Shedeur Sanders hasnât taken a single regular-season snap for the Cleveland Browns, but the rookie quarterback is already facing questions about his future.
Sanders is currently the backup in Cleveland to Dillon Gabriel, who has gone 1-3 in his starts this season. Despite Gabriel’s struggles, the Browns have shown little interest in giving Sanders a shot.
In ESPNâs midseason mock draft, analysts Mike Greenberg, Field Yates, and Mel Kiper Jr. projected the Browns to select Oregon quarterback Dante Moore with the No. 6 overall pick â a move that would immediately put pressure on Sandersâ standing in Cleveland.
According to their projections, Moore would be the third quarterback off the board, following Indianaâs Fernando Mendoza, who goes No. 1 to the New Orleans Saints, and Alabamaâs Ty Simpson, who lands with the New York Jets at No. 3.
âThis is tough,â Kiper said. âShedeur is there. It doesnât seem like theyâll ever give Shedeur much of a chance, right? Dillon Gabriel is playing, but we donât think Dillon Gabriel is a franchise quarterback. ⦠Dante Moore, for me, I still have him number one on the board.â
The Browns have two picks in the first round. There’s still a lot that needs to play out, but if Cleveland takes a quarterback high, it’ll further bury Sanders on the depth chart or force him to look for another team.
Mel Kiper Vocal Supporter of Browns QB Shedeur Sanders
The projection is especially troublesome coming from Kiper, who has been a vocal supporter of Sanders. The veteran draft analyst had Sanders as his top quarterback available in the draft and was stunned when Sanders fell to the fifth round.
“I donât care what the league says,â Kiper said recently. âThe league doesnât speak about quarterbacks, they donât know any more than you or I do about quarterbacks, really. Everybodyâs clueless about quarterbacks including the National Football League geniuses, OK? They donât know. Even when they have them, they donât know. (The Browns) had Baker Mayfield, they let him go. â¦
“Didnât nine executives have (Shedeur Sanders) going as the No. 1 quarterback at this same time last year? What happened? Nothing happened on the field. All the sudden, âWeâre washing our hands of Shedeur Sanders. We donât want him, we donât want him, we donât want him.â To me, the organizations ruin players. They ruin quarterbacks.”
Browns QB Shedeur Sanders Healthy After Injury
Sanders missed the Browns’ Week 8 matchup against the New England Patriots with a back injury he suffered later in the week. He’s been rehabbing hard and is expected to resume the backup role on Sunday against the Jets as the Browns emerge from their bye week.
âHe will be the number two, yes,” Stefanski confirmed on Friday.
The Browns sit at 2-6, and their playoff chances are already hanging by a thread. If Gabriel â a third-round pick â continues to struggle, Sanders could soon get his shot.
In a bid to jumpstart an offense that ranks near the bottom of the league in nearly every major category, the Browns handed play-calling duties to offensive coordinator Tommy Rees this week, hoping the change will provide the spark they desperately need.
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