There are a lot of coaches out there who fit this description.
Inshallah.
Why does it "look that way"?Stefanski is waiting to name a backup QB later this week. Not set in cement, but looks like Billy Zappe may get elevated from the practice squad to be the #2 behind Dillon Gabriel.
Some within can only push this narrative for so long without proof. Especially when that's not what I've heard.
The last words uttered before diving into the Cuyahoga
Way to go Ohio
not just productive starter, fourth in MVP odds right now.
We don't know what is going on behind closed doors, that's right. Let's talk about things we know to be facts though. 26 years and 41 QBs and counting. Only one with the potential to be a franchise QB but the Browns ran him off to become one for another team. Why the heck would anyone trust what the Browns are telling us about QBs.
This, I've said it before. With all of the high draft choices, including some 1st pick in the draft guys nobody can convince me that every single one of those guys wasn't an NFL level talent at QB. Getting drafted as a QB by the Browns has historically been a career killer. Some other teams have been similar, the Jets for example, but I don't think and have as extensive a record of ruining QB prospects.
Of all 41 starters, Couch and Mayfield had MVP talent during their time with the Browns. I had both players as QB1 in their draft class. Manizel, Quinn, and Kizer had pro bowler potential. Of course, none reached their potential with the Browns. Mayfield got out soon enough and it did major damage to him. Had to bounce around a couple times and got a shot with Tampa and he's still not fully forgiven because of the Browns experience.
About those Browns "insiders"....
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That feels like someone who is just ranting with an opinion and throws in a “my source close on the team said they should have just traded him” line just to pretend they’re credible.The Athletic:
“Cut Sanders, just as the Philadelphia Eagles did with sixth-round quarterback Kyle McCord and countless other teams do every year with countless other late-round rookie quarterbacks, and end this silly madness. McCord returned to Philadelphia on the practice squad. The Browns are protecting Sanders on their 53-man roster so another team can’t pluck him off their practice squad, yet they’re about to promote Zappe from the practice squad ahead of him. When else has that ever happened?
Stefanski is constantly peppered with questions about the third-string quarterback. Gabriel, whom the Browns spent a third-round pick on and whom they actually like, is constantly badgered with questions about his backup.
Stop forcing Gabriel into this untenable position where every word out of his mouth is judged as to whether it’s a shot at Shedeur. Stop forcing the head coach to field questions about the third-string quarterback every week. Just stop.
If the Browns could get fifth-round picks for both Kenny Pickett and Flacco, they ought to be able to recoup the fifth they spent on Sanders last spring. I had one member of the organization tell me a few weeks ago that they should’ve traded him for a draft pick immediately after his preseason showing against the Carolina Panthers. We already know the Ravens and Eagles were ready to take him in the fifth round. Maybe the Ravens will still want him. Is it a risk trading him within the division? Of course. But at this point, it feels like a risk keeping him in the building.
Cut him. Trade him. Whatever. Let him become someone else’s daily topic of conversation. At 1-4, the Browns have enough problems. Clearly, he isn’t viewed as one of the solutions.“
Shedeur Sanders saga needs to end for the Browns to move ahead
There are only two reasons why Sanders is still on the team. Either the owner is requiring it or there's a fear he'll develop elsewhere.
Jason Loyd, Dustin Fox, Mary Kay, and Grossi are crashing out in full time. It's hilarious to watch in real time.The Athletic:
“Cut Sanders, just as the Philadelphia Eagles did with sixth-round quarterback Kyle McCord and countless other teams do every year with countless other late-round rookie quarterbacks, and end this silly madness. McCord returned to Philadelphia on the practice squad. The Browns are protecting Sanders on their 53-man roster so another team can’t pluck him off their practice squad, yet they’re about to promote Zappe from the practice squad ahead of him. When else has that ever happened?
Stefanski is constantly peppered with questions about the third-string quarterback. Gabriel, whom the Browns spent a third-round pick on and whom they actually like, is constantly badgered with questions about his backup.
Stop forcing Gabriel into this untenable position where every word out of his mouth is judged as to whether it’s a shot at Shedeur. Stop forcing the head coach to field questions about the third-string quarterback every week. Just stop.
If the Browns could get fifth-round picks for both Kenny Pickett and Flacco, they ought to be able to recoup the fifth they spent on Sanders last spring. I had one member of the organization tell me a few weeks ago that they should’ve traded him for a draft pick immediately after his preseason showing against the Carolina Panthers. We already know the Ravens and Eagles were ready to take him in the fifth round. Maybe the Ravens will still want him. Is it a risk trading him within the division? Of course. But at this point, it feels like a risk keeping him in the building.
Cut him. Trade him. Whatever. Let him become someone else’s daily topic of conversation. At 1-4, the Browns have enough problems. Clearly, he isn’t viewed as one of the solutions.“
Shedeur Sanders saga needs to end for the Browns to move ahead
There are only two reasons why Sanders is still on the team. Either the owner is requiring it or there's a fear he'll develop elsewhere.
