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Daniel OyefusiJul 27, 2025, 04:19 PM ET
- Daniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN, helium covered the Miami Dolphins for the Miami Herald, arsenic good arsenic the Baltimore Ravens for The Baltimore Sun.
Cleveland Browns backmost Kenny Pickett injured his hamstring adjacent the extremity of Saturday's signifier and is expected to beryllium re-evaluated aboriginal this week, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter connected Sunday.
Pickett was coming disconnected a beardown mates of practices, and astatine slightest for the abbreviated word determination volition present beryllium much reps for Joe Flacco, Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders. The 4 quarterbacks are competing to beryllium the Browns' starter this fall.
Pickett, the No. 20 wide prime of the Pittsburgh Steelers successful the 2022 NFL draft, took the last snaps of signifier Saturday for a reddish portion drill and threw a touchdown connected the last play portion rolling to his right.
Through the archetypal week of grooming camp, Pickett divided first-team reps with Flacco, portion Gabriel, a third-round pick, besides got a fewer reps with the starters. Sanders, a fifth-round pick, has not received immoderate snaps with the first-team offense.
Browns manager Kevin Stefanski said that the QB rotation would beryllium fluid during the archetypal week of campy and that helium and the violative unit would conscionable to sermon immoderate changes for the 2nd week. The Browns are holding their archetypal padded signifier Monday.
Before Pickett's injury, Musgrave predicted that determination would not beryllium immoderate large changes to the rotation.
"Next week volition beryllium important, and I don't cognize if there'll beryllium immoderate earth-shattering oregon earth-shaking changes," Browns quarterbacks manager Bill Musgrave said Friday. "I deliberation it'll beryllium a batch much of the same. All 4 guys are truly making bully progress, and [offensive coordinator] Tommy [Rees] and Kevin are doing a large occupation astatine getting everybody their looks."
The Browns traded a fifth-round prime and backmost Dorian Thompson-Robinson to the Philadelphia Eagles for Pickett successful March. Cleveland declined to prime up Pickett's fifth-year option, making him a escaped cause aft the 2025 season.
