Former Browns' QB weighs in on the impending competition in Cleveland

Former Cleveland Browns quarterback Kellen Mond took to X on Wednesday to weigh in on the perceived quarterback competition that is happening between Deshaun Watson, Shedeur Sanders, Taylen Green, and Dillon Gabriel.

Yes, Dillon Gabriel.

We will come back to him in a bit, but the start of the conversation is around who is the leader in the clubhouse to win the quarterback job for the Browns so far through this offseason. After Cleveland's star-studded draft two weeks ago, the attention and the spotlight went directly to the quarterback position.

It's been way too long since the Browns have had even decent quarterback play. If they had even been average at the position, who knows how many wins the Browns' franchise would have had, but alas, it's been bad, and the results have been worse.

As Cleveland looks towards the 2026 season, it is believed that the competition is between Watson and Sanders, but in Mond's eyes, it's hardly that. Mond believes that this job is Watson's to lose. Largely, and obviously, because of the money involved, Watson has the head start in his eyes. However, that isn't to say that he can't get chased down.

Looking at the Browns' QB competition

There is a very real world where either Sanders or even Gabriel puts real pressure on Watson for the job. In Mond's eyes, again, the player who might have the best chance to do that isn't Sanders; it might actually be Gabriel.

Whatever you believe about the 2025 version of the quarterback competition, Gabriel did, in fact, beat out Sanders to start the year and got the first chance at the job. Mond warns that people shouldn't be surprised if Gabriel bounces back and shows that he is the rightful owner of the backup or the starting position.