Browns' Todd Monken gives Shedeur Sanders a pass, Colorado offense wasn't NFL ready
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Browns' Todd Monken gives Shedeur Sanders a pass, Colorado offense wasn't NFL ready originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Cleveland Browns introduced Todd Monken as their new head coach just shy of three months ago.
Since then, good news has come for Shedeur Sanders and his future. The very atypical rookie season ended with a trip to the Pro Bowl, but it got off to a rough start. An unprecedented draft slide, no early reps with the starters, practice reps to equipment staff and a fan base questioning depth charts and reps on a daily basis.
All of that was before September. Sanders would eventually start and held the starting position through the end of the season. Despite fan narratives, Sanders progressed in exactly the way he needed to in order to be in the position he's in now.
He was never going to play early. The goal was to finish the season QB1 and force a conversation. Sanders seems to have won as no credible source expects Cleveland to draft a quarterback in the first 40 picks of the 2026 NFL Draft.
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