"It's a very real situation, it's always going to be a business and bottom-line situation," Whitfield told Mary Kay Cabot of Northeast Ohio Media Group at the NFL Scouting Combine. "And here they are with two first-round picks, and there are some talented young guys in this draft again that can play quarterback, and if they make that decision to bring him in, that's big for him to get a chance to go in and compete with Johnny."