As the offseason continues on and the free agency frenzy gives way to draft season, the Cleveland Browns still do not have a concrete plan at quarterback for 2025.
Speaking Sunday with NFL Network's Steve Wyche, head coach Kevin Stefanski discussed the team's need to get off the quarterback carousel, and the impact injuries have had on the team's struggles at the position in recent years, Coral Smith of NFL.com reports.
"I think that's obviously the goal," Stefanski said of having a quarterback who can play the whole season. "I think you look at the teams that are having sustained success that comes from having that quarterback that's there and healthy. Unfortunately, we haven't been healthy at that position and that's a huge challenge."
The Browns hold the No. 2 overall pick, the highest they've picked since drafting Mayfield No. 1 overall in 2018, and sit just behind the Tennessee Titans -- another team that could be in the market for a QB. The question for Stefanski and the rest of Cleveland's staff is therefore whether that crucial pick should be used on a quarterback to try and find that consistency at the position going forward, and if so, who in this draft class could provide it with the right coaching.
"As we go through this process, you try to identify are there guys that we believe in whether it's in the first round or seventh round. Are there guys that we can get in our building and try to develop them," Stefanski said. "I think that's another thing people lose sight of thinking that these guys are finished products, but they are not. So, for us, whether it's the quarterback position or any position, it's about understanding that there is a jump that they are going to take over the course of their career."
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