Guess Shedeur Sanders didn’t get the memo that an NFL quarterbacks job doesn’t start at the line of scrimmage.
The gig starts the moment you sign that contract to represent the name on the front and back of your jersey. In today’s meme-verse, being a quarterback is equal parts tactician, politician, and brand ambassador.
Sanders’ latest stunt, silently miming his answers after the Browns announced a quarterback change was, in two words, pure cringe. It’s now everyone’s problem in Cleveland.
The season started less than a month ago and already Sanders is failing at the one part of the gig that can’t be measured by QBR or passer rating: perception.
If he was trying to frame a narrative with a quirky dodge, it did not. It came off as unserious conduct, a spotlight-steal gone horrifically wrong.
For fans and Cleveland’s front office, it’s just the latest bad optic courtesy of Sanders. Now, serious people around the league are questioning his maturity.
Jason McCourty, Super Bowl champion and current CBS/ESPN analyst, didn’t mince words in his reaction: “You’ve got to grow up in the league.”
He pointed out that Sanders has been in the spotlight his whole life but the NFL is different.
The third-string quarterback isn’t supposed to go viral for locker-room antics.
McCourty clocked it: No team wants their possible future starter behaving like that, because maturity and professionalism are just as critical as arm strength or footwork.
What Sanders thought was a playful shot at Rex Ryan quickly became about his readiness for the NFL stage.
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