{"id":43744,"date":"2025-08-04T04:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T04:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/43744\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T04:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T04:05:09","slug":"former-nfl-qb-predicts-shedeur-sanders-to-be-traded-just-months-after-cu-buffs-legend-slid-in-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/43744\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NFL QB predicts Shedeur Sanders to be traded just months after CU Buffs legend slid in draft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shedeur Sanders missed Saturday&#8217;s Cleveland Browns practice with what was called soreness in his throwing arm.<\/p>\n<p>One former NFL quarterback thinks that could actually mean something else for the Colorado Buffaloes star who went in the fifth round, pick No. 144 overall, to Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what Kurt Benkert wrote on X:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is what they do before a trade <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/exY2otcuJq\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/exY2otcuJq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kurt Benkert (@KurtBenkert) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtBenkert\/status\/1952182722194964482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">August 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Benkert, who played for the Packers briefly, doesn&#8217;t go on to explain his logic, leaving it up to all of us to figure out what he means.<\/p>\n<p>Likely, he&#8217;s centering around the idea that certain narratives get started to advance certain causes.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\/news\/lamar-jackson-ravens-unkindness\/d8f177581ef431b791fc715b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lamar Jackson wants Ravens to be an unkindness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If Sanders is hurt, and therefore a bit out of the running for the Browns&#8217; QB depth chart, maybe the best option is to trade him.<\/p>\n<p>That way, it doesn&#8217;t seem as much like the Browns are cutting their losses on a guy they just drafted less than four months ago.<\/p>\n<p>If Benkert means something else, maybe he&#8217;ll resurface on X and explain himself.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders&#8217; injury is certainly unfortunate timing, because he&#8217;d been playing pretty well in training camp. Hopefully for his sake, he can get back on the field soon.<\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/tampa-bay-buccaneers\/news\/buccaneers-coach-reveals-shilo-sanders-chances-making-tampa-bay-nfl-roster\/fa969dae79dd1a53adbd7aab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Buccaneers&#8217; coach reveals chances of Shilo Sanders making Tampa Bay NFL roster<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s tough enough to be in a four-man competition with Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel, even without an injury.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s still a month to go here, and a slate full of preseason games. Maybe a trade does come down the line.<\/p>\n<p>But it&#8217;d be a lot more interesting if Sanders first got to see preseason action for Cleveland and show what he can do in a game setting. From there, the Browns will have plenty of decisions still to make on the Colorado great, the Oregon star Gabriel and the two veterans Flacco and Pickett.<\/p>\n<p>MORE NFL NEWS:<\/p>\n<p>                        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shedeur Sanders missed Saturday&#8217;s Cleveland Browns practice with what was called soreness in his throwing arm. 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