<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/cleveland-browns/browns-add-quarterback-after-kenny-pickett-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Browns add new quarterback after Kenny Pickett trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Cleveland-adds-new-quarterback-after-Kenny-Pickett-trade.jpg"><figcaption>Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Browns add new quarterback after Kenny Pickett trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-08-27T13:29:33-07:00">August 27th, 1:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-08-27T13:54:11-07:00">August 27th, 1:54pm</time><address><a>Zachary Howell</a>Zachary Howell is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints focusing on creating premier MLB content. He is a big fan of the Yankees, Oklahoma City Thunder and the Syracuse Orange. In his free time, he likes to be outside or read.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cleveland Browns</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Cleveland Browns’ quarterback situation has been one of the main stories of the offseason. The Browns seemingly ended the saga when they named <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cleveland-browns/browns-news-joe-flacco-wins-cleveland-4-way-qb-competition">Joe Flacco as the starter behind center</a>. However, that was the beginning of a slew of moves. With Shedeur Sanders sitting as the third stringer, Cleveland traded Kenny Pickett away. Then, the team brought in Bailey Zappe.</p><p>Zappe, who was cut by the Kansas City Chiefs, is coming back to the Browns for his second stint. The 26-year-old quarterback played one game for Cleveland last season in a year where the Browns struggled to find stability behind center. He could serve a similar role this season on a team steeped in controversy at the quarterback position.</p><p>NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero remarked at <a href="https://x.com/TomPelissero/status/1960795776302674358" rel="noopener">how many quarterbacks</a> Cleveland is starting the season with.</p><p>“Another QB in Cleveland,” Pelissero said. “The Browns are signing Bailey Zappe to the practice squad, per source. So the QB room now includes Joe Flacco, Dillon Gabriel, Shedeur Sanders and Zappe, who previously spent part of last season in Cleveland.”</p><p>Zappe’s role with Cleveland is up in the air. However, Kevin Stefanski was ready to make Pickett the backup before he got injured during minicamp. He never saw the field during the Browns’ preseason and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-news-las-vegas-lands-kenny-pickett-trade-browns">Cleveland traded him to the Las Vegas Raiders</a> earlier this week. Now, the team’s depth chart features Flacco, Zappe, Sanders, and Dillon Gabriel.</p><p>Before acquiring Zappe, the Browns said that Gabriel is the No. 2 quarterback this season. While the addition of another QB might not change that for him, Sanders’ spot is at risk. The former Colorado Buffalo stood out in his first preseason game, but it wasn’t enough to change his coach’s mind. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cleveland-browns/overreactions-shedeur-sanders-disastrous-preseason-finale-browns">Sanders’ preseason finale all but sealed his fate</a> on the roster.</p><p>Zappe comes in with some familiarity with Stefanski’s offense. In a pinch, he is a competent replacement for Flacco should something happen. If nothing else, this addition adds a new wrinkle to an already fascinating quarterback situation.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Browns add new quarterback after Kenny Pickett trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/nfl-stories/kenny-pickett-trade-grades-for-raiders-browns');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kenny Pickett trade grades for Raiders, Browns');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/leveland-Browns-quarterback-Kenny-Pickett-.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Kenny Pickett trade grades for Raiders, Browns</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-08-25T22:15:11-07:00">August 25th, 10:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-08-25T22:15:11-07:00">August 25th, 10:15pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a Senior Editor who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, The Needle Drop, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cleveland Browns</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>For the second time this year, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-news-las-vegas-lands-kenny-pickett-trade-browns">Kenny Pickett has been traded</a>, going from the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles to the Cleveland Browns, and now to the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for a 2026 fifth-round pick.</p><p>With Aidan O’Connell expected to miss months, not weeks, following a fractured forearm, the Raiders found themselves in dire need of another just in case something happened to Geno Smith, with 2025 sixth-round pick Cam Miller simply unready to take on such a major responsibility right out of the gates.</p><p>Fortunately, the Browns famously had more quarterbacks than opportunities for playing time, with a pair of mid-round rookies, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cleveland-browns/browns-passes-on-shedeur-sanders-again-draft-dillon-gabriel">Dillion Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders</a>, both flashing enough potential to justify being gameday options behind Joe Flacco.</p><p>After a summer where it looked like four quarterbacks might just make the Browns’ roster, the team found a deal for their least likely contributor long-term and helped the Raiders when they needed it most, forming the rare win-win trade that helps all parties involved.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Browns-quarterback-Kenny-Pickett-left-chats-with-wide-receiver-Jamari-Thrash.jpg"><figcaption>Jeff Lange / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>The Raiders lucked out by landing Kenny Pickett</b></h2><p>When news broke that O’Connell was going to be out of action for an extended period of time, it wasn’t if the Raiders were going to trade for a veteran quarterback to back up Smith, but who the player was going to be and how much it was going to cost to get a deal done.</p><p>While Smith has played a ton of games over the past three seasons, recording more starts from 2022-24 than his previous eight seasons combined, at 34, he’s one of the elder statesmen of the NFL, with a body that simply doesn’t bounce back in the same way as one belonging to someone in their 20s.</p><p>Granted, the Raiders likely won’t be running Smith on too many designed runs, especially with Ashton Jeanty drafted early on to serve as the team’s bellcow. But over the course of an NFL game and especially over a 17-game season, quarterbacks are going to get hit, and may ultimately spend time on the bench, as happened to Smith in 2023.</p><p>Enter Pickett, who knows how to win games at the NFL level in multiple different situations.</p><p>Originally drafted in the first round out of Pittsburgh by the team across town, Pickett’s run with the Steelers was up and down, with the team ultimately trading him to the Eagles in favor of rolling with the dynamic duo of Justin Fields and Russell Wilson, neither of whom is on the team in 2025.</p><p>From there, Pickett played a few games for the Eagles, going 1-0 as a starter despite playing through a rib injury and proving that he can be a winning quarterback on a really good roster over a five-game sample size. While the Eagles ultimately chose to roll with Tanner McKee as their QB2 heading into the fall – even if they just traded for their own backup quarterback due to injury in Sam Howell – in the end, the Browns felt comfortable with Pickett as their guy heading into the fall before adding Flacco, Gabriel, or Sanders to their roster.</p><p>After missing time over the summer due to injury, Pickett is likely the least experienced quarterback in Kevin Stefanski’s system, which, when coupled with the long-term team control of the rookies, made him the odd man out for the Browns. For the <a href="https://x.com/MikeGarafolo/status/1960131160157352315" rel="noopener">low-low price of a fifth-round pick</a> – the same selection the Browns initially traded – the Raiders get that final year of Pickett’s rookie contract and hope that he will perform up to his Eagles’ standards should his number be called this fall.</p><p><b>Trade grade: B+</b></p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Browns-quarterback-Dillon-Gabriel.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>The Browns did right by all of their quarterbacks</b></h2><p>When the Browns traded for Pickett, they were in a very different place.</p><p>They had just re-signed Myles Garrett, were in the middle of quarterback evaluations – when Sanders and Cam Ward looked like they would go No. 1 and No. 2 in some order – and just needed to guarantee a base level of quarterback play under center for Stefanski’s squad, especially after their 2024 season fell apart in such spectacular fashion.</p><p>Fast forward to August of 2025, and Pickett was simply unnecessary on the Browns’ roster, with his expected spot on the 53-man roster being deemed a misallocated asset, instead of a luxury for a team that has often been cursed from a quarterback health standpoint.</p><p>Will Flacco play at a high level for 17, 20, or even 21 games, leading the Browns to their first Super Bowl since being reformed in 1999? Theoretically, he could, but there isn’t a huge sample size of players doing so at 40, which Flacco turned earlier this year.</p><p>No, when Flacco ends up on the bench for one reason or another, few fans are going to want to see the Browns bring out Pickett in the hopes of winning a few more games, presumably including owner Jimmy Haslam, who can’t be particularly happy with how many quarterback jerseys he’s had to print out over the last 26 seasons and counting.</p><p>By trading Pickett for the same pick he was acquired for, the Browns effectively get to have a mulligan on that move and can now internally debate who gets the QB2 nod behind the former Ravens quarterback, with Gabriel and Sanders both having flashed why they were premier prospects coming out of college in the preseason. While only time will tell if either or even both quarterbacks are franchise-caliber at the NFL level, no one will find out unless they actually get to take the field against professional talent, which is a much more likely occurrence now that Pickett is out of the way on the depth chart.</p><p><b>Trade grade: A</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kenny Pickett trade grades for Raiders, Browns

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He is a journalism graduate from the University of Santo Tomas and the father of a young girl whose personality swings from Simone Biles to Dillon Brooks. A beacon of objectivity, he believes Penny Hardaway is the true NBA GOAT.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cleveland Browns</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Kenny Pickett will be changing zip codes once again after he was traded by the Cleveland Browns to the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for a fifth-round pick in 2026. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-news-las-vegas-lands-kenny-pickett-trade-browns">Pickett was traded for the third time</a> in the last 17 months.</p><p>The young quarterback could see more opportunities with the Raiders as the backup to star Geno Smith. Pickett suited up for only five games in his lone stint with the Philadelphia Eagles last season. He threw for 291 yards and two touchdowns and won a Super Bowl ring.</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cleveland-browns/browns-rumors-how-cleveland-feels-kenny-pickett-amid-4-qb-decision">Eagles traded him to the Browns</a> in March, where he found himself in an even tighter battle for a signal-caller spot with Joe Flacco, Dillon Gabriel, and Shedeur Sanders.</p><p>Pickett played his first two seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers, his hometown team, after being drafted as the 20th overall pick in 2022.</p><p>With his latest move to the Raiders, Pickett joined fellow quarterback Sam Howell as the only players in the last 30 seasons to be <a href="https://x.com/TomPelissero/status/1960133557898064351" rel="noopener">traded three times within their first four seasons</a>, according to NFL insider Tom Pelissero. Howell hit the undesirable feat on Sunday after he was shipped by the Eagles to the Minnesota Vikings.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The only player in the last 30 seasons to be traded 3+ times within his first 4 NFL seasons was Sam Howell, who hit the mark yesterday. </p><p>Kenny Pickett is now the second.</p><p>Via <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLPlus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NFLPlus</a> <a href="https://t.co/ksLO1Dc0G6">https://t.co/ksLO1Dc0G6</a></p><p>— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1960133557898064351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Pickett was thrilled to play for the Steelers and perhaps envisioned himself as the squad’s future. But when Pittsburgh signed veteran Russell Wilson in 2024, Pickett demanded a trade, jumpstarting his journeyman days.</p><p>The 27-year-old quarterback is hoping to find a more stable role in Las Vegas. With fellow backup Aiden O’Connell expected to be sidelined for six to eight weeks due to a wrist injury, Pickett should be the next man up for the Raiders.</p><p>Before acquiring Pickett following O’Connell’s major setback, new Raiders coach Pete Carroll already said he wanted a signal-caller <a href="https://x.com/AndrewSiciliano/status/1959694346170855807" rel="noopener">with ample experience</a>.</p><p>“I’m not going to really lay out exactly what we’re looking for here, so I don’t want to show our hand, but I want somebody who’s played. That’s what’s important, a guy that’s had game experience is really huge to me,” said Carroll.</p><p>The Raiders are looking to end their three-year drought in the playoffs. 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Raiders’ Kenny Pickett joins rare journeyman NFL club after Browns trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-news-las-vegas-lands-kenny-pickett-trade-browns');   ga('set', 'title', 'Raiders land Kenny Pickett in trade with Browns');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Browns-quarterback-Kenny-Pickett-left-chats-with-wide-receiver-Jamari-Thrash.jpg"><figcaption>Jeff Lange / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Raiders land Kenny Pickett in trade with Browns</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-08-25T17:15:12-07:00">August 25th, 5:15pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-08-25T17:24:01-07:00">August 25th, 5:24pm</time><address><a>Benedetto Vitale</a>Benedetto Vitale is an avid sports writer who is an expert at covering the NFL, college football, NBA, and UFC. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cleveland Browns</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-news-pete-carroll-reveals-central-theme-las-vegas-culture">Las Vegas Raiders were seemingly in need</a> of another quarterback after Aidan O’Connell suffered a rather serious injury. As a result, the front office reportedly made a trade for Kenny Pickett with the Cleveland Browns.</p><p>Pickett, who is 27 years old, is <a href="https://x.com/MikeGarafolo/status/1960131160157352315" rel="noopener">being sent to Las Vegas</a> via trade, according to Mike Garafolo of the NFL Network. The Raiders are sending the Browns a fifth-round pick in exchange for the veteran quarterback. Kenny Pickett is expected to be the backup to Geno Smith.</p><p>“Sources to The Insiders: The Browns are trading Kenny Pickett to the Raiders for a fifth-round pick in 2026. Pickett gets dealt for the second time in just under six months, and Vegas gets an experienced backup to Geno Smith with Aidan O’Connell sidelined.”</p><p>Pickett was originally believed to be the starting option or backup in Cleveland when he was traded to the Browns from the Philadelphia Eagles. Instead, it appears the franchise is going to give the backup job to either Dillon Gabriel or Shedeur Sanders.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/raiders-news-pete-carroll-aidan-oconnell-injury-replacement">As for the Raiders</a>, they acquire a former first-round pick who brings some experience to the table behind Geno Smith. Through 30 games played in his career, Kenny Pickett has recorded 4,765 passing yards and 15 touchdowns while owning a 62.4% completion percentage.</p><p>Smith is the expected starter, and he should maintain that role assuming he remains healthy for the entire season. The acquisition of Kenny Pickett doesn’t change the quarterback plans for the Raiders. The franchise simply wanted a backup option who has more experience than rookie Cam Miller.</p><p>Aidan O’Connell was originally pegged for the backup role this season. However, after sustaining a broken wrist, and is expected to be out for six to eight weeks. Initial reports after the injury claimed the Raiders may be in the market for a backup quarterback, and the team followed through with that by trading for Kenny Pickett.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Raiders land Kenny Pickett in trade with Browns

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A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cleveland Browns</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cleveland-browns/browns-news-shedeur-sanders-determined-change-franchise">Cleveland Browns have a big decision</a> to make about their quarterback room heading into the 2025 NFL season. While Cleveland has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cleveland-browns/how-joe-flacco-was-tricked-by-browns-teammates-after-being-named-qb1">already named Joe Flacco</a> as its starting QB, the team still has to sort through Kenny Pickett, Shedeur Sanders, and Dillon Gabriel to figure out the backup rotation, and whether they really want to have four quarterbacks on their active roster.</p><p>Arguably the least talked about of the group is Pickett, now an NFL veteran who hasn’t had great success so far in his NFL career.</p><p>Recently, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN <a href="https://x.com/JFowlerESPN/status/1959670120890134735" rel="noopener">broke down how</a> the Browns feel about Pickett considering his current injury situation.</p><p>“#Browns feel Kenny Pickett healthy enough to remain on active roster, giving them four QBs. Depth chart behind Joe Flacco still fluid,” reported Fowler on X, formerly Twitter.</p><p>“The latest is the Browns do plan to keep four quarterbacks,” he added during an appearance on SportsCenter. “I checked on that. They do feel like Kenny Pickett, despite some injuries this preseason, will be healthy enough to keep on the active roster. So certainly over the next few days, maybe some team needs a backup quarterback and there could be a trade in line, but right now they are comfortable keeping four on the 53 (man roster).”</p><h2><b>An interesting decision for the Browns</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Browns-rookie-quarterback-Shedeur-Sanders-3.jpg"><figcaption>Ken Blaze-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It’s very rare that NFL teams choose to keep four quarterbacks on their active roster, as conventional wisdom would suggest that those roster spots would be better distributed elsewhere.</p><p>However, that’s exactly the situation the Browns find themselves in with just two weeks to go until the regular season begins.</p><p>Cleveland selected both Gabriel and Sanders in this past NFL Draft in a move that puzzled fans and pundits alike, and it remains to be seen who the Browns’ official backup quarterback will be should Flacco be unavailable for any stretch of time.</p><p>The Browns have just 14 days to figure out the answer to these questions before their regular season kicks off on September 7 at home against the Cincinnati Bengals at 1:00 PM ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
291	2	1	-

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