Browns Owner Jimmy Haslem Gets Blunt About Drafting Arch Manning originally appeared on Athlon Sports. As NFL teams begin to map out their quarterback plans for 2026, the Cleveland Browns find themselves at an early crossroads.

If there's one position that the Cleveland Browns haven't had any luck with for decades, it is the quarterback position. Such is the franchise's current predicament that Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders are the signal-callers head coach Kevin Stefanski has to work with.

Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam downplayed the popular narrative that the franchise has its eyes on Texas quarterback Arch Manning in the 2026 NFL Draft. Haslam acknowledged his relationship with the Manning family as a Tennessee alumnus on Tuesday, but stopped short of speculating on rumors of his franchise's plan next spring.