Shannon Sharpe · May 30, 2025
Sharpe expects Joe Flacco to open the season as Cleveland's starter over Dylan Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders, thinks Deshaun Watson won't play in 2025, ranks the Browns behind Cincinnati and Baltimore in the AFC North, and predicts Kyle Pitts will be gone from Atlanta after another poor season. He also picks OKC as favorites over Indiana in the NBA Finals.
“It's hard for me to see a scenario in which Dylan Gabriel or should door beats flack go out”
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- Depth Chart CallsMay 30, 2025
“It's hard for me to see a scenario in which Dylan Gabriel or should door beats flack go out and like, Okay, yeah, this is the direction that we're going in to start the season.”
Scored 100a naive guess scored 91.67+16.67 skillHow this was scored
- club:
- CIN
- skill:
- 16.67
- player:
- Joe Flacco
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 91.67
- position:
- QB
- naive slot:
- 2
- actual slot:
- 1
- difficulty:
- 2
- measured by:
- passing yards
- naive basis:
- where he sat last season
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- predicted slot:
- 1
- weeks left when called:
- 18
- Trade and Signing CallsMay 30, 2025
“if he has another lackluster season, he will not be in Atlanta after this season”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.
- Roster Spot CallsMay 30, 2025
“Trey Henderson, it's hard to see. I think he plays, but not before he sets out the first half to get that of credited season.”
Not settled yet. This is graded once the season it describes has finished.