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The Cleveland Browns made two picks last year at the quarterback position, selecting Shedeur Sanders in the fifth-round and Dillon Gabriel in the third-round.

Those two QBs joined Deshaun Watson to form a bleak QB trio, and after Taylen Green was drafted this year, the Browns looking to move one of these quarterbacks would make sense. Watson isn't going anywhere, and Sanders made the Pro Bowl.

With Gabriel as the clear most likely trade candidate for the Browns this year, it's hardly a surprise that Bleacher Report's Kristopher Knox named Gabriel as a trade candidate. But the trade value he could bring back was very bleak.

Browns get bleak trade value for Dillon Gabriel

"Projected Trade Value: 2027 7th-round pick," Knox writes. "While teams won't be clamoring to add Gabriel as a potential starter, the 25-year-old should draw interest as a backup."

Cleveland has some depth at their disposal that trading away a quarterback would make some sense this offseason. If one were to go, it would be Gabriel.

The lefty is a very possible trade candidate for the Browns, but after the team spent a third-rounder during the 2025 NFL Draft on him, getting back just a seventh-rounder in 2027 would be a major let-down.

He's not a good starting quarterback, but he can be a decent depth option. With three more years of cheap control, it would be a mistake to move him for just a seventh-rounder.

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Andrew Berry should either hold onto Gabriel or seek a fifth or sixth-round pick. Maybe a deal with Gabriel and a sixth for a fifth would make sense for the Browns.

They aren't going to get back the third-rounder they spent on him last year, which is a sign of a disastrous pick. It's one season later, and the Browns have little to no chance of getting back what they spent on him.

Knox named the Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers as trade landing spots for Garbiel, as the lefty quarterback is best served as a backup, and not a starter.

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