Browns quarterback idea would bring in first-rounder to compete with Shedeur Sanders

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What's already a ridiculously crowded quarterback room, the Cleveland Browns continue to be linked to many young quarterbacks. It's tough to say that they shouldn't be, but ultimately, the Browns have more than enough guys to put out there to try to win a job during training camp.

Whether they want to go with young options like Shedeur Sanders or Dillon Gabriel, or give the keys to the offense again to a guy they paid in Deshaun Watson, the Browns can go in a few different directions. Ultimately, from comments by higher-ups in the organization, we also know there's no guarantee the quarterback is currently on the roster.

The Browns were again linked to a quarterback, this time via a trade for Indianapolis Colts youngster Anthony Richardson.

“Now the Colts have seven draft picks: a second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and two seventh-rounders. That’s a perfectly okay number, but the value on those picks just isn’t there. If they could package Richardson and a later-round pick or two, and trade those to a team that could use backup quarterback depth for a third or fourth round pick, they’d be (relatively) back in business,” Jack Beckman of FanSided wrote.

There are teams around the league that I can certainly see taking a chance on Richardson, and I'd say it'd be a good idea. Not to say that Cleveland shouldn't give him a chance, as he has a lot of tools to be a quarterback in the NFL one day, and a starting-caliber one at that, but he's somebody who needs to be developed, and it's tough to trust the Browns in that regard.