Some believe Browns rookie Shedeur Sanders is not getting a fair shot at the starting QB job in Cleveland.
Local radio host Ken Carman is not among them.
“They are doing everything they can to provide the fairest shot possible for him,” Carman said on his titular 92.3 The Fan show on Thursday. “I will take it to my grave, whether it’s in the next minute, the next 30 minutes, or the next 30 years, I will take it to my grave and say it right to St. Peter’s face: They are doing nothing to try to break a quarterback.
“They’re doing nothing to try to break Shedeur Sanders. Especially Shedeur Sanders. For anybody out there who is not a real brown fans who might be listening to this, I’m telling you right now, shaking as hard as I can, they are not doing anything to try to sabotage, or try to break Shedeur Sanders or to not be fair to Shedeur Sanders.”
Sanders entered Browns camp as the fourth QB on the depth chart and as a polarizing figure in football.
His draft slide to the fifth round was among the weekend’s biggest shockers — and it came after the team selected quarterback Dillon Gabriel two rounds earlier.
The rookies entered camp behind veterans Kenny Pickett and Joe Flacco — with Gabriel moving up to the No. 2 spot with Pickett sidelined and Sanders not getting any time with the first-team offense.
Those who point to Sanders’ lack of a opportunity as an attempt to quickly diminish him are wrong, according to Carman.
“How many jerseys did he already sell? How many autographs has he already signed in Greater Cleveland? How many events has he already had in Greater Cleveland?,” Carman continued. “How much charitable contribution has this man made to society over the last umpteen years here, or at least the last four since he was at Jackson State, and certainly probably before because of who his father is. How many things has he done?”
The Browns have not named a Week 1 starter yet, but all signs point to 40-year-old Flacco being the man under center.
The Browns open their preseason against the Panthers on Aug. 8 — whether Sanders will see any playing time remains to be seen.