Cleveland sent Kenny Pickett — a former first-round pick who will join his fourth team — to the Raiders in exchange for a 2026 fifth-round pick, allowing Shedeur Sanders to presumably climb one spot on the depth chart and all but solidifying his standing on the 53-man roster ahead of his rookie season.

The Browns traded Pickett to Las Vegas on Monday night for a fifth-round draft pick in 2026, giving the Raiders a proven backup quarterback

The fifth-round pick the Browns got from the Raiders recoups the fifth-rounder they gave up in March to acquire Pickett, the No. 20 overall pick of the Steelers in 2022 out of Pitt, in the trade with the Eagles. They also gave up quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson in that swap.