The veteran Joe Flacco is a known commodity for Cleveland. But without Pickett, rookies Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders should get more reps in the week ahead. If one of the rookies can take advantage of the extra chances, they could make a run at the starting job that most weren't expecting them to get right out of the chute.

Dillon Gabriel is, like the other Browns quarterbacks, trying to make the most of limited reps. To do that, it includes maximizing the mental ones.

A notable football analyst and Ohio native offered up more proof of why the Cleveland Browns absolutely wasted a third-round pick on Dillon Gabriel.