Jeff Driskel Doesn't Know What's Next, Trying To Make Most Of Browns Opportunity

The 30-year-old in no stranger to the nomadic nature of the NFL. This stop in Cleveland is the seventh team Driskel has played for during his eight-year career after being drafted by the 49ers as a sixth-round pick in 2016. That year he wound up compering for the third string QB job during training camp but was waived by the team prior to the season even kicking off.

Driskel wound up being claimed by the Bengals and spent the next two seasons there, making his professional debut on October 18, 2018, relieving an injured Andy Dalton. A number of weeks later he'd throw the first touchdown pass of his career in a 35-20 loss to, ironically, the Browns.

From 2019-2021, the University of Florida would change teams three more times, making stops in Denver, Detroit and Houston before landing with the Cardinals practice squad for most of this season.

"This is the NFL, like, things happen," Driskel said. " My family thinks it’s crazier than my teammates. Teammates see people in buildings all the time. There’s new people in every building every week and that’s just the name of the game. But yeah, just trying to get to know these guys on offense and defense, and it’s a really good group of guys.”

Driskel will be the Browns fifth different starting quarterback this season. They're the first team in NFL history to make the playoffs having started four different signal callers already – a testament to the culture inside the team facility in Berea. Getting acclimated shouldn't be too difficult on a team that has lost 12 players to season ending injuries.

The biggest challenge for Driskel may actually be getting prepped to start a game just a week after joining the team. Despite how used to the NFL lifestyle players may get, even he had to admit this particular situation is a bit abnormal.

"All weeks are hard, right?," he said. "There’s a lot thrown at you week in and week out. So, I mean, it’s a little bit of a challenge getting to meet people for the first time, shake their hand and then go play with them. That’s a little bit different, but, yeah, it’s a really good defense, and we’ve watched a lot of tape on them. The staff and the other guys here know them a little bit better than I do just from playing them the last few years. But, yeah, it’s a challenge. But that’s the NFL. It’s a challenge every week.”