{"id":843852,"date":"2026-08-05T01:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T01:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/843852\/"},"modified":"2026-08-05T01:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T01:38:15","slug":"browns-shedeur-sanders-sit-last-in-nfl-execs-coaches-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/843852\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns’ Shedeur Sanders sit last in NFL execs, coaches rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"

The NFL preseason hasn\u2019t even started and Shedeur Sanders is catching strays around the league.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, The Athletic released its 2026 NFL quarterback tiers list<\/a>, in which 50 executives and coaches rank 35 NFL quarterbacks. The Browns second-year signal-caller came in last place and some voters, who all spoke on the condition of anonymity, weren\u2019t too kind about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d sleep like a baby if I got to play him every week,\u201d one defensive coordinator said.<\/p>\n

Each voter placed the quarterbacks into one of five tiers, from best (Tier 1) to worst (Tier 5), and then each was ranked by an average vote and placed into their respective tier.<\/p>\n

Sanders, son of Hall of Fame cornerback Dion Sanders, received one Tier 3 vote, 37 Tier 4 votes and 12 Tier 5 votes.<\/p>\n

\"ClevelandCleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders (2) throws a pass during training camp at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus in Berea, Ohio, on Tuesday, August 4, 2026. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n

Last season, Sanders threw for 1,400 yards, seven touchdowns and 10 interceptions across eight games (seven starts). He recorded a completion rate of 56. 6 percent.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old was only one of 37 quarterbacks to start at least seven games in 2025 and he ranked last among the group in EPA (expected points added) per pass play, per The Athletic. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s inaccurate at all three levels,\u201d an executive said in the voting. \u201cI can\u2019t tell if he is going to get better, but there\u2019s a huge gap between him and competent QB play.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ClevelandCleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders (2) on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus in Berea, Ohio. Ken Blaze-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not an on-time player, can\u2019t really read through the coverages, is a little bit heavy-footed,\u201d a coordinator added. \u201cHe is thicker and harder to tackle than expected, but you shouldn\u2019t lose to him.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, one voter gave some hope to Sanders as he is under offensive-minded coach Todd Monken, which they compared to the Bears\u2019 Caleb Williams under new head coach Ben Johnson.<\/p>\n

\u201cTodd Monken is a great reset in the same way Ben Johnson was a great reset in Chicago,\u201d the voter, an offensive coach, said. \u201cShedeur gets a fresh start with a no-nonsense, offensive-oriented coach who did a really good job with Lamar Jackson.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

What could be the difference to the offensive coach for Sanders if he comes out with a different mindset than that of his rookie year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Shedeur has really invested in himself to be a professional quarterback, studying the playbook and knowing his assignments and being able to get the offense in and out of the huddle at an efficient clip, which he could not do last year, then there might be some upside,\u201d the voter added.<\/p>\n

Monken has yet to make a decision on who is QB1 in Cleveland <\/a>between Sanders, Deshaun Watson and backup Dillon Gabriel.<\/p>\n

Watson, who did not play in 2025 while recovering from an Achilles injury, was ranked 31st on the tier list.<\/p>\n

He received one Tier 2 vote and two Tier 5 votes among 35 Tier 4 votes and 12 Tier 3 votes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NFL preseason hasn\u2019t even started and Shedeur Sanders is catching strays around the league. On Tuesday, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":843853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,1238,41610,21977,593,85,1236],"class_list":["post-843852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-deion-sanders","tag-deshaun-watson","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-training-camp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/843853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}