Colorado Buffaloes football legend Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel could be removed from the Cleveland Browns' quarterback room if the front office commits to Cade Klubnik or another 2026 NFL draft option.
Colorado Buffaloes football legend Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel have not played an NFL snap yet. Still, ESPN’s Matt Miller is already predicting the franchise to target Clemson’s Cade Klubnik at the 2026 draft.
Skip Bayless believes that Cleveland ditching Sanders and Gabriel entirely to cater to Clubnik is on the table.
“[Miller] has the Cleveland Browns finishing worst and picking first. And are you ready for this? Picking a quarterback first overall — Clemson’s Cade Klubnik. I believe in Shedeur Sanders, who I thought should have gone No. 1 in this year’s draft. I believe the NFL tried to teach Shedeur and his father, Deion, a big, bad lesson by blackballing him as Shedeur fell all the way into the fifth round, where Cleveland finally took him 50 picks after the Browns had already taken Dillon Gabriel, who, of course, also plays quarterback,” Bayless said on “The Skip Bayless Show.”
“If Matt Miller is right, then I don’t know. I’d have to assume Shedeur would have to beat out Dillon Gabriel to be Klubnik’s backup going forward. Unless, of course, the Browns just say, We’ve got to remove any young threat to Klubnik. Man, what a mountain Shedeur Sanders is now going to have to climb.”
Sanders and Gabriel likely won’t start the season under center, with Kenny Pickett looking like QB1 in Berea with less than two weeks to go until training camp.
There’s no guarantee they’ll see playing time, either. Many project the Browns to flounder in 2025, but there’s a reason the games are played.
If Cleveland’s front office eventually decides to fully commit to Klubnik, removing Sanders would be a necessity if Deion Sanders is as vocal and demanding as he’s expected to be when his son doesn’t start.
Gabriel wouldn’t be as much of a distraction, but as a third-round pick, he might have value on the trade market.
Time will tell if this preseason chatter will have any value a year from now.
The Browns may not need a QB at the 2026 draft, and Sanders and/or Gabriel may be the reason why.
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