There are decisions to make at quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, which isn’t much different than many of the previous seasons since the team returned to the NFL in 1999. This is a franchise perpetually searching for answers it can’t seem to find. It’s quite possible this season isn’t much different in that regard.As the curtain goes up on training camps across the NFL this week, the Browns have a good, old-fashioned quarterback competition between Deshaun Watson and Shedeur Sanders about to begin. May the best man win. Or maybe the one with the best camera crew, since both candidates — who each ranked among the worst in the league the last time they were on the field — released their own hype videos this week. I don’t have much faith in Sanders evolving into a franchise quarterback, but if you’re forcing me to choose between him and Watson, there isn’t much of a choice at all. Browns' QB competition off to an uninspiring startZac JacksonTwo things are true: I fully expect Watson to win the starting quarterback job coming out of camp, and I have no interest in watching him take another snap for this team.Watson missed 700 days between the time he left the Houston Texans and his debut in a Browns uniform, which was delayed by his 11-game suspension in 2022 after accusations of sexual misconduct and assault. He ultimately settled more than 20 civil suits against him and paid a $5 million fine to the NFL. He was lousy when he returned following the extended absence. Well, here we are again. Should Watson start the opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars, it will mark 693 days since he last played in the NFL. He has two Achilles tears to blame this time. In all, Watson has played in 19 games in the 1,417 days since the season opener in 2022. We have more than enough evidence to know we’ve seen enough. The trade to acquire him and the contract he was handed have been disasters. Owner Jimmy Haslam acknowledged as much. The Browns are nothing if not stubborn, so here we go again pushing this $230 million boulder up the side of the mountain and expecting at some point to draw blood from it. It’s far more likely the stone just crushes everything in its path. Again.The term sunk cost fallacy means nothing in Berea. I don’t pretend to understand this team’s fascination with trying to squeeze some return out of a bad investment. Even if Watson managed to stay healthy and play moderately decent football this season, is there any chance they give him another contract? The answer had better be absolutely not, which makes playing him feel like an enormous waste of time. While the Browns play out the final months of Watson’s contract, it’s worth noting that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers appear to have reached the same conclusion the Browns once did regarding Baker Mayfield. Watson is here because the Browns did not trust Mayfield enough to invest in him like a franchise starter. It’s happening all over again in Tampa. Despite Mayfield’s productivity the last couple of years, the team failed to reach terms on an extension with him this week, meaning Mayfield will be a free agent after the season when the Browns could again be shopping for a quarterback. Time is a flat circle. Sanders, meanwhile, remains a work in progress. We’ll soon discover how much improvement he actually made over the summer. He has to make better — and quicker — decisions with the football. He has to get the ball out faster. He held onto the ball an average of 3.19 seconds last year, according to TruMedia, longer than any starter in the league. It remains to be seen whether new coach Todd Monken can sculpt an offense that plays to either of these quarterbacks’ strengths, but in Sanders’ case, making quicker decisions with the ball is essential to any sustained success. There is plenty to like about what the Browns have done the last two years in digging out of their past mistakes and reshaping this roster. The Myles Garrett trade, while painful, was the responsible thing to do. Last year’s draft was an excellent start at assembling a roster foundation, and this draft appears to be another step. Now they have to do it on the field.But it’s hard to take the Browns seriously in the AFC until they get adequate quarterback play, and it’s difficult to envision anyone on this roster delivering that. More than likely, they’ll be back in the draft again next year searching for another answer.For now, someone has to take the snaps. Sanders at least provides the opportunity of the unknown and perhaps a glimmer of hope. Watson is the stone blocking the path.