Todd Monken Addresses Concerning Stat From Training Camp

Deshaun Watson and Shedeur Sanders are trading blows in their effort to win this quarterback competition and start Week 1 for the Cleveland Browns. Unfortunately, neither has separated themselves and projected third-stringer Dillon Gabriel has even been earning himself more reps as he works to make this a three-man race.

Part of the reason Gabriel has been able to earn more reps is because the other two haven’t exactly separated from the pack. The QBs have combined for 17 interceptions so far at camp, with over half of those coming from Watson, yet he is starting to get more and more first-team reps and could be firmly in the lead to win the starting gig anyway.

Daryl Ruiter of 92.3 The Fan shared a clip from Todd Monken’s recent media session when he discussed the concerning amount of picks. Monken didn’t signal anybody out in particular and stressed that it falls on the entire team to fix this issue.

“It’s everybody. It’s offense, quarterbacks, defense, system, it’s all of us. When you turn the ball over, it’s all of us. All stats are team stats, so we’ve got to do a better job of scheming it, executing, protecting, and throwing it. It’s really not one player. Are we excited about the turnovers? Of course not. That’s all you do is you keep practicing and you fight to correct it,” said Monken.

Todd Monken on 17 interceptions in #TrainingCamp for #Browns QBs to date pic.twitter.com/dBwF4U3isp

— Daryl Ruiter (@RuiterWrongFAN) August 8, 2026

It’s not uncommon for the defense to be ahead of the offense at this point of camp, especially in this sort of situation when the defense is returning most of the same players while the offense has an entirely new starting offensive line, two rookie receivers in prominent roles, and four different quarterbacks.

There are a ton of moving parts and you just hope that the quarterbacks are learning from the turnovers, because those can’t carry over to the regular season. Monken comes from explosive recent offenses at Georgia and with the Baltimore Ravens that did not turn the ball over much, but then again, he had much more established quarterbacks at both stops.

It’s tough to make sense of this quarterback room, but it’s not a bad idea for Monken to wait until after he sees how everyone looks in preseason to make a decision. Winning the Week 1 job also isn’t where this all ends, because if the Week 1 starter comes out and throws a few picks in the first half, this feels like a situation where Monken would pull the plug at halftime.