We speak, of course, of the New York Giants and Cleveland Browns. And we ask you: Which room would you rather have?<\/p>\n
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Let\u2019s look at the tape:<\/p>\n
The Super Bowl-winning veterans<\/strong><\/p>\n Russell Wilson (NYG) vs. Joe Flacco (CLE)<\/strong><\/p>\n The next game Wilson plays in the NFL will be his 200th. He\u2019s gone from Seattle legend to, now, his fourth team in five years, following stints in Denver and Pittsburgh. After his Rocky Mountain flameout, he played well enough as a rental in Pittsburgh to earn some Comeback Player of the Year votes. This year, he\u2019ll have Malik Nabers to target, and Giants head coach Brian Daboll is pushing the propaganda-friendly line that quarterback and receiver are best pals already<\/a>.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Flacco, meanwhile, is pushing a line of his own: that even at age 40, he\u2019s still capable of running a team. He\u2019s now more well-traveled than a Grateful Dead roadie, going from Baltimore to Denver to the Jets to Cleveland to Indianapolis and back to Cleveland. He won Comeback Player of the year in his previous Browns stint, winning four of his five starts and leading Cleveland to a surprise (and brief) playoff berth. In his return, he\u2019s a veteran presence, but by no means a long-term one, even if he\u2019s currently QB1 on the Browns\u2019 depth chart<\/a>.<\/p>\n Verdict:<\/strong> Wilson\u2019s highs are likely higher than Flacco\u2019s, but his lows are lower, too. And both of their Super Bowls were a long, long time ago.<\/p>\n The sling-it-deep-and-see-what-happens bombers<\/strong><\/p>\n Jameis Winston (NYG) vs. Kenny Pickett (CLE)<\/strong><\/p>\n There are certain players who command your attention every time the ball is in their hands, players like Mahomes, Michael Vick \u2026 and Jameis Winston. You never quite know what Winston is going to do with his prodigious quarterback gifts, you just know it\u2019s going to be memorable. You don\u2019t get to 30 touchdowns and 30 interceptions in a season by playing it safe, after all. Winston spent last season in Cleveland basically being Jameis; for instance, against Denver, he set a Browns record by throwing for 497 yards and four touchdowns \u2026 but he also threw three interceptions and Cleveland lost. He signed a two-year deal with the Giants in the offseason; so far, he\u2019s drawn the most notice for doing the \u201cThriller\u201d dance during practice:<\/p>\n The Cleveland QB1 role isn\u2019t quite Pickett\u2019s to lose, but he has a wide-open highway in front of him. Coming off a 3-14 season, the Browns can\u2019t exactly afford to waste another year waiting for the right QB prospect to develop (or drop in their laps via the draft). That gives Pickett, now in his fourth season and the proud owner of a Super Bowl ring via the Eagles, the opportunity to leapfrog Flacco and stiff-arm his younger challengers. Pickett has taken the majority of first-team snaps this offseason, but head coach Kevin Stefanski is also giving Flacco all the room he needs to prove himself.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Verdict: <\/strong>Pickett has the edge here, but for sheer chaos, you can\u2019t match Winston. He might lead you to victory, he might burn your house down, he might do both at once \u2026 but it\u2019ll never be routine.<\/p>\n The \u201cHey, you never know\u201d guys<\/strong><\/p>\n Tommy DeVito (NYG) vs. Dillon Gabriel (CLE)<\/strong><\/p>\n Jersey-born can\u2019t-say-his-name-without-using-your-hands Tommy DeVito is one big win away from having a TV movie made about his life; he joined his hometown Giants as an undrafted free agent before the 2023 season, and he\u2019s since started eight games. After a Jeremy Lin-esque three-win streak in 2023, he\u2019s since settled back to earth, and could be the casualty if the Giants decide to keep Winston.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Despite being drafted in the third round, well before his more heralded teammate (see below), Gabriel has struggled throughout training camp with both accuracy and injury. The reigning Big Ten MVP and All-American with Oregon is finding the sledding a whole lot tougher in the NFL. Gabriel has the tools to succeed, but does he have the time?<\/p>\n Verdict:<\/strong> DeVito\u2019s longevity is serving him well; he\u2019s the embodiment of the old cliche that the best ability is availability.<\/p>\n Jaxson Dart, right, watches as Russell Wilson prepares to throw during a practice at Giants training camp. (AP Photo\/Seth Wenig)<\/p>\n (ASSOCIATED PRESS)Shedeur Sanders and the guy drafted 119 spots before Shedeur Sanders<\/strong><\/p>\n Jaxson Dart (NYG) vs. Shedeur Sanders (CLE)<\/strong><\/p>\n The Giants have had some success in the past with quarterbacks out of Ole Miss, so their decision to take Dart as the second quarterback off the board wasn\u2019t entirely a surprise. Dart slung his way through the SEC, and he\u2019ll get a significant chance to demonstrate his skills this weekend in the first preseason game against Buffalo. He\u2019s had an up-and-down preseason, but his first live-fire performance should go a long way to demonstrating how ready he is to take over Wilson\u2019s job \u2026 and how soon that might happen.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n![\"New](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/12b77580-7218-11f0-af6b-28a23d88b4bb.jpeg\"\/)
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