Gabriel wasn’t high on anyone’s draft boards. If the Browns don’t pick him, he’s going in the 6th, 7th round or possibly undrafted.
The thing with Shedeur is he’s never been a locker room cancer. His teammates respect him and he’s started to win over Browns vets in OTA’s
If Shedeur becomes the backup or starter, they will look stupid as hell for picking Gabriel, even if they trade him because they won’t get a 3rd round pick. They would be lucky to get a 5th or 6th round pick.
Flacco is old. I don’t know why they signed up to begin with and the Pickett trade was dumb as hell. My guess is Cleveland went into this off season looking for a stop gap at QB and are trying to position themselves into getting Arch Manning. Imagine if they start Shedeur and the Browns win just enough to not have a high enough pick the get Manning.
But imagine if they play him just enough to not affect the number of losses they accrue and they draft Manning next year. Imagine if they coach/GM get fired. Sanders will have to be damn near perfect this year.