John Dorsey reportedly wants nothing to do with UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen

The Cleveland Browns have the No. 1 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, but general manager John Dorsey may have already crossed one name off his wish list.

The Cleveland Browns made the inevitable a reality on Sunday when they lost to the Chicago Bears to secure the No. 1 overall selection in the 2018 NFL Draft.

It was a historic day for the Browns, which is becoming commonplace under head coach Hue Jackson, as the Browns became the first team in NFL history to earn the No. 1 overall selection in consecutive years by virtue of their play on the field.

Now that the Browns have the No. 1 pick firmly in hand, all the focus can turn to the actual draft and which player the Browns will select. More accurately, the talk will center on which quarterback the Browns will take.

While there will be plenty of debate in the coming months, especially once everyone declares for the draft, general manager John Dorsey may have tipped his hand in November.

In an article posted on Nov. 21 at draftanalyst.com, a little more than two weeks before Dorsey’s hiring, Tony Pauline took a look at the list of quarterbacks who will be in the discussion for the top pick. When it came to UCLA’s Josh Rosen, “at least” two general managers reportedly said they had no interest in Rosen.

On Sunday, Pauline tweeted out that Dorsey was one of those general managers:

That was just the latest in what is going to be an interesting debate about Rosen, who according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, wants no part of the Browns and will consider staying in college rather than play in Cleveland.

Rosen may be one of the most divisive players who will be part of the Browns draft process in the offseason. He set a school record this season for passing yards with 3,756, a number that would have been higher had he not missed UCLA’s game against Utah along with parts of two more games because of concussions.

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Rosen is also credited with being the type of quarterback who makes everyone around him better.

But he also has dealt with concussions issues this year, and missed the Bruins final six games of last season with a shoulder injury

There also continue to be stories that, while people like him on the field, Rosen can be difficult to deal with away from the game.

UCLA takes on Kansas State in the Cactus Bowl tonight at 9, but according to si.com Rosen will not be cleared to play in the game, so Browns fans will not get one final look at him on the field. Rosen will reportedly make a decision about entering the draft in the next few days, according to ESPN.

Depending on your feelings about Rosen as a potential franchise quarterback, there are two ways to look at all this.

If you believe that Rosen is someone the Browns should stay away from at all costs, then it is easy to feel secure that a “football guy” like Dorsey knows what he is doing. (Probably safe to ignore that Dorsey drafted quarterbacks Aaron Murry and Kevin Hogan while in Kansas City, if you are in this camp.)

If you believe that Rosen is the savior the oracle spoke of, then it is easy to shrug off Dorsey’s comment as “just a smokescreen.”

The thing is, the Browns have the top pick so they don’t need to engage in subterfuge when it comes to the top pick. They simply need to identify the player they want and select him – no one other than Dorsey, owner Jimmy Haslam and head coach Hue Jackson can stop them from picking the player they want.

Dorsey may not have liked Rosen sitting from the comfort of his couch in November, and Rosen may not want anything to do with the Browns late in December, but it is only Boxing Day, so much can change between now and draft night.

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One thing is clear, however: this is likely not the last time we will be talking about Rosen as a potential draft target for the Browns.