Browns’ veteran defender sounds all the way off regarding Shedeur Sanders, and it gives a picture on how the Cleveland locker room views him
Shelby Harris had a lot to say about Cleveland Browns QB Shedeur Sanders.
The 2025 season was a roller coaster for the Cleveland Browns. It ended with a 5-12 record to show for it and a fired head coach.
Cleveland went through three quarterbacks last season between Joe Flacco, Shedeur Sanders, and Dillon Gabriel. Sanders and Gabriel remain on the roster along with Deshaun Watson at the quarterback position.
Sanders has the most experience from last year’s team and he’ll get a chance to fight for the starting spot along with Watson and potentially an outside quarterback.
Browns veteran defender drops a strong statement about Shedeur Sanders
“I was highly impressed with the kid,” Browns DT Shelby Harris said of Sanders. “I believe that he definitely got the short end of the stick. Everyone made all these big deals about stuff that was out of his control. He can’t control who his dad is. But the one thing that I will say is that Shedeur works, he works his as* off.”
Sanders started seven games for the Browns last season and carried a 3-4 record. Cleveland drafted Sanders in the fifth round after drafting Gabriel in the third round. The Browns couldn’t pass up on the value they had on Sanders in the fifth round after falling down the board.
“I hate the narrative that goes around about Shedeur because all he does is go in and work,” Harris said. “If anything, you have to give Deion credit for that. He taught him how to work, he taught him how to handle himself at work.”
The 7-10 touchdown-to-interception ratio was the down point for Sanders last season and where he’ll have to improve if he wants to be a starter in the NFL. Sanders showed moments of being able to make explosive plays happen outside of structure, and that’ll be very positive for Todd Monken’s system.
Cleveland has every incentive to give Sanders a chance to win the job. If the Browns can have a franchise quarterback on a fifth-round rookie contract for three more years, it would save them a ton of money.
Sanders’ veteran teammates see how hard he works, clearly. There are along things said about No. 12 in Cleveland, one thing you can’t question is his work ethic.
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