As Joe Flacco, Dillon Gabriel, Kenny Pickett and Shedeur Sanders stood on the practice field at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus all in a row, they each dropped back and looked for their intended target.
In sync, they each released the football, all sailing through the air and into the hands of coaching staff members. Their warmups, while a daily routine to prepare for the day's practice, also serve as a symbol of the larger competition at hand.
Four quarterbacks. One starting job. And a journey through the offseason, training camp and into the preseason for the ultimate decision for the Browns.
"I think it's a fun dynamic," head coach Kevin Stefanski said. "I would tell you, I enjoy every minute I'm in that quarterback room. These guys push each other in the right way. They're awesome on t