Days after rookie camp, Shedeur Sanders is starting to accept harsh reality of Browns QB situation: Report
On Monday, Sports Illustrated NFL writer Albert Breer discussed the latest news surrounding the National Football League. In the article, Breer outlined how Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders is starting to accept the harsh reality of the complicated Browns QB situation.
Sanders, the fifth-round pick in the 2025 NFL draft, is one of five QBs on the Cleveland roster alongside Kenny Pickett, Joe Flacco, Deshaun Watson and Dillon Gabriel.
As a result, after a few weeks of training camp, Breer reported that he thinks Sanders is finally understanding his role within the offensive unit, one where he will need to work to play for the Browns in 2025.
"It does sound like Sanders, based on the interviews I’ve heard, is starting to settle in as a guy who knows he’ll have to earn just the chance to compete to get on the field in 2025," Breer wrote.
The news is quite interesting and notable, as before the selection process, many expected Sanders to be a Day 1 starting quarterback for whichever team he was picked by. However, as has been heavily reported, the draft did not go the way Sanders wanted, as he drastically dropped to the fifth round despite being rumored as a top-10 overall pick for months before draft night.
Will Shedeur Sanders start for the Cleveland Browns in 2025?
Shedeur Sanders is unquestionably the most talked-about of the QBs fighting for the starting role in Cleveland. Not only is he the son of Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, but he also fell much lower in the draft than his stats at the college level in 2024 should have allowed him to.
Across almost every QB metric, Sanders outperformed Gabriel, but he was selected two rounds behind the Oregon Ducks QB. Sanders had 4,134 passing yards, 41 total touchdowns and a completion percentage of 74.0% for the Colorado Buffaloes last year. Meanwhile, Gabriel had 3,857 passing yards, 37 total touchdowns and a completion percentage of 72.9% for Oregon.
Despite this, Sanders appears to be in a QB battle where there is a real chance that he does not start for Cleveland in 2025.