Deion thinks Shedeur will start for Browns in '25

Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, the caput shot manager astatine Colorado and begetter of rookie backmost Shedeur Sanders, said helium anticipates that his lad volition commencement for the Cleveland Browns this season.

Speaking during an quality connected Jason and Travis Kelce's "New Heights" podcast released Monday, Deion Sanders was asked what proposal helium has for his son.

"Be diligent and beryllium ready," helium said. "You got to beryllium acceptable erstwhile it's time. But erstwhile it's time, you're going to know. And it's coming up. I got a prediction. I ain't telling nobody. I got a feeling erstwhile it's going to spell down. But it's going to spell down this year. ... He's going to get a shot."

Sanders besides confirmed a erstwhile ESPN study that his lad told the Baltimore Ravens not to prime him successful the 2025 NFL draft. He besides revealed that the Philadelphia Eagles called connected the 3rd time of the draft.

ESPN's Adam Schefter reported connected Sept. 13 that the Ravens were readying to draught Shedeur Sanders successful the 5th circular with the No. 141 pick. However, the erstwhile Colorado prima who played for his father, fto it beryllium known to Baltimore that helium didn't privation to beryllium connected a roster with Lamar Jackson, wherever helium wouldn't person a accidental to play anytime soon.

Deion Sanders explained his son's mindset.

"I played for Baltimore, truthful maine and [former Ravens wide manager] Ozzie [Newsome] are cool," Deion said. "We understood that full speech and helium wanted to speech to Shedeur, arsenic good arsenic helium wanted to speech to me. And I enactment Shedeur connected the telephone and I don't privation to accidental however it went but however successful the satellite tin idiosyncratic responsibility him for saying oregon thinking, 'Why successful the satellite would I spell backmost up Lamar [Jackson] for 10 much years?'

"I've ne'er sat connected the seat and said, 'Well, I learned a batch today.'"

The Ravens alternatively drafted violative lineman Carson Vinson with the 141st prime and the Browns traded up to the 144th prime to prime Shedeur Sanders. Currently, helium is 3rd connected Cleveland's extent illustration down starter Joe Flacco and chap rookie Dillon Gabriel, who was taken successful the 3rd round. Sanders has been moving the scout-team discourtesy successful practice, on with Gabriel and signifier squad backmost Bailey Zappe.

"My effect is I'm focused connected the now," Shedeur Sanders said aft the Browns' nonaccomplishment to the Ravens successful Week 2. "I don't truly speech astir thing successful the past and immoderate happened successful the past, it is what it is. I'm much focused connected now. I'm much focused connected however this crippled that we conscionable gone and had and figuring retired however to determination guardant from now."

The Browns are 1-2 but secured their archetypal triumph of the play with a 13-10 triumph implicit the Green Bay Packers connected Sunday. Flacco, successful his 2nd stint with Cleveland, has struggled, throwing the second-most interceptions successful the NFL (four) and posting a 38.2 Total QBR, which ranks 28th retired of 32 qualifying quarterbacks. Coach Kevin Stefanski, though, said Flacco volition commencement successful the Browns' Week 4 roadworthy crippled against the Read Entire Article