{"id":112207,"date":"2025-09-01T16:23:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T16:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/112207\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T16:23:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T16:23:07","slug":"browns-sad-qb-drought-since-2007-lined-up-to-continue-as-nfls-longest-streak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/112207\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns’ sad QB drought since 2007 lined up to continue as NFL’s longest streak"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cleveland Browns and quarterbacks simply don’t go well together.<\/p>\n

They’ve started 40 quarterbacks since returning to town in 1999, from Tim Couch to Bailey Zappe. That’s bad enough.<\/p>\n

But they’ve also got the longest active streak of QB futility in the NFL by a different measure: Pro Bowls.<\/p>\n

The Browns haven’t had a Pro Bowl quarterback since 2007, which is the longest stretch active in the league right now, per ESPN Research<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The guy who is currently holding the Browns’ last Pro Bowl QB spot: Derek Anderson.<\/p>\n

At that time, Anderson was a ridiculous revelation.<\/p>\n

The Ravens had drafted him in the sixth round in 2005, but he didn’t stick there and was in Cleveland in time to go 0-3 as a starter in 2006.<\/p>\n

But in 2007, Anderson went 10-5 and threw 29 touchdowns. The 6-foot-6 passer had, by far, the best season of his NFL career.<\/p>\n

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It would take something entirely unexpected like that to snap the Browns’ drought this season.<\/p>\n

The 40-year old Joe Flacco is slated to start Week 1. He’s actually never even made a Pro Bowl.<\/p>\n

Flacco might not make it the whole season, though. It’s very possible the Browns give starts to rookies Dillon Gabriel and\/or Shedeur Sanders.<\/p>\n

If it’s a mish-mosh of appearances, there definitely wouldn’t be a Pro Bowl trip. And even if one guy starts almost all the games for Cleveland, it doesn’t appear that likely on a bad team.<\/p>\n

Browns fans will probably have to wait until next year, a pretty standard refrain.<\/p>\n

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