Shedeur Sanders speaks honestly about uncertain Browns future

Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed earlier this week that rookie Shedeur Sanders will serve as the club's starting quarterback through the end of this season. Nevertheless, questions remain regarding Sanders' future with the Browns beyond Week 18 of the ongoing campaign.

While speaking with reporters on Wednesday, Sanders acknowledged that "you don't know what could happen" during the offseason. 

Shedeur Sanders trying "to control what I can control"

"I just go here, enjoy my day, work hard, do everything I can, and if I'm here, I'm here," Sanders said, per Daniel Oyefusi of ESPN. "If I'm not, I'm not. It's nothing in my control. So I try to control what I can control, going out there, making the right reads, doing the right things, being the person I am, and things will fall how they're supposed to."

Sanders is coming off the best outing of his young career, during which he completed 23-of-42 passes for 364 yards with three touchdowns and an interception in Cleveland's 31-29 loss to the Tennessee Titans. He also rushed for a score in that defeat. 

Sanders has gone 1-2 as the Browns' QB1, and he will next lead the 3-10 club into a matchup at the 9-4 Chicago Bears. As of Wednesday afternoon, DraftKings Sportsbook had the Browns as 7.5-point underdogs for that game. 

Shedeur Sanders not thinking about Browns' future moves

It appears that the Browns regime made up of head coach Kevin Stefanski and general manager Andrew Berry could remain intact for another offseason. That regime drafted Sanders this past spring, but it also possesses multiple high-value draft picks that could be used to acquire a new starting signal-caller next year. 

Additionally, injured quarterback Deshaun Watson is expected to be with the Browns for at least one more season. On Wednesday, Sanders suggested he's doing everything possible to ignore such outside noise.

"That's not in my focus," Sanders added. "My focus right now is the team I'm playing ahead, the Bears. Anything past that, I'm not really focused on, honestly. I'm thankful for it, but I'm not content with my situation with everything, with leading this team."