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billmac91
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Sanders was legitimately running the offense with ball boys as WR’s last week. Like, zero time with any first or second stringers.
It’s why people are assuming he is “being set up to fail”.
The most common theory I’ve heard is Stefanski and Berry wanted no part of another QB after Gabriel was taken. Haslam meddled again and the coaching staff isn’t putting up with it so they want to nip it in the bud ASAP.
I don’t know if that’s true but it’s also the Cleveland Browns so chances are high….absolute clown show.
It’s why people are assuming he is “being set up to fail”.
The most common theory I’ve heard is Stefanski and Berry wanted no part of another QB after Gabriel was taken. Haslam meddled again and the coaching staff isn’t putting up with it so they want to nip it in the bud ASAP.
I don’t know if that’s true but it’s also the Cleveland Browns so chances are high….absolute clown show.
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BuckBackHome
Wolverine is largest member of weasel family
Looking forward to Sanders putting up mid stats against practice squad members for the Panthers and then the headlines about the next clowns “star” QB having been found and what a steal in the 5th round.
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According to the announcers, Sanders's 7-yard TD pass was one of the greatest throws in NFL history.
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BuckBackHome
Wolverine is largest member of weasel family
And each one after will only be better.
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Credit where it’s due, Shedoobie hasn’t done stupid things with the ball. He has to stop the circle button Michael Vick bullshit that killed 2 drives tonight, but otherwise it’s been pretty decent running of the offense. It’s not enough to start week 1 like the Screamin As will be demanding, but it hasn’t been bad
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Sure hope waiver wire has DBs cuz our backups suck. Same for WRs. Not bad line play. Sanders making it tuff for coaches. Love it
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He gave a nice interview too, sounded nothing like his overly brash dad. I think if there wasn’t the history and his name wasn’t Sanders, he’d be easier to root for, but he seems to have the right attitude out there. He earned more opportunities tonight, I hope he at least gets what he’s earned.
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Jagdaddy
Head Coach
Pretty much showed his strengths and weaknesses as I’ve been seeing them for a while. He’s like a skinny Justin Fields with a quicker processor for making reads, and better touch, but without the high end athleticism needed to get away with some of the Michael Vick circle crap that they both do. I think his biggest issue is that if he can’t fix the hero problem, he’s going to get killed out there.
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exhawg
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He did what he needed to do to stay in the conversation. I was in the Never Shedeur camp the first couple days of the draft, but I'll love to eat crow if he is everything the talking heads said he was when they were pumping him up before the draft. Nothing would fix this team faster than a starting QB with a 5th-round contract for the next 4 years. That was step 1. Step 2 is Pickett and Gabriel looking like dog crap in preseason game two.
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I don’t think Pickett is going to be healthy enough for any of the preseason from what they were saying last night. So it’s really Gabriel he has to get past to back up Flacco I think. That job seems to be sitting there for the taking at this point.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Just sayin': This guy (i.e. Charles Robinson) was impressed with Sanders' performance:
sports.yahoo.com
If the rookie quarterback could master NFL play-calling and verbiage … if he could learn head coach Kevin Stefanski’s offense and maximize minimal practice reps … if he secured exhibition opportunities and showed a spark … then maybe there would be a reason to make him a serious part of the Cleveland Browns’ quarterback conversation.
Exiting Friday night, Sanders went ahead and started that dialogue. Whether the Browns are ready for it or not.
This is what Sanders’ first meaningful NFL incursion has generated. Get beyond the symphony of social media applause from celebrities (LeBron James, Jamie Foxx, etc.), former NFL players (Richard Sherman, Gerald McCoy, etc.), and too many NFL analysts to count. Tuck all of that away and consider this: For months, the spotlight on Sanders has washed out virtually every other storyline in the organization — and that was before there was something consequential to digest.
Now he’s actually played some relevant football. And the outcome was solidly impressive for exhibition work, even from the most conservative of vantages: 14-of-23 passing for 138 yards and two touchdown passes, with two sacks and zero turnovers in nearly three quarters against the Carolina Panthers. But the true gravity of the performance was more in how Sanders held up after being tapped to start Cleveland’s first exhibition game, despite getting very few high-level practice snaps since the start of training camp.
After a series where he looked like a quarterback treading water in his first NFL opportunity, he settled into a comfort zone that was intriguing if not impressive. And he did it rotating through a tide of situational challenges that should be useful when the Browns sit down to digest the game tape.
He threw from the shotgun repeatedly, but also tucked under center a handful of times. He played snaps in the red zone with scoring opportunities, as well as backed up to Cleveland’s own goal line and throwing out of his own end zone. He was faced with third-and-long, third-and-short, and at one point, even executed a quarterback sneak for a first down. And on a few occasions, he was forced to evade the rush inside the pocket or to move outside and operate off script.
In one game, he packed in a multitude of scenarios that should have the coaching staff and front office feeling good about what it can digest as it heads into next week.
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sports.yahoo.com
"Tony, I hope you have something positive to say about me," Sanders said to Grossi following his postgame media availability. "You always say negative stuff about me. And I'm like, I didn’t do nothing to you. I’ve never seen you say anything positive about me.”
Grossi's response wasn't audible on the Well Off Media clip, but it was apparently enough to draw a good-natured laugh from Sanders. Maybe Grossi admitted he was unfair. Perhaps he briefly explained that being an outspoken critic is part of the sports radio job description.
"What'd I do? What'd I do to you, Tony?" Sanders asked with a laugh as he walked away.
So Grossi picking on Sanders after being drafted and throughout his development in OTAs, minicamps, training camp and the preseason shouldn't be a surprise. He derided Sanders as a "developmental quarterback." Among his dubious criticisms of Sanders, via Awful Announcing, was developing a sore arm during training camp and missing a practice.
Yet Grossi acknowledged after Friday's performance that Sanders was "outstanding." Whether those remarks were made after Sanders asked for some positivity isn't clear. But it would have been difficult for the sports talk personality to maintain credibility if he hadn't confirmed what was apparent on the field, even if it was a preseason contest.
Shedeur Sanders has Browns edging into real QB drama after solid exhibition showing vs. Panthers
If Sanders takes sparing opportunities and excels in those moments, how can he not become a legitimate part of a larger QB conversation?
Shedeur Sanders has Browns edging into real QB drama after solid exhibition showing vs. Panthers
Entering Friday night, Shedeur Sanders’ NFL world orbited multiple qualifiers.If the rookie quarterback could master NFL play-calling and verbiage … if he could learn head coach Kevin Stefanski’s offense and maximize minimal practice reps … if he secured exhibition opportunities and showed a spark … then maybe there would be a reason to make him a serious part of the Cleveland Browns’ quarterback conversation.
Exiting Friday night, Sanders went ahead and started that dialogue. Whether the Browns are ready for it or not.
This is what Sanders’ first meaningful NFL incursion has generated. Get beyond the symphony of social media applause from celebrities (LeBron James, Jamie Foxx, etc.), former NFL players (Richard Sherman, Gerald McCoy, etc.), and too many NFL analysts to count. Tuck all of that away and consider this: For months, the spotlight on Sanders has washed out virtually every other storyline in the organization — and that was before there was something consequential to digest.
Now he’s actually played some relevant football. And the outcome was solidly impressive for exhibition work, even from the most conservative of vantages: 14-of-23 passing for 138 yards and two touchdown passes, with two sacks and zero turnovers in nearly three quarters against the Carolina Panthers. But the true gravity of the performance was more in how Sanders held up after being tapped to start Cleveland’s first exhibition game, despite getting very few high-level practice snaps since the start of training camp.
After a series where he looked like a quarterback treading water in his first NFL opportunity, he settled into a comfort zone that was intriguing if not impressive. And he did it rotating through a tide of situational challenges that should be useful when the Browns sit down to digest the game tape.
He threw from the shotgun repeatedly, but also tucked under center a handful of times. He played snaps in the red zone with scoring opportunities, as well as backed up to Cleveland’s own goal line and throwing out of his own end zone. He was faced with third-and-long, third-and-short, and at one point, even executed a quarterback sneak for a first down. And on a few occasions, he was forced to evade the rush inside the pocket or to move outside and operate off script.
In one game, he packed in a multitude of scenarios that should have the coaching staff and front office feeling good about what it can digest as it heads into next week.
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Shedeur Sanders confronts Cleveland radio host Tony Grossi, asking if he'd have 'something positive to say'
Grossi has been an outspoken critic of Sanders since the Browns drafted him, singling him out for some unfair scrutiny.
Shedeur Sanders confronts Cleveland radio host Tony Grossi, asking if he'd have 'something positive to say'
"What'd I do? What'd I do to you, Tony?" Sanders asked the sports radio personality"Tony, I hope you have something positive to say about me," Sanders said to Grossi following his postgame media availability. "You always say negative stuff about me. And I'm like, I didn’t do nothing to you. I’ve never seen you say anything positive about me.”
Grossi's response wasn't audible on the Well Off Media clip, but it was apparently enough to draw a good-natured laugh from Sanders. Maybe Grossi admitted he was unfair. Perhaps he briefly explained that being an outspoken critic is part of the sports radio job description.
"What'd I do? What'd I do to you, Tony?" Sanders asked with a laugh as he walked away.
So Grossi picking on Sanders after being drafted and throughout his development in OTAs, minicamps, training camp and the preseason shouldn't be a surprise. He derided Sanders as a "developmental quarterback." Among his dubious criticisms of Sanders, via Awful Announcing, was developing a sore arm during training camp and missing a practice.
Yet Grossi acknowledged after Friday's performance that Sanders was "outstanding." Whether those remarks were made after Sanders asked for some positivity isn't clear. But it would have been difficult for the sports talk personality to maintain credibility if he hadn't confirmed what was apparent on the field, even if it was a preseason contest.
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