Kenny Pickett

The Browns will not exercise Kenny Pickett’s fifth-year team option for 2026.

There are formalities, and then there is declining a fully guaranteed $22.1 million option year for Kenny Pickett. Pickett is now part of a four-headed battle in training camp between himself, Dillon Gabriel, Shedeur Sanders, and Joe Flacco to make the Browns. We’ll see if Pickett makes the roster, but it may be more about how well the rookies play than anything he does in camp or the preseason.