{"id":22451,"date":"2025-05-09T22:42:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T22:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=22451"},"modified":"2025-05-09T22:42:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T22:42:58","slug":"shedeur-sanders-takes-field-for-first-time-as-cleveland-browns-begin-rookie-minicamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=22451","title":{"rendered":"Shedeur Sanders takes field for first time as Cleveland Browns begin rookie minicamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets-varnish.triblive.com\/2025\/05\/8489911_web1_8489911-e627a7fb590541a6a504a7c7f95132ca.jpg\" alt=\"Shedeur Sanders takes field for 1st time as Browns begin rookie minicamp |  TribLIVE.com\" \/><\/p>\n<p>BEREA, Ohio (AP) \u2014 Shedeur Sanders began the process Friday of trying to show he can be a factor in the Cleveland Browns&#8217; quarterback competition.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders, possibly the most-publicized 144th-overall draft pick ever after the projected first-rounder dropped into the fifth round, took the field for his first practice as the Browns opened a two-day rookie minicamp.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing an orange No. 12 jersey, the son of Hall of Famer Deion Sanders got the same amount of snaps as third-round pick Dillon Gabriel during the 90-minute practice.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Kevin Stefanski said both quarterbacks did a nice job.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think the fun part is we\u2019ve spent so much pre-draft time with these players, particularly when we\u2019re talking about our quarterbacks with Dillon and Shedeur,\u201d he said. &#8220;We\u2019ve spent meeting time with them out of this building. We\u2019ve taken them through walkthroughs and then they get to go do it in uniform with the helmets on and just see what they can take from the meeting room to the grass.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sanders and Gabriel are likely to give interviews Saturday after the Browns made their other four draft picks available Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Both quarterbacks started with individual work and a 7-on-7 drill before each got six plays during full-team drills.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel took the first snaps in the 11-on-11 period, likely because he was the higher draft pick. Stefanski did not give a reason, though.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you\u2019ll see the whole weekend, going through the spring, we don\u2019t pay too close attention to who\u2019s in there first,\u201d Stefanski said.<\/p>\n<p>Because they drafted two quarterbacks, the Browns have tweaked their practice schedule to allow for more 7-on-7 work \u2014 skill position players going against linebackers and the secondary. Cleveland signed six wide receivers and two tight ends to tryout contracts this weekend in order to maximize snaps.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders and Gabriel\u2019s biggest adjustments will be working more under center after playing most of their careers in shotgun formations. Offensive coordinator Tommy Rees was instructing both quarterbacks on things to improve.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com\/recorderonline.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/8\/a3\/8a34f988-6308-5892-a380-cae1eb2fe098\/681e809770e1f.image.jpg?resize=750%2C500\" alt=\"Shedeur Sanders takes the field for the first time as the Browns begin  their rookie minicamp | National Sports | recorderonline.com\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stefanski said both players need to work on technique as they get ready to join the quarterback room with veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett next week.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to the quarterback competition, Stefanski did not want to say if anyone is ahead yet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s a lot of time between now and September, so we will have a plan. It\u2019s an all-encompassing evaluation,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not something that it\u2019s just based on the practice reps. There\u2019s a lot that goes into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defensive end Mason Graham, whom the Browns took with the fifth-overall pick, said it didn&#8217;t matter to him that there was more attention on Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI come to play football. If the media\u2019s on me, then they\u2019re on me. If the media\u2019s not, then it\u2019s not. I\u2019m just going to do my job at the end of the day,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>NOTES: Linebacker Carson Schwesinger (second round) and running back Dylan Sampson (fourth round) signed their rookie contracts. &#8230; Stefanski said linebacker Devin Bush \u201cwas in the building this week\u201d after being charged with harassment and misdemeanor simple assault last weekend. Bush is accused of chasing his girlfriend through his house in suburban Pittsburgh and smashing her cellphone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shedeur Sanders began the process Friday of trying to show he can be a factor in the Cleveland Browns&#8217; quarterback competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland-browns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Shedeur Sanders takes field for first time as Cleveland Browns begin rookie minicamp - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=22451\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shedeur Sanders takes field for first time as Cleveland Browns begin rookie minicamp - 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