With a crowded quarterback room, the Cleveland Browns are declining a $22.117M fifth-year option salary for quarterback Kenny Pickett in 2026 according to Cleve

Less than 24 hours after publicly endorsing the talents of Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel, Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry faced the media with a similar task Saturday afternoon. Describing another quarterback’s fit and value at the draft spot?

The Browns are declining Pickett's fifth-year option, per Cleveland.com. As a first-round pick of the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2022, Pickett had a 2026 club option that would have paid him what is projected to be a fully-guaranteed $22,