The Cleveland Browns have received a lot of grief over the years about the state of their quarterback room.
That is to be expected when you trot out three, four, and sometimes five starting quarterbacks in a single season.
But the reality, as much as people don’t want to acknowledge it, is that the Browns are not the only NFL team with no clue about what to do with the game’s most important position.
It may not have been his intention, but our own Jared Mueller hit on that very point in his article
on Friday, looking at some of the teams the Browns will be in contention with for a high selection in the 2027 NFL Draft.
Start reading, and it is a who’s who of teams that are just as bad as the Browns when it comes to evaluating quarterbacks. There is no secret sauce to finding a quarterback, and anyone who tries to convince you that certain teams are better at it than others is generally delusional.
But even knowing that the Browns are not alone, it is still depressing to look at the current quarterback room and realize that Deshaun Watson is probably the best option to start, and it has been six years and two major injuries since his last good season.
Even with the improvements general manager Andrew Berry has made across the roster, the Browns arguably have the worst set of quarterbacks in the league, which does not bode well for improving on last year’s five-win season.
We’ll leave you with that thought for the moment and dive into today’s edition of the Saturday Dawg Chow.
Dawgs By Nature
- Browns fans should be rooting for these 9 young QBs in 2026 (Jared Mueller) – Cleveland Browns future lies in the hope of Shedeur Sanders or the 2027 NFL draft. Fans should be rooting for these QBs.
- 6 Browns games made easier, harder by how the schedule lines up (Jared Mueller) – The Cleveland Browns schedule sets up to make 3 games easier, 3 harder based on order, travel, and more.
- Browns open as big betting underdogs for Week 1 despite roster improvements (Jared Mueller) – The Cleveland Browns roster is much improved, but the Week 1 betting odds versus the Jaguars are quite large.
The Feed
There is always a player or two that catches the fancy of the fans during training camp and the preseason. But could be the year when one of them makes an impact in the regular season?
Cleveland Browns
- Browns schedule breakdown: Storylines, memories and series history (cleveland.com) – The Browns released their 2026 schedule on Thursday night along with the rest of the league. The schedule starts heavy on the road and only features one prime-time game. Here’s a week-by-week breakdown of the schedule, with storylines, memories and series history for every opponent.
- Five takeaways from Browns schedule (Browns Zone) – For much of the week, individual games were released in dribs and drabs. The rest, including all 17 Browns games, came gushing out Thursday night with the NFL’s official schedule release. After time to ponder the collection and arrangement of Cleveland’s 17 matchups, here are five takeaways.
- Browns 2026 opponents’ QBs ranked in tiers, from elite to newcomers (Beacon Journal) – The Browns have known their opponents for months. They found out the order in which they would play them May 14 when the full NFL schedule was announced.
NFL
- Chiefs back on biggest stages despite Mahomes injury, uncertainty (ESPN) – Even after a disappointing 6-11 in 2025, the Kansas City Chiefs are still very much one of the NFL darlings, especially when it comes to the 2026 schedule.
- NFL responds to criticism over putting games on streaming services (Yahoo Sports) – The NFL doesn’t see an issue with how many of its games will air on different streaming services in 2026.
- Projecting the 2026 NFL schedule’s most-watched national TV games (The Athletic) – From a TV perspective, the NFL is coming off a record-breaking 2025 season. With that in mind and the 2026 NFL schedule now officially released, let’s look at some of the most interesting contenders for the biggest national TV draws of the season.
