Oft-derided quarterback Brock Osweiler raised eyebrows Wednesday when he said he showed enough on film over the past two years to continue as a starter, but he might actually have a shot to earn the No. 1 job in Cleveland, per Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (video link).
Since Cleveland acquired Osweiler and a second-round pick from the Texans in a stunning trade in March, the 26-year-old’s existence on the Browns “has changed dramatically,” reports Rapoport. Osweiler is a “far, far different quarterback” than he was with the Texans last season, says Rapoport, who expects the 6-foot-8, 235-pounder to compete for a starting role with the Browns.
When Cleveland landed Osweiler, the early belief was that they did so just to acquire second-rounder at the cost of his $16MM salary, and that he wouldn’t be on the Browns come September. It remains possible Osweiler won’t make the Browns, but it could help his cause that they didn’t address the quarterback position via free agency or another trade, nor did they use one of their two first-round picks on a signal-caller. The Browns instead waited until the second round, selecting former Notre Dame QB DeShone Kizer at No. 52 overall. Like Osweiler, Kizer will compete to start, though he’s certainly not a lock to take the reins immediately.
As Rapoport notes, Osweiler intrigued enough in Denver two years ago to have both the Broncos and Texans offer him sizable contracts in free agency the ensuing offseason. Osweiler was hardly spectacular with the Broncos in 2015, but if he resembles that version of himself more than his disastrous 2016 form in the coming months, he could beat out the inexperienced trio of Kizer, Cody Kessler and Kevin Hogan to emerge as the Browns’ season-opening starter.
Well if Brock is the QB the good thing for Cleveland fans is they get the Number 1 pick next year.
As if that wasn’t the case anyway. Brock is sadly the best QB they have.
Amazing how quickly the Browns bashers appear. Get a life, people.
Amazing how quickly the sensitive Browns fans appear.
Not sensitive, just tired of hearing the same old s***.
Just because your tired of hearing it doesn’t make it untrue! The Browns are the worst franchise in sports.
That being said I do like Hue, and thought they had a great draft. I also can’t see how the Browns finish worse than the Jets, Bears, and 49ers. So maybe things are looking up.
As a Steelers fan I’m really pulling for your team to be good again. I’d love that rivalry to spark up again!
As a Browns fan, I hate your team. Always and forever.
Just let Kessler start jfc.
I think it’d be kind of funny if Osweiler turned around and won a game or two for the Browns. I know they aren’t projected to win many games this year, but it’d be interesting if the franchise that can’t ever find a QB ended up finding a short term stop gap in Osweiler who pretty much has everyone thinking he can’t play.
Can’t they get RGDeuce back?
They have there future QB. Kizer is going to end up the best QB drafted this year. He’s far from NFL ready this year tho