"That is embarrassing" - Browns fans react to Kenny Pickett's hand size in training camp picture

Kenny Pickett has only just begun his career as a Cleveland Brown, but there is already some pessimism over his prospects for the 2025 season. On Wednesday, the team's official social media account posted images of Pickett and Joe Flacco practicing their throws.

Fans could not help but mock the size of Pickett's hands compared to those of the former Super Bowl MVP.

"Holy s*** look at those baby hands," one said.

"Nobody wining a bowl with hands like Kenny got," another said.

"Wtf Pickett get those gloves off," one demanded.

"Does Flacco have 20 inch hands?" another wondered.

"Tell Kenny if he wears lighter color gloves it'll make his hands look bigger," another suggested.

According to Sports Illustrated's Albert Breer, Flacco is "in pole position" to become the Browns' starting quarterback over Pickett and rookies Dillon Gabriel and Shedeur Sanders. However, Breer added that he would not write off Pickett just yet.

He said on Tuesday's episode of Rich Eisen's eponymous show:

“Walking away from either guy would more or less have the same penalty. So, even though Joe Flacco gets the first snap in the spring, that doesn’t mean, like, Kenny Pickett won’t get the first snap in the summer or that Joe Flacco is gonna make the team if Kenny Pickett wins the job.”

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Kenny Pickett receives comparison to Sam Darnold

While many may think of Kenny Pickett as a draft bust given his collegiate origins in Pittsburgh and the expectations placed upon him after Ben Rothlisberger's retirement, Cleveland.com's Terry Pluto believes not all is lost. He compared Pickett to Sam Darnold, another quarterback who began his career struggling to win, then landed in just the perfect place.

“My guess is Kenny Pickett perhaps has the early edge to start. The Browns traded for him and believe (he) can become the next Sam Darnold. A first-round pick by the Jets in 2018, Darnold failed in New York. He bounced to Carolina and San Francisco before reviving his career with Minnesota in 2024. Darnold is now with Seattle.”

His colleague Mary Kay Cabot also likes Pickett's chances.

“I said Kenny Pickett over Joe Flacco," she said on Ultimate Cleveland Sports Show. "And the reason why I said that is because I have been listening to the Browns talk about Kenny Pickett all off-season, and they are really high on Kenny Pickett.”

Browns OTAs begin on May 27 and will last until June 19.