Deshaun Watson will be starting at quarterback for the Browns in Week 1, but head coach Todd Monken left the door open to the possibility that another quarterback could also see playing time against the Jaguars.
Rookie Taylen Green made the 53-man roster and Monken was asked at a Monday press conference if the team could possibly have a package of plays in the playbook to take advantage of the sixth-round pick’s athleticism.
“There could be a package where we have him,” Monken said.
Monken went on to stress that it is a possibility rather than something the team is actively planning to have in place and that “three’s a lot” when asked about having Green active alongside Watson and backup Shedeur Sanders. The Jaguars probably won’t be losing much sleep about that possibility, but it will be something to watch out for if Green avoids the inactive list on Sunday afternoon.
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For at least one week, Deshaun Watson will be a Browns captain.
Head coach Todd Monken named Watson one of Cleveland’s five captains for the season opener against Jacksonville. Monken explained that the team will not have season-long captains, instead doing them weekly. There will be two captains from offense, two from defense, and one from special teams chosen by the coaches.
And in Week 1, Watson — the starting quarterback — will be one of the offensive representatives.
“It’ll vary week-to-week, and then at the end of the year, the players will vote on the permanent 2026 captains,” Monken said in his Monday press conference. “I just like it that way. I think we have a fairly young team. I’m not ready to name guys that are permanent for us. I do think it’s cool for players to go out for the coin toss, I think it’s really cool.
“I think most teams have more leaders than just four or five guys — I just believe that. I believe that with each game you reward guys for the week that they’ve had, and that’s what we’re going to do.”
Watson, guard Zion Johnson, cornerback Tyson Campbell, defensive tackle Mason Graham, and long snapper Rex Sunahara will be the Browns’ Week 1 captains.
Kickoff between the Browns and Jaguars is set for 1 p.m. ET in Jacksonville on Sunday.
At the end of last season, Quinn Ewers was the Dolphins’ starting quarterback. At the end of this preseason, Ewers was traded to the Jaguars for a 2028 sixth-round draft pick. Dolphins General Manager Jon-Eric Sullivan says the decision to move on was based entirely on Ewers’ performance in training camp and the preseason.
“When I made the decision I was set,” Sullivan said. “Wish Quinn the best, and think Quinn has an opportunity to play in this league for a while and do well. I think he needed a fresh start. I think we needed a fresh start. This is a performance-based business and it was not getting done at the level it needed to get done at. Quinn knew that. We had a lot of conversations. I think Quinn, if he was standing here, would tell you that. I think it was time for him to move on, get a fresh start, and us to start fresh with somebody else as well.”
When Ewers left Texas and entered the 2025 NFL draft, he reportedly turned down an $8 million NIL deal to stay in college for one more year. That looked like a mistake when he fell to the seventh round of the draft and signed a four-year, $4.3 million contract. Now Ewers has already had his first NFL team decide to move on.
In Jacksonville, Ewers gets a fresh start, backing up Trevor Lawrence and hoping that if he gets the opportunity to play, he’ll show he can get it done.
It’s been a wild summer, to say the least, for Ryan Clark.
He was fired by ESPN under the guise of a layoff, getting the word while on the air. It was clearly a middle finger to someone they loved for who and what he was, until they suddenly didn’t.
Now, Clark’s podcast has been picked up by Netflix.
The announcement came on Monday. The show, featuring Clark, Channing Crowder, and Fred Taylor, will launch on the streaming platform on September 8, with two episodes per week.
The arrangement includes a first-look deal with Clark’s Pivot25 Productions for Netflix-exclusive bonus episodes.
“I’ve gained a new perspective: passion over platform, and people over perception,” Clark said in a statement. “I’m grateful and excited to take [The Pivot] to Netflix. This is the beginning of a beautiful new chapter. . . . The story is far from finished.”
It’s the latest move by Netflix in a push into the sports podcast space. Despite claims that the experiment isn’t going well, it feels like a long-term play for the streamer.
For Clark (and others) it’s a reminder that there’s a broad universe beyond legacy media.
The Jaguars cut three quarterbacks on Sunday and two of them returned to the practice squad on Monday.
The team announced that they have signed Nick Mullens and Joey Aguilar to their auxiliary roster. The Jaguars traded for Quinn Ewers ahead of moving to a 53-man roster and he is the only quarterback on the active roster other than Trevor Lawrence.
Mullens played in five games for the Jaguars last season and he’s made 20 NFL starts for the 49ers, Browns and Vikings. Aguilar signed with the Jags after going undrafted out of Tennessee this year.
The Jaguars also signed DT T.J. Bollers, OL Geron Christian Sr., WR Tim Jones, LB Jack Kiser, LB Jalen McLeod, CB Jabbar Muhammad, OL Jimto Obidegwu, WR Trebor Peña, S Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig, RB J’Mari Taylor, WR Austin Trammell, WR Michael Wortham, and OL Kilian Zierer to their practice squad.
The Jaguars have announced their moves to reduce their roster to 53 players.
Jacksonville waived linebacker Yasir Abdullah, quarterback Joey Aguilar, defensive tackle Tommy Akingbesote, defensive lineman T.J. Bollers, wide receiver Brady Boyd, receiver Chandler Brayboy, linebacker Amari Burney, offensive lineman Jerome Carvin, defensive end Quindarius Dunnigan, tight end Patrick Herbert, cornerback Preston Hodge, defensive tackle Jalen Hunt, Kiser, offensive lineman Ricky Lee, linebacker Jalen McLeod, offensive lineman Timothy McKay, cornerback Jabbar Muhammed, safety Devin Neal Jr., offensive lineman Jimto Obidegwu, receiver Trebor Peña, safety Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig, running back J’Mari Taylor, safety Trevian Thomas, receiver Michael Wortham, and offensive lineman Kilian Zierer.
The club waived quarterback Carter Bradley and defensive tackle Kelvie Rose with an injury designation.
The Jags released cornerback Corey Ballentine, offensive lineman Geron Christian Jr., running back DeeJay Dallas, offensive lineman Chuma Edoga, receiver Tim Jones, quarterback Nick Mullens, offensive lineman Sam Mustipher, linebacker Baylon Spector, and receiver Austin Trammell.
Offensive lineman Patrick Mekari and defensive end Zach Durfee were both placed on injured reserve with a designation to return.
The team also traded tight end Hunter Long to the Cardinals. Jacksonville also sent a 2028 seventh-round pick to Arizona in exchange for a 2028 sixth-round pick.
In the aftermath of the Quinn Ewers trade, the Jaguars are letting go of one of their quarterbacks.
Jacksonville is releasing Nick Mullens, according to a report from NFL Network.
Mullens, 31, joined the Jaguars in March 2025 on a two-year deal. He appeared in five games for the club last season, completing all three of his passes for 19 yards.
Mullens spent the previous three seasons with the Vikings, starting three games in 2023.
Having entered the league as an undrafted free agent in 2017, Mullens has appeared in 38 career games with 20 starts for San Francisco, Cleveland, Minnesota, and Jacksonville.
Aside from Ewers and starter Trevor Lawrence, the Jaguars also have Carter Bradley and rookie Joey Aguilar at quarterback with rosters set to be reduced to 53 players by 6 p.m. ET on Sunday.
The Jaguars and Cardinals have agreed to a trade.
NFL Media reports that the Jaguars will send tight end Hunter Long to Arizona. There’s no word on the compensation heading back to the Jags in the deal.
Long joined the Jaguars last year and had 12 catches for 85 yards and two touchdowns in nine games. He was a Dolphins third-round pick in 2021 and was sent to the Rams as part of the Jalen Ramsey trade ahead of the 2023 season.
The Cardinals have Trey McBride as their top tight end, but Tip Reiman is on the physically unable to perform list and would miss at least four games if he remains on it through the cut to 53 players.
UPDATE 11:08 a.m. ET: Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports the Cardinals will send the Jaguars a 2028 sixth-round pick and receive a 2028 seventh-rounder along with Long.
The growing trend of NFL teams keeping their quarterbacks out of the preseason has reached the point where more than one-third of starting quarterbacks did not take a single snap in this year’s preseason.
The reasons were different for different teams: Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Colts quarterback Daniel Jones are recovering from season-ending injuries. Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott and Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson haven’t played in the preseason in years, across multiple coaching staffs. Rams coach Sean McVay is perhaps the most cautious coach in the league when it comes to avoiding preseason injuries, so of course reigning MVP quarterback Matthew Stafford didn’t play.
But the result is the same: If you’re tuning into a preseason game, you’re increasingly likely to see backup quarterbacks exclusively, and if you see a starter at all, it will typically only be for a series or two.
Here’s the full list of teams that didn’t play their starting quarterbacks at all this preseason, via Mike Reiss of ESPN:
Seahawks: Sam Darnold.
Patriots: Drake Maye.
Cowboys: Dak Prescott.
Ravens: Lamar Jackson.
Steelers: Aaron Rodgers.
Colts: Daniel Jones.
Jaguars: Trevor Lawrence.
Chiefs: Patrick Mahomes.
Eagles: Jalen Hurts.
Lions: Jared Goff.
Saints: Tyler Shough.
Rams: Matthew Stafford.
Quinn Ewers is on the move.
According to a report from NFL Network, the Dolphins are trading Ewers to the Jaguars.
The two teams will swap Day 3 draft picks in 2028 to complete the deal, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports.
Ewers, 23, was a seventh-round pick in last year’s draft. He started three games for Miami late last season, with the club going 1-2 in those contests. He completed 66.3 percent of his passes for 662 yards with three touchdowns and three interceptions in his four appearances.
The Dolphins have Cam Miller and Mark Gronowski remaining on their roster at quarterback behind starter Malik Willis.
The Jaguars had Nick Mullens, Carter Bradley, and rookie Joey Aguilar on their roster behind starter Trevor Lawrence.
