Browns take Taylen Green in sixth round; pick draws criticism of Sanders
- The Browns used the first pick of Round 6 on Arkansas quarterback Taylen Green, adding a fourth passer to a room with Shedeur Sanders. - Cleveland took Green at No. 182 overall after he ran a 4.36-second 40 at the combine and started 24 games at Arkansas. - The move deepened scrutiny on Sanders after his 2025 fifth-round slide and crowded Cleveland’s 2026 competition. (sports.yahoo.com)
Cleveland opened the sixth round by drafting Arkansas quarterback Taylen Green at No. 182, adding another passer to an already packed Browns room. (clevelandbrowns.com) (nfl.com) Green joins Shedeur Sanders, Dillon Gabriel and Deshaun Watson on the roster. Browns general manager Andrew Berry said Green has “rare physical gifts” and would be added “to the mix in terms of competition.” (clevelandbrowns.com) The Browns said Green started 24 of 25 games at Arkansas from 2024-25 and threw for 5,868 yards with 34 touchdown passes there after transferring from Boise State. (clevelandbrowns.com) National Football League draft coverage framed Green as a traits bet: 6-foot-5, 227 pounds, a 4.36-second 40-yard dash, a 43.5-inch vertical and an 11-foot-2 broad jump. (nfl.com) That profile helps explain why Cleveland spent a second straight Day 3 pick on a quarterback. The same National Football League report said the Browns also carried a five-quarterback camp last summer. (nfl.com) The pick also lands in a room already under scrutiny because Sanders arrived with far more attention than his draft slot. Yahoo Sports reported in November that Sanders slid to the fifth round in 2025, where Cleveland took him 144th overall. (sports.yahoo.com) Berry’s public line after the pick was that Green stays at quarterback, not a position switch, and that the Browns are keeping him in the competition. (nfl.com) (clevelandbrowns.com) Sanders, for his part, addressed the mood around the team before the draft weekend ended. In a Yahoo Sports video published April 26, he told reporters, “We can’t have too much negativity going on” and asked for “a new vibe, new energy.” (sports.yahoo.com) Green struck a similar tone after the call from Cleveland. He said the Browns’ quarterback room is “deep” and that he was “excited to compete” and learn from the veterans around him. (clevelandbrowns.com) So Cleveland leaves the 2026 draft with another quarterback project, another summer competition, and even more eyes on Sanders’ standing in the room. (nfl.com) (sports.yahoo.com)
