Newz(AP) — The quarterback position took even more heat — and hits — than usual last season around the NFL.Ill-timed injuries to Daniel Jones, Patrick Mahomes and Bo Nix left their teams in the lurch. Joe Burrow, Jayden Daniels and Lamar Jackson had trouble staying healthy. Others once targeted and trained as franchise players were either sidetracked or discarded, as J.J.
McCarthy, Kyler Murray, Michael Penix Jr. and Tua Tagovailoa found themselves on insecure ground.Training camps always present a fresh start. Jones, Mahomes and Nix have been cleared for full activity, stabilizing or energizing the huddle in Indianapolis, Kansas City and Denver.
Cincinnati, Washington and Baltimore are plenty happy to turn anew to Burrow, Daniels and Jackson. Murray (Minnesota) and Tagovailoa (Atlanta) flew to new places for welcomed scenery changes.After all 32 reset buttons have been pushed, though, a handful of teams have reported with varying levels of intrigue and scrutiny surrounding the most important position on the field. Here's a closer look at the camps where there's either a legitimate competition for the season-opening starter or a measure of uncertainty:The Browns, naturally, are auditioning QBs once againSince Cleveland got its NFL team back in 1999, the Browns have made the playoffs just three times — and won only one postseason game.
There's no arguing the connection to the perpetually shuffling depth chart at quarterback, with 42 different starters over those first 27 years.The latest was Shedeur Sanders, who fell to the Browns in the fifth round of the 2025 draft after they'd selected Dillon Gabriel in the third round. Sanders is now competing for the job with Deshaun Watson, the fallen star whose health problems and off-the-field trouble have limited him to just 19 games over the last five seasons. 20, 2024, before an Achilles tendon rupture and reinjury kept him sidelined in 2025.
Rookie head coach Todd Monken had hoped to name a starter by the start of training camp, but the competition will last at least a few more weeks.Falcons bring Tagovailoa into the fold with Penix recovering from knee surgeryAtlanta had a hot seat on the offseason quarterback carousel, cutting Kirk Cousins to clear salary cap space after two unfulfilling seasons and signing Tua Tagovailoa after Miami dumped him and ate a record $99 million in… (AP) — Malik Willis is ready for his first training camp as a starting quarterback. The presumptive starter for the new-look Miami Dolphins has spent recent months gaining the confidence of those around him, learning a new playbook and building a rapport with his new array of receivers.
As Dolphins veterans reported for training camp on Tuesday, Willis said it felt almost like the first day of school. “All the guys are excited to go,” Willis said, “and we’ve just got to continue that up throughout camp and through the preseason and taking it into the season. Just building confidence and momentum.” The Dolphins signed Willis at the start of free agency soon after the decision to part ways with Tua Tagovailoa and accept an NFL-record $99 million dead cap hit over the next two years.
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