The Jimmy Garoppolo rumors persist, although it appears more and more likely every day that the Patriots simply don't want to deal him. (Their starting quarterback does turn 40 this year, after all.) So, if Cleveland can't package a deal for Garoppolo, will Kessler be given an opportunity to prove he can be a viable NFL starter? Bucky Brooks penned a piece at the end of last month that said the Browns should forget about adding another QB this offseason and instead take a long, hard look at the guys already on the roster: Brock Osweiler and Cody Kessler. I'm with him here, though personally more intrigued by the sophomore QB than Osweiler. As a rookie last season, Kessler outperformed expectations, particularly in games against the Dolphinsand Titans. Three things could prevent Kessler from getting a true crack at the job: 1) Cleveland takes a quarterback with one of its two first-round picks (Nos. 1 and 12); 2) the Browns use their considerable draft capital (eight picks in the first two rounds of the 2017 and '18 drafts) to get back into the first round for a third pick, should their favorite QB remain available in the back end of Thursday night; C) Cleveland parses out some of those picks to make Bill Belichick a cherry of an offer for Jimmy G.