Shedeur Sanders Enters Crowded Quarterback Room As He Starts Browns Career

Shedeur Sanders was nan 144th prime of nan NFL Draft arsenic nan Cleveland Browns added him to their extent floor plan successful nan 5th information connected Saturday afternoon.

The free autumn lasted longer than expected, but Sanders yet recovered a location connected nan 3rd day, starting nan travel to go nan team’s starting backmost astatine immoderate constituent during nan 2025 season.

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Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders, #2, earlier nan crippled against nan North Dakota State Bison astatine Folsom Field successful Boulder, Colorado, connected Aug. 29, 2024. (Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports)

He will subordinate a backmost room that has Kenny Pickett, Joe Flacco and chap rookie Dillon Gabriel. Deshaun Watson’s position successful 2025 is murky astatine champion aft re-injuring his Achilles successful nan offseason. Watson suffered an Achilles tear past October.

Browns wide head Andrew Berry divulged his expectations for each backmost nan squad brought successful during nan offseason.

"We expect each subordinate to compete. Simple arsenic that," he said.

Browns caput coach Kevin Stefanski was asked really he was going to guarantee each of nan 4 patient quarterbacks were going to get a adjacent shot.

"We’ve talked astir it. I mean there’s ways to do some I think," he said. "Obviously you whitethorn not disagreement them 25, 25, 25, but we consciousness really assured that we’ll person a scheme that is adjacent to each subordinate and adjacent to nan squad arsenic well."

The Browns acquired Pickett successful nan offseason successful a waste and acquisition pinch nan Philadelphia Eagles. He served arsenic a backup for Jalen Hurts pinch nan Eagles and received a ringing erstwhile nan squad won nan Super Bowl complete nan Kansas City Chiefs successful February. He antecedently started pinch nan Pittsburgh Steelers aft nan squad selected him successful nan first information of nan 2022 draft.

Cleveland brought Flacco backmost aft he went to nan Indianapolis Colts successful 2024. He took complete for an injured Watson successful 2023 and helped lead nan Browns to nan playoffs. Flacco won a Super Bowl pinch nan Baltimore Ravens successful 2012.

Cleveland Browns backmost Deshaun Watson, #4, is carted disconnected nan section aft being injured successful nan first half of an NFL shot crippled against nan Cincinnati Bengals connected Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024, successful Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Richard)

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The Browns selected Gabriel successful nan 3rd information connected Friday. He played his assemblage shot astatine UCF, Oklahoma and Oregon. Last twelvemonth pinch nan Ducks, he had 3,857 passing yards and 30 touchdown passes. He was a finalist for nan Heisman Trophy. He besides holds nan FBS grounds for astir touchdown passes thrown successful a career.

Berry explained why nan squad decided to return 2 quarterbacks successful this year’s draft.

"I deliberation conscionable for illustration I could astir apt opportunity nan scheme wasn’t basal to return 2 moving backs. Like, you envision really nan draught could perchance play out, and past you conscionable really set to what’s connected nan board," Berry said. And for illustration I said, for illustration we don’t really spell into nan draught saying okay, like, ‘hey, present are our needs and we’re conscionable going to prime players astatine request positions.’

National squad backmost Dillon Gabriel of Oregon, #8, pauses aft believe during Senior Bowl believe for nan National squad astatine Hancock Whitney Stadium successful Mobile, Alabama, connected Jan. 28, 2025. (Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images)

"If you do that’s typically really you make mistakes. So, location is simply a small spot of a travel to nan play because nan committee does return different twists and turns arsenic you go. Some expected, immoderate unexpected and, ultimately, we effort and do everything successful our powerfulness to maximize nan effect of nan picks we person successful aggregate. And portion of nan logic you person to do that is being flexible."

Sanders will person an uphill conflict successful an effort to attain nan starting occupation – and a roster spot – erstwhile nan play originates officially later this year. However, it is acold from impossible.

"I cognize I’m going to fresh successful perfectly," he told reporters. "I consciousness for illustration it’s first getting in, showing respect to nan vets, showing them I’m present fresh to work. Show nan coaches and person them understand, I’m present fresh to work. So they could really understand nan existent me.

Cleveland Browns backmost Joe Flacco, #15, throws nan shot against nan Chicago Bears during nan first 4th astatine Cleveland Browns Stadium connected Dec. 17, 2023. (Scott Galvin-USA TODAY Sports)

Philadelphia Eagles backmost Kenny Pickett calls a play during nan first half of an NFL shot crippled against nan Dallas Cowboys connected Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024 successful Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

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"That’s what I’m genuinely thankful to have, is nan opportunity for group to really spot nan existent maine and not beryllium capable to spot worldly that could beryllium existent aliases not. That’s what I’m astir excited astir being successful nan building and of people nan staff, nan cafeteria [staff], everything was extreme, nan group location were genuine. It was existent cool. So I near that sojourn knowing that if that was nan spot for me, I would consciousness existent comfortable pinch what they person successful place."

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