Don’t crown Brock Osweiler as Browns’ starter at QB just yet

Source: 23on.com --- Tuesday, August 08, 2017
CLOSE USA TODAY Sports’ Lindsay H. Jones looks at how the big offseason changes in the AFC North will affect the division’s 2017 NFL season. USA TODAY Sports Cleveland Browns quarterback Brock Osweiler (17) drops back with the ball during training camp at Cleveland Browns Training Complex. (Photo: Scott Galvin, USA TODAY Sports) BEREA, Ohio – Brock Osweiler will get the start when the Cleveland Browns open the preseason on Thursday night, but … It’s preseason. Way too early to cast anything in stone. Especially when it comes to Browns quarterbacks. It’s still possible that impressive second-round pick DeShone Kizer – who sparkled during Monday’s practice with a nice touch on a few deep throws — coul wind up as a rookie starter. Returning starter Cody Kessler? After working with the first team throughout camp, the shuffling on Monday represented a demotion, but he can’t be counted out yet. “It’s not over,” Browns coach Hue Jackson said. No, it can’t be over when Jackson, during an interview with USA TODAY Sports, referred to Osweiler as “a good bridge for our team for right now, unless these guys go and catch him. That’s where we are.” In other words, for the moment it’s Osweiler. That’s significant in itself. Remember when the Browns traded for Osweiler from the Houston Texans in March? His presence in the deal seemed like the B-side of a “Moneyball” exchange. Cleveland was more excited about the second-round pick it received, a ...

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