Shedeur Sanders branded a distraction by former Super Bowl champion
Posted on: October 15, 2025, 03:25h.
Last updated on: October 15, 2025, 03:25h.
Another week has gone by in the NFL and for the Cleveland Browns the Shedeur Sanders attention will just not fade away.
Perhaps the biggest contributor to the noise around Sanders is the lacklustre play at the quarterback position, first Kevin Stefanski opted to go with experience and selected Joe Flacco as the starting quarterback.
And with only one win on the season, the reins were handed to third round pick Dillon Gabriel, but the former Oregon Duck has struggled in his two starts leaving fans to speculate as to whether Sanders will see the field as the starting quarterback this season.
Former Kansas City Chiefs offensive tackle Mitchell Schwartz told Casino.org that the way Sanders has marketed himself has made the former Colorado Buffalo a distraction and that could cause him problems as he looks to maintain his NFL career.
“It’s been an odd situation, to say the least. I know there’s been some moments where it’s looked like things aren’t going the way he wants them to go. I didn’t watch too much of him in college, but I know there’s some stuff that he does really well.
“Teams don’t like having guys who aren’t necessarily playing or earning the right to be talked about that much or to be asked about that much. It can cause a bit of distraction.
“It’s those situations when you’re an offensive lineman for example, suddenly you’re getting interviewed on a Thursday after a long practice, and they’re asking you about the third string quarterback. To you, that’s annoying. It’s not something you want to talk about. It’s not something you feel like you need to address or discuss.”
A bizarre interview with Sanders where he mimed all of his answers following Gabriel’s anointment as Browns starting quarterback drew criticism from many corners of the NFL media. And it appears that is the sort of behaviour that Schwartz is alluding to when he says that the quarterback brings attention to himself.
“I don’t think you could say that he doesn’t want the attention. He clearly does and clearly likes it. He likes the money he earned in college, and the money he’s earning from it now.
“So when you are the backup or the third string and you bring that into an organization, and you could say he’s asked for a lot of it based on marketing himself the way he has, the way his father has, putting himself out there, having the videos and the shows and the endorsements.
“It’s just in the NFL, that only flies so much if you’re not producing on the field. We’ll see if he gets his chance. I think he, based on what we’ve seen in the last two weeks out of Gabriel, will get that chance, and we’ll see what he can do with it. Hopefully, he’s prepared.”
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