Report reveals early leader in Browns QB battle

The Cleveland Browns may be ready to go back to the well one more time with regard to Deshaun Watson.

ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler suggested Friday that Watson appears to be the early leader in the Browns’ quarterback competition against Shedeur Sanders. Fowler noted, however, that the decision is far from final.

“Deshaun Watson, my sense, is he has the leg up on that quarterback competition right now, but the Browns have not made any sort of firm determination yet,” Fowler said on ESPN’s “NFL Live” Friday. “They like Watson’s experience. Watson believes that Todd Monken’s offense, which has some concepts of like the air raid out of college which he’s run in the past, maybe some room to freelance a little bit out of the pocket — he likes that. He feels like it’s a fit. But he’s got to go win the job. He hasn’t done that yet. Shedeur Sanders has had his moments this spring.”