CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns have added another signal caller to their ever-growing quarterback room.
According to agent Mike McCartney, the Browns have signed former Steelers QB Josh Dobbs to a 1-year contract. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The 27-year-old Dobbs was taken by Pittsburgh in the fourth round of the 2017 NFL draft. He was traded to Jacksonville in 2019, but returned to the Steelers a season later. Dobbs was placed on injured reserve before last year.
Dobbs has played in six games in his NFL career, completing 10 of 17 passes for 45 yards and an interception. He joins Deshaun Watson, Jacoby Brissett, and Baker Mayfield as current quarterbacks on the Browns' roster. The Browns were in the market for a third quarterback after Nick Mullens, who made one start for them last season, signed as a free agent with the Las Vegas Raiders.
Dobbs, whose Twitter avatar features him in a Steelers jersey (as of Friday evening), wrote that perhaps it's time for a change shortly after news broke of the death with the Browns. "Prolly should change my profile pic.."
Cleveland's quarterback situation took a dramatic turn last month when the team pulled off the stunning trade with Houston for Deshaun Watson, who remains entangled in a legal situation in Texas.
Mayfield demanded to be traded, and remains on the Browns' roster while they look for a team willing to take him and his $18.8 million contract for 2022. Cleveland signed Jacoby Brissett to be Watson's backup.
While Mayfield isn't expected to participate in the Browns' voluntary offseason program starting on April 19, Watson is planning to participate. The three-time Pro Bowler is still fighting civil lawsuits filed by 22 female massage therapists accusing him of sexual assault.
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