Shedeur Sanders Remains Optimistic in Browns’ Quarterback Competition
BEREA, Ohio – As the Cleveland Browns’ quarterback competition heads towards mandatory minicamp, rookie Shedeur Sanders has found himself practicing with a group of backups, while the team’s other passers, Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, and Dillon Gabriel, have received reps with the first team. However, Sanders stated that he is not concerned about his repetitions in practice and that, instead, he seeks to make the most of every opportunity presented to him.Sanders added that there are no excuses because when you go out on the field, nobody cares how many repetitions you had when you enter the game. What matters is production, and that is the main thing when you are on the field: you have to be able to produce. Sanders, the Browns’ fifth-round pick, and Gabriel, the team’s third-round pick, took the majority of the practice reps in team drills on Tuesday, which coach Kevin Stefanski said was intentional as Cleveland continues to develop its rookie quarterbacks. But, as has been the general trend in two OTA practices open to the media, Gabriel received a portion of reps with the starters, while Sanders worked with the backups. Stefanski has praised the growth of both young passers while downplaying the quarterback competition looming over each practice. Sanders took a similar approach when asked about his goal during the offseason workout program and training camp.Life is based on how you see things. You can see things negatively, like you’re not getting repetitions, or you can see it as, OK, when it’s my time to go out, let’s be proactive and warm up, let’s get going.
Shedeur Sanders
My goal is to be the best teammate and to be as polished as possible in all aspects. I see things as I have time. I have time to grow and mature and be able to understand the ins and outs of the defenses and get the good information from the veterans in the room. I see it as an advantage. I have time to really have a great understanding and when it’s time to play, then it’s time to play. But I’m not looking too far into the future about all that. I’m focusing on each day of practice. … I’m focusing on the small things and in time the big things will happen.
Shedeur Sanders
