Joshua Ballinger Lippincott Rosen is an American football quarterback for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He played college football at UCLA, where he received Freshman All-American and Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2015.
Josh Rosen: Spotrac| Who drafted| Draft| Teams| Future
Spotrac:
The move comes after Rosen and A.J. McCarron worked out for the franchise earlier on Thursday.
The team is still unlikely to trade for Jimmy Garoppolo, according to Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot, after the San Francisco 49ers reportedly allowed Garoppolo to seek a trade.
Who drafted:
But with Deshaun Watson likely to be suspended for at least part of the 2022 season, the Browns wanted to sign another quarterback to back up Jacoby Brissett when he inevitably starts Week 1.
Joshua Dobbs would then be the team’s No. 3 quarterback until Watson returned.
Neither McCarron nor Rosen are flashy names, and both have been mostly career backups in the NFL.
Draft:
McCarron signed with the Atlanta Falcons in 2021 but tore his ACL in the team’s second preseason game and missed the whole year.
His last passing attempt came in 2019 when he was the backup to Watson with the Houston Texans.
McCarron has attempted just 174 passes in 17 games since the Cincinnati Bengals drafted him in the fifth round in 2014.
Teams:
- Arizona Cardinals (2018)
- Miami Dolphins (2019)
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2020)*
- San Francisco 49ers (2020)
- Atlanta Falcons (2021)
- Cleveland Browns (2022–present)
Another name that has been floated as a possible option for Cleveland is Cam Newton. Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk mentioned “there’s apparently some chatter about the possibility of the Browns adding Cam Newton.” Whether or not that’s a legitimate option remains to be seen.
Future:
The Browns, who face the possibility that starter Deshaun Watson could be suspended under the NFL’s personal conduct policy, are looking to enter training camp with four quarterbacks.
Watson and Jacoby Brissett, who was acquired in free agency this offseason, will essentially both be QB1 entering training camp, but the Browns are planning to start Brissett in the event that Watson is suspended.
