{"id":39563,"date":"2025-12-12T12:06:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563"},"modified":"2025-12-12T12:06:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:06:39","slug":"browns-coach-makes-telling-statement-on-shedeur-sanders-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563","title":{"rendered":"Browns Coach Makes Telling Statement on Shedeur Sanders Future"},"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\/12\/GettyImages-2250545857_5fd37b-e1765539791751.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250545857_5fd37b-e1765539791751.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250545857_5fd37b-e1765539791751.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250545857_5fd37b-e1765539791751.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Browns Coach Makes Telling Statement on Shedeur Sanders Future\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>As much as the notion of the Browns having found their quarterback of the future in Shedeur Sanders sounds like fun, the fact remains that he is a 23-year-old rookie with three starts under his belt whose film is decidedly questionable. It\u2019s been the mantra of any coach who has watched Sanders to this point: He\u2019s done some things well, and he simultaneously needs massive improvement.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns are planning to give Sanders the reins for the final four games of this season, as has already been announced. He will have had seven starts under his belt when this year winds up so now, naturally, the question that looms for the Browns is whether that\u2019s enough. He has, in three starts (eliminating his disastrous relief appearance against the Ravens), gone 50-for-87 passing (57.5%) with 722 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions. He has been sacked six times and has a rating of 94.1.<\/p>\n<p>The debate over whether the Browns should have given Sanders the QB1 job earlier is a moot one now\u2013certainly, they wanted to give third-round pick Dillon Gabriel a chance, and they did that. But the debate going forward will be whether Sanders did enough in his short amount of time to show he should have the job in 2026.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Browns \u2018Taking It One Day at a Time\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>That is essentially what Browns offensive coordinator Tommy Rees was asked on Thursday: Does he now, and does he expect to by the end of the year, have enough information to make a choice on Sanders as the team\u2019s next starting quarterback (assuming, of course, Rees is still with the Browns a month from now).<\/p>\n<p>Rees said that the Browns are focusing on the now\u2013an indication that they\u2019re a long way yet from committing to Sanders beyond four more weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re taking it one day at a time. I think you learn about quarterbacks in year five, in year 10,\u201d he said. \u201cLike, I don\u2019t think you ever stop learning and evolving with those players. You know, certainly, we\u2019re going to pour everything we have into our group right now and going to continue to find ways to improve and find ways to, you know, put emphasis on certain things and continue to get him, you know, ready to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5650954\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2248452648_6e3af5-e1765505955945.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300\" alt=\"Browns Coach Makes Telling Statement on Shedeur Sanders Future\" width=\"868\" height=\"486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5650954\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5650954\">GettyBrowns offensive coordinator Tommy Rees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Shedeur Sanders Showing Improvement for Browns<\/h2>\n<p>Again, there is the possibility that Shedeur Sanders will be the Browns quarterback in 2026. But one of the frustrations already for this franchise is that it\u2019s going to once again go into an offseason and into a training camp with uncertainty at the most important position on the field.<\/p>\n<p>Still, on the plus side, Rees acknowledged some improvements from Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the improvement, you know, you\u2019re looking at all your players, all your young players to see just gradual improvement on the areas that you\u2019re focused on,\u201d he said. \u201cI thought he did a really nice job of moving in the pocket, stepping up in the pocket. You know, he had some opportunities to step up and attack the defense, whether it was throwing the ball on the move. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought operationally we were clean and that\u2019s what you\u2019re after with all your players, specifically the young guys are the things that you\u2019re trying to ask them to do and are the things that you\u2019re focused on being accomplished and credit to him and credit to Coach Mus (Bill Musgrave) for continuing to get him ready to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders still has much to prove before he is granted the 2026 starting job, but improvements are there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39563","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>Browns Coach Makes Telling Statement on Shedeur Sanders Future - 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=39563\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Browns Coach Makes Telling Statement on Shedeur Sanders Future - Breaking News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders still has much to prove before he is granted the 2026 starting job, but improvements are there.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Breaking News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-12T12:06:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/browns-25.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"MrKen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"MrKen\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563\",\"name\":\"Browns Coach Makes Telling Statement on Shedeur Sanders Future - Breaking News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/browns-25.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-12T12:06:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-12T12:06:39+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b503ba061d907097809c4aa8a240af15\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/browns-25.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/browns-25.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Browns Coach Makes Telling Statement on Shedeur Sanders Future\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"Breaking News\",\"description\":\"Explore top US sports stories, and live updates\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b503ba061d907097809c4aa8a240af15\",\"name\":\"MrKen\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"MrKen\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Browns Coach Makes Telling Statement on Shedeur Sanders Future - Breaking News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Browns Coach Makes Telling Statement on Shedeur Sanders Future - Breaking News","og_description":"Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders still has much to prove before he is granted the 2026 starting job, but improvements are there.","og_url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563","og_site_name":"Breaking News","article_published_time":"2025-12-12T12:06:39+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/browns-25.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"MrKen","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"MrKen","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563","url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563","name":"Browns Coach Makes Telling Statement on Shedeur Sanders Future - Breaking News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/browns-25.png","datePublished":"2025-12-12T12:06:39+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-12T12:06:39+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b503ba061d907097809c4aa8a240af15"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/browns-25.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/browns-25.png","width":1080,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39563#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Browns Coach Makes Telling Statement on Shedeur Sanders Future"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/","name":"Breaking News","description":"Explore top US sports stories, and live updates","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b503ba061d907097809c4aa8a240af15","name":"MrKen","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"MrKen"},"url":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39565,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39563\/revisions\/39565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}