco 49ers quarterback Mac Jones to Cleveland in exchange for Dillon Gabriel and a 2026 third-round pick, a move that could give the Browns a starting quarterback.
“We fully expect Sanders to be the Week 1 starter in Cleveland, but that doesn't mean he'll be the starter all season or even in October,” Morales-Smith wrote. “They could acquire Jones and hope that he pushes Sanders to be better in training camp, and he can be the fallback plan if Sanders doesn't pan out.”
Cleveland would still be committing to Sanders as the future in this scenario, but bringing in Jones would give them a quarterback with starting experience, which is something the current depth chart outside of Watson lacks.
Jones has had an up-and-down career, but he’s shown he can run an offense and manage games at a competent level. The competition part is also important. Even if Sanders wins the job, having a former first-round pick behind him would bring pressure in camp and early in the season. I think that could be a good thing for him.
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