The Cleveland Browns’ four-man quarterback competition may look heated from the outside, but rookie Shedeur Sanders has a different interpretation of the crowded room.
“Everybody’s cool,” Sanders said in an interview with FanDuel TV’s Kay Adams at the NFL Players Association rookie premiere.
“Outside the room, people try to pit us against each other, but inside the room, we know we’re one.”
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Sanders was the second of the Browns’ two quarterbacks drafted in April. Cleveland selected Oregon’s Dillon Gabriel in the third round before putting a stop to Sanders’ draft slide from a potential first-round pick by selecting him in the fifth round. The pair joins veterans Kenny Pickett and Joe Flacco in a battle for Cleveland’s starting snaps, the latter of whom Sanders seemed especially impressed with.
“We’re all different characters. It’s funny going there and seeing Joe (Flacco) every day. It’s fun to see him because I’m like, ‘Wow, I’m really with Joe Flacco right now, we’re on the same team,’” Sanders said.
“Then, of course, with Kenny (Pickett), the experience he has being in the league for these years is cool just to see the process of it. And Deshaun (Watson), of course, he’s active in there, he’s in all the meetings, so it’s cool talking to him.”
The 40-year-old Flacco signed a one-year, $4 million deal with the Browns in April, signaling his return to the team he led to a four-game win streak and playoff push late in the 2023 season. His first college football season (2003) was one year after Sanders was born (2002), and he’s entering his 18th NFL season in 2025.
Pickett was traded from the Philadelphia Eagles to the Browns in March for a fifth-round draft pick and quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson.
Watson isn’t expected to be healthy in the coming months after he had surgery on his re-torn Achilles, nor is he expected to be a part of the Browns’ future plans.
Pickett and Flacco have been participating in Cleveland’s formal offseason workout program since April 21, and Sanders and Gabriel officially joined the mix at rookie minicamp in early May.
The Browns’ first organized team activity practice is scheduled for May 27. There will be two weeks of voluntary OTA sessions ahead of mandatory minicamp June 10-12, followed by a third week of OTA practices scheduled for the week of June 16.
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