BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders and wide receiver Jerry Jeudy on Wednesday downplayed a heated sideline interaction that was caught Sunday during the team\u2019s 26-8 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.<\/p>\n
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, CBS cameras showed Jeudy animatedly clapping his hands and talking to Sanders while they looked over a play on a sideline tablet. Sanders stood up and responded to Jeudy before seemingly shaking his head in disagreement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe resolved that,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to speak on that.<\/p>\n
Said Jeudy: \u201cWe spoke about it. We\u2019re good. … It\u2019s an emotional sport. Things like that happen. It\u2019s football.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jeudy, who set career-best marks for receptions (90) and receiving yards (1,229) and was named to his first Pro Bowl last season, has struggled this season. He\u2019s on pace for a career low in receptions and has only caught one touchdown pass. Jeudy has also dropped six passes, tied for the third most in the NFL.<\/p>\n
Sanders, a fifth-round pick who is set for his third start Sunday against the Tennessee Titans, has spoken about needing more time to develop a rapport with Jeudy. Sanders, who began his NFL career as the fourth quarterback on the depth chart, did not receive any reps with the first-team offense until he was named the starting quarterback in Week 12.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hardest thing in this game and right now is having trust, having trust in everybody,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cCertain movements, certain things, it\u2019s so detailed, and that\u2019s how I play very comfortably. That\u2019s how I get in my comfort zone, that\u2019s how I get in my bag, that\u2019s how I\u2019m able to do that.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s different, because this is a different year. It\u2019s not a traditional way. It\u2019s not a traditional situation, and that\u2019s OK because it\u2019s a challenge. And I know we\u2019re going to be able to overcome the challenge. But it just expedites everything. You just go out there and take risks. It is what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked if he would have handled the interaction differently, Jeudy said, \u201cProbably talk to him off camera, that\u2019s probably what I would have done differently. I\u2019m going to speak my mind and say what I see out there, but it is what it is. It\u2019s football. Me and Shedeur good. Stuff like that happens.\u201d<\/p>\n
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski on Monday said the interaction had been addressed internally.<\/p>\n
\u201cFootball is an emotional sport,\u201d Stefanski said, \u201cand certainly when you\u2019re a family like we are, you can have your disagreements. Sometimes they\u2019re for everybody to see. Sometimes it\u2019s behind closed doors. But like a family, we move on, we talk about it, so not worried about it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders and wide receiver Jerry Jeudy on Wednesday downplayed a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,130984,143138,514,130985,82],"class_list":["post-323235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cleveland-browns-sports-football-team-team-statscom-329","tag-jerry-jeudy-sports-football-player-player-statscom-973935","tag-nfl","tag-shedeur-sanders-sports-football-player-player-statscom-1272321","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}