The Cleveland Browns will make a decision on their starting quarterback by August 23.

Brian Hoyer and Johnny Manziel are battling for the job.

"(A decision) could be sooner, and that's something we're going to discuss in that meeting," Pettine said, according to the Akron Beacon Journal. "It'll be before the third preseason game. I just don't have a date. I don't know if I'll set a date and kind of paint ourselves into a date, but it will be sooner than the third preseason game."

The Browns will play their third preseason game on Aug. 23 against the St. Louis Rams.