Could the Cleveland Browns really put out a fourth different starting QB before the 2025 season is done?
While there was an outside chance, the latest update from The Athletic Browns insider Zac Jackson suggests they’re going to cap it at three.
Polarizing veteran QB Deshaun Watson returned to practice a couple of weeks ago after missing most of the 2025 season with an Achilles issue. However, he was not activated off the physically unable to perform (PUP) list.
The deadline to activate him off the PUP list is Tuesday, December 23, so head coach Kevin Stefanski has a decision to make. However, according to Jackson, even if Watson is activated, it won’t be because he’s going to suit up for the Browns over the final two weeks of the season.
“My guess is the Browns will shut Watson down for the season. Even if he’s activated, it would likely to be just to keep him practicing,” suggested Jackson. “There was never much realistic chance he’d play this year. As for what happens next with his contract, we will see – likely in late February.”
With Watson unlikely to figure into Cleveland’s QB plans for the remainder of the 2025 season, the Browns will continue to trot out their rookie QB duo of Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel for Weeks 17 and 18.
More to come.
