{"id":40714,"date":"2025-07-27T08:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/40714\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T08:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T08:38:10","slug":"browns-gm-calls-out-shedeur-sanders-for-not-smart-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/40714\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns GM calls out Shedeur Sanders for &#8216;not smart&#8217; offseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/04\/26\/sports\/shedeur-sanders-finally-lands-with-browns-in-fifth-round-to-end-dramatic-nfl-draft-tumble\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shedeur Sanders\u2019 slide to the fifth round<\/a> of the draft was based in no small part on questions about his maturity, which led to the perception he would become a distraction.<\/p>\n<p>That already appears to be playing out in the public eye.<\/p>\n<p>Browns general manager Andrew Berry was forced to address the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/19\/sports\/shedeur-sanders-was-cited-for-two-speeding-tickets\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two speeding tickets<\/a> for which Sanders was cited this offseason, and said the team has discussed it with Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot smart. Just not smart,\u201d Berry told reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s something that we\u2019ve addressed with him. Look, he understands the implications, he understands the consequences. It\u2019s not just about yourself. It\u2019s not just about having a joyride, but that you could injure other people. \u2026 A deer or something cuts in front of you, your reaction time, it\u2019s just dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36653077\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2227119066.jpg\" alt=\"Quarterback Shedeur Sanders #12 of the Cleveland Browns reviews plays during training camp at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on July 26, 2025 in Berea, Ohio. \" class=\"wp-image-36653077\"  \/>Quarterback Shedeur Sanders of the Cleveland Browns reviews plays during training camp at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on July 26, 2025 in Berea, Ohio.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Both of Sanders\u2019 tickets came in June. He was first pulled over for driving 91 mph in a 65 mph zone, then for going 101 mph in a 60 mph zone.<\/p>\n<p>The former Colorado quarterback\u00a0was a lightning rod throughout the draft process before dramatically sliding not only out of the first round, but all the way to day three.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019ll have a chance to win reps during training camp, but so far, it appears that he\u2019s behind third-round pick Dillon Gabriel, Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett on the depth chart.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders and Gabriel are likely competing for the QB3 spot on the roster, and the loser will be relegated to the practice squad.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"36653085\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AP_Browns_Berry_Football_44690-6c731-0.jpg\" alt=\"Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry walks on the field during NFL football minicamp in Berea, Ohio, Thursday, June 12, 2025.\" class=\"wp-image-36653085\"  \/>Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry walks on the field during NFL football minicamp in Berea, Ohio, Thursday, June 12, 2025. AP<\/p>\n<p>If Sanders is put on the practice squad, other teams will have the chance to sign him, but it\u2019s not clear how likely that would be.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, it seems his training camp is not off to an ideal start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shedeur Sanders\u2019 slide to the fifth round of the draft was based in no small part on questions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[1799,349,8394,99,14594],"class_list":["post-40714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-nfl","tag-shedeur-sanders","tag-sports","tag-training-camp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}