Overview

• Shedeur Sanders remains fourth on the Browns’ depth chart and is the only rookie not yet receiving regular first-team snaps in early August practices.
• In his first 11-on-11 appearance this week, Sanders completed two of three passes against Cleveland’s starting defense.
• Owner Jimmy Haslam emphasized that general manager Andrew Berry led the decision to draft Sanders in the fifth round, and both have defended their merit-based evaluation process.
• Local commentators on ESPN Cleveland and 92.3 The Fan have pushed back against theories that Sanders is being blackballed or sabotaged by the organization.
• Sanders, once projected as a first-round talent, is competing with Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel for Cleveland’s starting quarterback job.