PHOENIX -- The Cleveland Browns talk about their quarterback position as if they expect to pull a rabbit out of their hat.

They speak of "hopefully" being able to make a trade and continuing to explore every possibility and always trying to get better. But with limited options, a solution would be borderline magical.

And there is no magic on the horizon.

"Unfortunately, no hat and no rabbit," vice president of football operations Sashi Brown said at the NFL's owner meetings. "I think we've shown we want to be aggressive. That doesn't mean that something is necessarily going to get done."

Fans may wish to prepare for the reality that the quarterback position will be manned by Cody Kessler, Kevin Hogan and a draftee to be named in April.

Brown would not comment on any possible trades, including with New England for Jimmy Garoppolo.

"Don't read into it one way or the other, but we wouldn't get into that," Brown said.

In not commenting, Brown did splash a little cold water on one discussed possibility: a trade with Cincinnati for A.J. McCarron.

"I wouldn't comment on it one way or the other," Brown said. "Again, don't read into it. But don't believe everything you read, either."

"I think we've shown we want to be aggressive," VP of football operations Sashi Brown said of the Browns' QB search. "That doesn't mean that something is necessarily going to get done." Brian Spurlock/USA TODAY Sports

The Browns may have reached the point where they are starting to accept that acquiring their franchise quarterback or making any significant improvement at the position will not happen this year. They will commit to work with the players they have, including Brock Osweiler, for as long as they have him. And they will keep searching.

But they realize there are no magical solutions waiting to be snagged.

"We don't want to force things just to have things happen," Brown said.

"My conversation with Sashi is always. 'How can we continue to get the [quarterback] room better?'" coach Hue Jackson said. "And until we have the guy that we feel comfortable with that would be the face of our franchise, play quarterback the way we want them to play, we're going to keep searching.

"It doesn't mean you're going to always get it. We're going to keep on trying until we can get that guy. But if we can't, then we have to continue to coach the guys that we have."

In the interim, the Browns will continue to scout the quarterbacks in the draft and hope they come up with the right one.

"We'll see what happens in the draft and otherwise between now and August," Brown said.