{"id":34356,"date":"2025-10-01T23:23:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T23:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=34356"},"modified":"2025-10-01T23:23:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T23:23:16","slug":"breaking-browns-qb-shedeur-sanders-gets-bad-news-after-gabriel-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=34356","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Browns QB Shedeur Sanders Gets Bad News After Gabriel Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236757655-rotated-e1759359681673.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236757655-rotated-e1759359681673.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236757655-rotated-e1759359681673.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2236757655-rotated-e1759359681673.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Browns QB Shedeur Sanders Gets Bad News After Gabriel Decision\" width=\"780\" height=\"441\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shedeur Sanders\u2019 uphill climb to get on the field this season with the Cleveland Browns has been steeper than anticipated.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns made a change at quarterback on Wednesday, replacing Joe Flacco with rookie Dillon Gabriel. However, it didn\u2019t change anything for Sanders, who remains as the No. 3 quarterback on the depth chart.<\/p>\n<p>Browns coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed that Flacco will serve as the primary backup to Gabriel for Week 5.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe\u2019s the backup,\u201d Stefanski said firmly.<\/p>\n<p>That keeps Sanders as the emergency quarterback on game day. He\u2019ll suit up but is officially inactive, only able to enter if both Gabriel and Flacco are knocked out of the game due to injury.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Preseason Flop Weighing Heavily on Browns QB Shedeur Sanders<\/h2>\n<p>Longtime Browns reporter Tony Grossi said that Sanders\u2019 final preseason performance has had a significant impact on how the former Colorado star is viewed by the Browns. Sanders played nearly the entire second half but completed just three of six passes for 14 yards. He was also sacked five times and was pulled late before a potential game-winning drive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pecking order was set from day one, and it never changed. The only thing that changed was Kenny Pickett was traded. You guys completely minimized that [Los Angeles] Rams game. Preseason games are important for rookies. If they don\u2019t improve from one appearance to the other, it\u2019s a setback, and that\u2019s what happened in the Rams game with Shedeur,\u201d Grossi said. \u201cI don\u2019t care what the circumstances were. It was an awful performance and it was a shock and revelation to the Browns. He\u2019s probably farther behind now than he was at the beginning of training camp.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;It was an awful performance and it was a shock and revelation to the Browns,&quot; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TonyGrossi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TonyGrossi<\/a> says Shedeur Sanders&#39; preseason performance against the Rams is a factor why he&#39;s still QB3. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mMxFPwPmUZ\">pic.twitter.com\/mMxFPwPmUZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN Cleveland (@ESPNCleveland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNCleveland\/status\/1973386394727743799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s another somewhat stunning development for Sanders, who has been handed quite a few since the draft. Many projected Sanders to be an early first-round pick. However, he fell to the fifth round, where the Browns selected him with pick No. 144.<\/p>\n<p>Deion Sanders confirmed that they told at least one team \u2014 the Baltimore Ravens \u2014 not to draft Shedeur. The goal was to get on the field early, where he couldn\u2019t do with an entrenched starter like Lamar Jackson atop the depth chart.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland seemed like a good landing spot for early playing time. However, Sanders does not appear close to seeing the field.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Shedeur Sanders Fires Back at Critics After Gabriel Decision<\/h2>\n<p>Sanders managed to make his own headlines after Gabriel was named the starter. While \u201cspeaking\u201d with reporters, Sanders mouthed his responses in silence.<\/p>\n<p>The mime performance by Sanders was apparently in response to former NFL coach Rex Ryan, who had criticized him during an appearance on ESPN\u2019s \u201cGet Up\u201d earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis kid talks and he runs his mouth. Like he said, \u2018I can be a starting quarterback\u2019 with his arms crossed like this. Get your (expletive) in the front row and study and do all that,\u201d Ryan said. \u201cIf I know, the whole league knows. Quit being an embarrassment that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the antics, Gabriel will draw the start for Week 5 in London. The Browns are a 3.5-point underdog against the Minnesota Vikings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shedeur Sanders faces a steep uphill climb if he hopes to get on the field this season with the Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34356","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>BREAKING : Browns QB Shedeur Sanders Gets Bad News After Gabriel Decision - 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=34356\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING : Browns QB Shedeur Sanders Gets Bad News After Gabriel Decision - 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