Four quarterbacks apparently wasn’t enough for the Cleveland Browns.
The team announced its first depth chart of training camp on Monday with Joe Flacco leading a group that also features (in order) Kenny Pickett, rookie third-round pick Dillon Gabriel and rookie fifth-rounder Shedeur Sanders.
However, there’s one player not listed on there who has the potential to shake things up. Hours after the Browns’ depth chart was released, the team signed former Pro Bowl quarterback Tyler Huntley, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
“Sources: Browns are signing QB Tyler ‘Snoop’ Huntley, who spent part of last season with Cleveland,” Schefter wrote on X. “With Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel nursing hamstring injuries, and Shedeur Sanders having a sore shoulder, the Browns need another arm. Enter Huntley.”
The news comes after three of the team’s QBs are set to miss varying amounts of time with differing injuries.
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The 27-year-old Huntley spent time with the Browns last season, signing in late March but he was cut on Aug. 29 despite making the 53-man roster after he received little to no trade interest.
In five seasons with the Baltimore Ravens and Miami Dolphins, Huntley has passed for 2,786 yards, 11 touchdowns and 10 interceptions with a record of 5-9 as a starter. He was a Pro Bowl selection in 2022 after winning two of his four starts as Lamar Jackson’s backup in Baltimore.
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Sanders has been battling self-reported shoulder soreness. He was held out of practice on Saturday after the issue arose, and Browns insider Mary Kay Cabot provided a little more clarity on the extent of his prognosis.
“The fact that he self-reported the soreness is significant, because he’s still involved in the four-way competition for the starting job, and wouldn’t miss a snap unless he absolutely had to,” Cabot wrote.
Conversely, Gabriel joined Cleveland’s injury report on Monday. He was a limited participant in practice with hamstring tightness.
Pickett, who many believed was a serious threat to Flacco for the starting job, had been out with a hamstring injury for a few days but returned to practice on Monday as a limited participant.
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Prior to missing time, Pickett impressed head coach Kevin Stefanski and other Browns coaches with his mobility and some of his decision-making ability in the first block of camp.
“Obviously disappointed that he’s not full go, but he’s very much involved in everything we’re doing,” Stefanski said, via the team’s official website. “He’s a player that has had a good amount of NFL game exposure.
“He’s had a lot of reps going back through the spring and what we’ve gotten accomplished so far through training camp. You don’t want anybody to be missing action due to any injury, but he has done a nice job of staying very much engaged.”
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