Browns Reportedly Still 'Mulling' QB amid Travis Hunter Rumors Ahead of 2025 NFL Draft

While many have projected that the Cleveland Browns would use the No. 2 pick in the 2025 NFL draft to select a top skill-position player like Colorado two-way star Travis Hunter, there's reportedly still a chance that the team tries to land a franchise quarterback.

ESPN's Daniel Oyefusi explained that Browns owner Jimmy Haslam's recent public acknowledgement that the acquisition of quarterback Deshaun Watson was a failure could indicate that the franchise will look to rectify the situation in the draft.

"The Browns are mulling the decision to take one of the top quarterbacks in the class -- a move that, if successful, could rescue them from the Watson trade, or return them to their decades-long search for an answer at the position; the franchise has cycled through 40 different starting quarterbacks since its return to the NFL in 1999," Oyefusi wrote.

The Browns sent three first-round picks to the Houston Texans in 2022 to acquire Watson and signed him to a fully guaranteed five-year, $230 million contract. In three years, he's played in just 19 games for the team, and his status for 2025 is in question after he tore his Achilles midway through the 2024 season and re-ruptured it in January.

Despite Cleveland's uncertainty at the quarterback position, ESPN's Adam Schefter reported on this week's episode of The Adam Schefter Podcast, "The latest intel now is that I believe Travis Hunter is the more likely pick at [No.] 2."

It's clear that the Browns will have a tough decision to make, as Hunter is a can't-miss prospect. However, it could be a wise choice to use the No. 2 pick to select the top quarterback available between Miami's Cam Ward or Colorado's Shedeur Sanders, as Cleveland desperately needs a change if it wants to return to playoff contention soon.