The Cleveland Browns spent 24 years, five months and 18 days searching for a quarterback.
From November 8, 1993, the day the team released Bernie Kosar, until April 26, 2018, when the team selected Baker Mayfield with the No. 1 overall selection in the NFL Draft, the Browns quarterback room was a wasteland of:
- failed draft picks like Eric Zeier, Spergon Wynn, Colt McCoy, Brandon Weeden, Brady Quinn, Johnny Manziel and DeShone Kizer;
- bridge quarterbacks that led to nowhere like Jeff Garcia, Trent Dilfer, Jake Delhomme and Seneca Wallace;
- a rogues’ gallery who were forced to play because there was literally no one else available like Ken Dorsey, Bruce Gradkowski, Doug Pederson and Luke McCown.