DeShone Kizer allows the Cleveland Browns to do a lot of different play calling offensively.

“He gives you big play ability in the passing game at the quarterback position. You guys saw it the other day with the two deep balls. He has a great, long arm. He can throw corner routes, post routes, skinny post on a line. He doesn’t limit you. You just get to throw whatever you want to because he has got such great arm talent," quarterbacks coach David Lee said.

The coach has pretty much grown up with Kizer in Cleveland. He was hired in February just a few months before the Notre Dame product was selected with the No. 52 overall selection.

Lee has watched Kizer's progression through practice.

“He is a lot better than he was in the spring, but he is still not there guys, and he knows it," Lee said.

"There is so doggone much. Right when he has good practices and things happen in a game, that is why this one on Monday night is so good for him. That is what we need is put him in the real lights on a national television game and see if he can carry these fundamentals that we are harping on him over and over and over into the game. He is trying and he is doing better. Has he got it mastered? Not yet. We have to know that he can do all of it before we put him out there full time. He is not ready for that yet.”

Believe it or not, Kizer suffers from 'the same disease' as Brock Osweiler.

“First thing, his stride length is considerably less than when he came here, which is a great, great advantage as a passer. As I have mentioned before, we talked about when your stride is out there and long, your body can’t catch up to your lower body because that ball is going to come out closer to your front foot. You would like for it to be in a straight line. He is way out. He is not anymore. He has cut a lot of his stride-length down, which should increase his accuracy. It should decrease high balls sailing over people’s heads. Does it happen occasionally? It happens to everybody, but that is what you fight hard fundamentally with DeShone on and (QB) Brock (Osweiler), also. They both have the same disease so we are fighting to shorten those strides.”

The 21 year old has primarily thrown from the shotgun formation but the offense requires him to be under center well. He will become more comfortable under center with each additional opportunity.

On Saturday, Kizer split first team repetitions with Osweiler. However, he was still listed as third on the depth chart.

Head coach Hue Jackson is planning to name his starter against the New York Giants on either Wednesday or Thursday.