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Shedeur Sanders Earns Praise After Miscue at Browns Practice

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Nathan Dougherty | Last updated Jun 6, 2025 10:31 AM ET

Shedeur Sanders got off on the wrong foot at Cleveland Browns' practice this week, but recovered well enough to earn a strong prediction for his future.

As reporter Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com noted, Sanders slipped and fell on the opening play of the team's 11-on-11 drills but bounced back to throw a completion to undrafted rookie Gage Larvadian. Sanders had another shaky moment when he threw a would-be touchdown to Kaden Davis before it was revealed that the receiver's foot was out of bounds in the end zone.

Though neither play was perfect, Cabot wrote that it represented a good sign for the fifth-round pick's standing in the crowded Browns quarterback room.

"Still, it was an excellent throw by Sanders, and a good sign that he’s made enough progress to earn some of those coveted 11-on-11 reps in the four-way quarterback competition, even if they weren’t with and against the first-teamers," Cabot wrote.

Sanders faces a tall task in climbing the depth chart in Cleveland, coming in behind veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett as well as higher-drafted rookie Dillon Gabriel. Cabot noted that Sanders is still at the bottom of the pecking order.

"On Wednesday, he was the only one of the three quarterbacks that didn’t get any snaps with the first-team offense, and worked alone on one of the fields for some of the modified 7-on-7s while the other three worked on the opposite field," Cabot wrote.

But Sanders has been earning some good reviews from the Browns coaching staff, with offensive coordinator Tommy Rees saying Sanders has "worked his tail off" since arriving in Cleveland.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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