Quarterback · Cleveland Browns
Shedeur Sanders
No. 2 · 2nd season
The competition is open. Shedeur Sanders isn't worried about the clock.
Todd Monken said all spring he'd have an answer by the time the Cleveland Browns wrapped up their offseason sessions. He doesn't have one yet.
Sanders came into Cleveland as a rookie quarterback with a draft story that had already been told a hundred times before he threw his first professional pass — the son of Deion Sanders, the Colorado kid, the name everyone either wanted to see succeed or wanted to see stumble. What doesn't get said as often is that growing up under one of the most demanding presences in football history might actually be good preparation for a high-pressure quarterback room.
Sanders said as much this week, pointing to his father's coaching as the thing that got him ready for Monken's style. While the competition stays officially open, Sanders said his attention is on getting better, not on reading the scoreboard of who's ahead.
That's either genuine focus or the most composed answer a rookie quarterback has given all offseason. Maybe both. A head coach who sets a deadline and then keeps the door open is not a bad sign for a player still learning the room.
The answer is coming. Sanders seems fine with that.
““That’s nothing I’m focused on,” Sanders said. “I’m focused on developing as a player, doing everything, getting as comfortable as I can in the offense and the scheme and playing with confidence. That’s all I’m really looking for and trying to improve every day.””
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