Rookie DeShone Kizer is the latest in the long line of quarterbacks over the past several years the Cleveland Browns are pinning their hopes on to be the long-term solution to their perennial problems under center.

Some people are not in favor of the Browns choosing Kizer as the team’s starting quarterback over the more experienced options like Brock Osweiler and Cody Kessler. While the former Notre Dame Fighting Irish signal-caller isn’t entirely dismissing the critics of this move, he believes that he’s put in enough work this offseason to be good enough to handle the bigger responsibility that awaits him.

Via Pro Football Talk:

Kizer’s entry into the NFL came with an admonition from Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly that it was going to take time for the former Fighting Irish quarterback to be ready to play in the NFL. Kizer didn’t disagree with Kelly back in April, but said at a Monday press conference that he has done a lot of work over the last four months and “become a lot better” since joining the Browns.

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“Obviously going out and performing in preseason games is one thing, but to perform in games is another,” Kizer said. “Until I’m out there, everyone’s gonna have a right to have an opinion. If that’s their opinion, we’ll see Week One.”

The Browns are undefeated in three preseason games, with Kizer playing well in each contest despite throwing an interception in a 13-9 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last Saturday.

With the Browns holding Osweiler out of that game, it became apparent that Kizer had the inside track of winning the starting QB battle, and it didn’t take the Browns too long to make their decision official.