Cleveland Browns News: Training Camp Qb Battle Is Growing Tiresome

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• Cleveland Browns Training Camp Recap: Day 9 – No closer to a QB decision (Chris Pokorny) – “Day 9 of Cleveland Browns training camp took place Friday, August 7. Unfortunately, they closed practice to the fans, due to the threat of rain.”
• Browns fans are ready to include a third QB in the competition (Chris Pokorny) – “The Cleveland Browns are two weeks into training camp, and installation periods are finished. Head coach Todd Monken has maintained all along that he will likely name a starter between QB Deshaun Watson and QB Shedeur Sanders later in training camp, after both players have been evaluated through rotating days of reps.”
• Browns roster: Team adds another free agent DT following Friday practice (Jared Mueller) – “On Friday, just before practice started, the Cleveland Browns announced a number of changes to their roster due to injuries.”
• Browns HC Todd Monken talks talent versus fit with OLine decision, starters in question (Jared Mueller) – “The entire focus from the outside looking in with the Cleveland Browns has been about the quarterback position. At practice on Friday, HC Todd Monken reiterated that Shedeur Sanders and Deshaun Watson have not separated from each other, despite a noted difference in some snaps on Thursday.”
• Browns QB competition: ‘Signal’ that ‘QB1’ has unofficially been identified (Jared Mueller) – “At this point in time, the Cleveland Browns quarterback competition is up in the air until HC Todd Monken says it isn’t. Deshaun Watson may have come in with a leg up, but Shedeur Sanders has reportedly made strides. Neither has seemed to distance themselves in the competition so far, almost two weeks into training, with Monken noting that finishing installs was a priority in the process.”
• Browns current roster: ‘Future Hall of Famers’ are mostly young (Jared Mueller) – “As late as the end of the 2025 NFL season, the next future Hall of Famer for the Cleveland Browns was clearly DE Myles Garrett. Technically, Garrett landed in the Hall for his amazing single-season sack record in 2025. After OT Joe Thomas was inducted a few years ago, something he talked about in an exclusive interview with DBN’s Barry Shuck, the next Hall of Famer to go in wearing orange and brown was Garrett, and a lot of question marks.”
• Browns training camp: Checking in on the Denzel Boston hype (Abby Mueller) – “Out of all the players participating in Cleveland Browns training camp this offseason, Denzel Boston has certainly received the most excitement from both local and national media members. Between his physical tools and playmaking abilities, expectations are soaring for him going into the 2026 season. But is the conversation surrounding him warranted?”

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• What ways has new Browns DC Mike Rutenberg evolved defensive schemes? (Beacon Journal) – “It was almost as big a deal in the early offseason as the head-coaching change itself for the Browns. The decision of Jim Schwartz to step down as Browns defensive coordinator instead of staying on after Todd Monken was hired as head coach over him was a hot-button topic for a while. That Schwartz was replaced by Mike Rutenberg, a relative unknown generally speaking, only added to the discourse.”
• Mike Rutenberg’s ‘exotic’ defensive scheme ramps up the disguise in the back end (Browns Zone) – “Exactly how the defense will look under new coordinator Mike Rutenberg remains a mystery. That’s how he wants quarterbacks to view the coverages he employs.”
• Is this Browns DB the most underrated player on the roster? (cleveland.com) – “When Browns GM Andrew Berry was asked this week who the most underrated player on the roster is, he didn’t have to spend much time thinking.”
• Jimmy Haslam, Browns trying to walk delicate line between hope and reality (The Athletic) – “Somewhere in the Browns’ practice facility must be a brown needle and a thin piece of orange thread. For the last eight months, Jimmy Haslam has carefully been rolling the string between his thumb and forefinger, trying to ever so gently thread it through that narrow hole separating hope from sensibility.”

NFL

• Cousins, Crosby scuffle during Raiders practice on Friday (ESPN) – “Tempers flared during the Raiders’ eighth training camp practice Friday. Defensive end Maxx Crosby hit quarterback Kirk Cousins twice during the team period. And when Crosby hit Cousins’ arm a second time, the 15-year veteran had had enough. Cousins got into Crosby’s face, grabbing the All-Pro’s jersey, while both exchanged words before it was broken up.”
• Titans make Peter Skoronski top-paid guard with four-year, $100 million extension (NFL.com) – “Fresh off his best season of his career, Peter Skoronski is getting paid. The Tennessee Titans signed the offensive lineman to a four-year, $100 million extension Friday, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported, making Skoronski the highest-paid guard in the NFL. Skoronski’s extension includes $88 million in guaranteed money, Rapoport added.”
• Roger Craig’s path from kickball to Hall of Fame, with a lifelong teammate along for the ride (The Athletic) – “Bill Walsh saw no reason to wait. Never mind that players were still in their tuxedo jackets on the night they received their Super Bowl rings after winning it all in 1984. The San Francisco 49ers coach pulled Roger Craig aside during the gala and looked him in the eyes. “Roger, we’re going to need 1,000 yards from you next season,” the running back remembered him saying.“