The Cleveland Browns aren’t just paying for their active quarterbacks. They’re paying for every decision they’ve made in recent years, and the twist that comes with juggling eight names in a single season. As of October 2025, the team has a monstrous $41.6 million tied up in QB contracts and dead money. Deshaun Watson’s $35.9 million cap hit leads the list of head coach Kevin Stefanski’s headaches. And Watson’s not even back on the practice field yet. That $41.6 million hit is a statement about how wild the Browns’ situation is right now.

Watson, still sitting on the PUP list, is bleeding cap space while waiting for his practice window to open (if it does). Dillon Gabriel ($1.1 million) takes the snaps as the latest starter, and Shedeur Sanders ($955 K) has finally bec

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