{"id":775580,"date":"2026-04-29T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/?p=775580"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:42:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:42:16","slug":"browns-starting-qb-odds-is-shedeur-sanders-still-favorite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/news\/nfl\/browns-starting-qb-odds-is-shedeur-sanders-still-favorite\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns Starting QB Odds: Is Shedeur Sanders Still the Favorite?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Browns Week 1 starting QB market has flipped, with one veteran now a heavy favorite<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Shedeur Sanders led this market through February before the price shifted in late April<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>See the latest Browns Week 1 starting QB odds below, plus my favorite bet to make in this market<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<p>The Browns QB room is a mess once again, and prediction markets just had a major shake up at the top. Deshaun Watson has overtaken Shedeur Sanders as the favorite to be Cleveland&rsquo;s Week 1 starting quarterback, completing one of the bigger price swings of the offseason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanders led the way from January through March, peaking above 60% in February. Watson got medically cleared in early April, showed up to voluntary workouts looking lean, and the money has poured in on him ever since.<\/p><div class=\"\" data-freestar-ad=\"__300x250 __300x250\" id=\"sportsbettingdime_InContent_1\">\n        <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n            freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({\n                placementName: \"sportsbettingdime_InContent_1\",\n                slotId: \"sportsbettingdime_InContent_1\"\n            });\n        <\/script>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Keep reading for the latest Browns Week 1 starting QB odds, and my favorite bet to make in this market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-browns-week-1-starting-qb-odds-is-shedeur-sanders-still-the-favorite\">Browns Week 1 Starting QB Odds: Is Shedeur Sanders Still the Favorite?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"pshorts-widget-wrap\"\n     id=\"pshorts-384-875490\"\n     data-pshort-id=\"384\"\n     data-pshort-mode=\"full\"\n     data-instance=\"pshorts-384-875490\"\n     data-track-endpoint=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/wp-json\/pshorts\/v1\/track\">\n\n  <div class=\"pshorts-widget \"\n    style=\"\n      --pshorts-ops: 1;\n      --pshorts-left-col: 320px;\n      --pshorts-op-col: 200px;\n      --pshorts-total-width: 520px;\n\n      --pshorts-headline-size: 34px;\n      --pshorts-operator-size: 16px;\n      --pshorts-label-size: 15px;\n      --pshorts-value-size: 18px;\n      --pshorts-btn-font-size: 14px;\n      --pshorts-btn-bg: #2d5bff;\n      --pshorts-btn-color: #ffffff;\n      --pshorts-dot-color: #2d5bff;\n    \">\n\n          <!-- EXISTING FULL (multi-operator) OUTPUT GOES HERE -->\n      <div class=\"pshorts-top\">\n        <div class=\"pshorts-kicker\">Prediction Markets<\/div>\n        <div class=\"pshorts-headline\">Browns Starting QB Odds<\/div>\n\n                  <a class=\"pshorts-learn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/prediction-markets\/\">Learn more about Prediction Markets<\/a>\n              <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"pshorts-grid-wrap\">\n\n            <div class=\"pshorts-grid\">\n              <!-- header row: blank left cell + operator headers -->\n              <div class=\"pshorts-cell pshorts-cell--blank\"><\/div>\n\n                              <div class=\"pshorts-cell pshorts-ophead\">\n                  <div class=\"pshorts-operator-head\">\n                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pshorts-operator-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saturdaydownsouth.com\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot-58-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                                        <div class=\"pshorts-operator-name\">Kalshi<\/div>\n                  <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n              \n              <!-- prediction rows -->\n                              <div class=\"pshorts-cell pshorts-label\">\n                  <span class=\"pshorts-dot\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                  <span class=\"pshorts-pred-label\">Deshaun Watson<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n\n                                  <div class=\"pshorts-cell pshorts-value\">\n                    69%\n                  <\/div>\n                                              <div class=\"pshorts-cell pshorts-label\">\n                  <span class=\"pshorts-dot\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                  <span class=\"pshorts-pred-label\">Shedeur Sanders<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n\n                                  <div class=\"pshorts-cell pshorts-value\">\n                    37%\n                  <\/div>\n                                              <div class=\"pshorts-cell pshorts-label\">\n                  <span class=\"pshorts-dot\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n                  <span class=\"pshorts-pred-label\">Kyler Murray<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n\n                                  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Watson is now trading at 69 cents at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsbettingdime.com\/go\/kalshi-trading\/\">Kalshi<\/a>, which equals -222 odds in traditional sports betting terms. That&rsquo;s a 28-cent jump for him over the past month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sanders has gone the other way, dropping 14 cents to sit at 35 cents (+186). Dillon Gabriel is a distant third at 3 cents, while everyone else in the market is priced at 1 cent or less. This is a two-horse race between the $230 million veteran and the rookie who finished last season as the starter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"h-browns-2026-qb-room\">Browns 2026 QB Room<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"overflow-x-scroll no-scrollbar\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Quarterback<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Acquired<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Week 1 Odds<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Deshaun Watson<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Trade (2022)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">-222<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Shedeur Sanders<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2025 Draft (5th)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">+186<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Dillon Gabriel<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2025 Draft (3rd)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">+3233<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Taylen Green<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">2026 Draft (6th, No. 182)<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&mdash;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-blockparty-geo-restricted-content\" data-render-type=\"fallback\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-watson-is-now-the-browns-week-1-starting-qb-favorite\">Why Watson is Now the Browns Week 1 Starting QB Favorite<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It comes down to money and practice optics. Cleveland can&rsquo;t cut Watson without absorbing a dead cap hit north of $80 million, and he&rsquo;s owed $46 million fully guaranteed in 2026. As one Kalshi commenter put it, there are 230 million dollar reasons to play him if he&rsquo;s healthy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watson to Bond &#127919;&#127919;&#127919; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ymEem1fzgq\">pic.twitter.com\/ymEem1fzgq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESPN Cleveland (@ESPNCleveland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNCleveland\/status\/2047065861760938155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then there&rsquo;s the practice optics. Watson &ldquo;looks the part&rdquo; in camp settings, with a livelier arm and more prototypical mechanics than Sanders. Daily reports out of camp shape the narrative for coaches and reporters, and that&rsquo;s an area where the rookie isn&rsquo;t going to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head coach Todd Monken has said in an ideal world he&rsquo;d name a starter at the beginning of camp. 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