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The rookie told ESPN that he now feels “10 times more comfortable in this space” than when he started with the offensive.
Berea, Ohio – days before the last preseason game of the Cleveland Browns against Los Angeles Rams at the end of August, Shedeur Sanders He aligned for an unusual repetition of practice against the titular defense of Cleveland.
With the Cazamaiscals star Myles Garrett In his peripheral vision, the rookie field marshal began to work against the starting defense with a group of aspiring as a template.
In the following days, Sanders' position in the workforce of 53 men from the Browns was officially insured. He was one of the three field marshal, along with Joe Flacco And also the rookie Dillon Gabrielthat they stayed with the team. However, those August practice repetitions, prior to the last preseason game, were a look at their immediate future in the NFL. Since then, Sanders has directed the team of Cazatalantos as the third field marshal and continues to learn while waiting for his opportunity, one that his father, Deion Sanders, a member of the Hall of Fame of Professional American Football and coach of Colorado, predicted that this season will arrive.
A month after his rookie season, and in the midst of the debates about his decision not to go to Baltimore to be the substitute for the Baltimore Ravens Campo Marshal, Lamar JacksonShedeur Sanders recently declared ESPN that he was “grateful” for his situation in Cleveland.
“It's fun to go out and compete every day,” Sanders told ESPN in an interview last week. “I am grateful for my situation. I am grateful to see American football from a different perspective and have a different perspective than I had, and to be able to grow mentally, physically and emotionally, in everything, to become my best version.
“So that's what excites me so much: every time I can prove it, whether this year or not, I know that in the end I am approaching where I want to be.”
Sanders has had an unexpected beginning in his NFL career: from the alleged first round selection to the selection of the third day and his learning as the third quartback of the exploration team, but he believes that this beginning has prepared it better for its time, when it is presented.
After an outstanding university career In the FCS programs, Jackson State and Colorado, playing for his father in both stages, Sanders was the best -valued field marshal prospect by the ESPN Draft analyst, Mel Kiper Jr., before falling on the third day. Adam Schefter of ESPN reported earlier this month that the Ravens intended to recruit Sanders with the number 141. However, Sanders made it clear that he did not want to be a substitute for Jackson, 28, twice winner of the NFL most valuable player award, who was not going to lose his position as a seafood of Baltimore Field in the next future.
The Ravens overlooked the selection of the Campo de Colorado Marshal, and the Browns, with a vacancy in the position, amounted to the 144th place to recruit Sanders. It was the second field marshal that Cleveland chose in the April Draft, after Gabriel, who was selected in the 94th position in the third round.
Although Shedeur recently avoided a question about the validity of the report, Deion confirmed it during an appearance in the podcast “New Heights” by Jason and Travis Kelcepublished on Monday.
“I played for Baltimore, so (the former general manager of the Ravens, Ozzie Newsome) and I got along,” said Deion. “We understood all the conversation, and he wanted to talk to Shedeur as much as with me. And I called him on the phone, and I don't want to say how it was, but how is it possible that someone blames him for saying or thinking: 'Why would he return to Lamar for 10 more years?' I have never sat on the bank and said: 'Well, I learned a lot today. ”
The Browns organized a field marshal competition during the training camp, but Sanders had no repetitions such as Flacco, Gabriel or Kenny Pickettwho was transferred to Las Vegas Raiders before the template cut day on August 25.
Before Flacco was appointed headline, Sanders took the opportunity to be a starter in the first preseason game of the Browns. He launched two TouchDowns in the victory against the Carolina Panthers, but had difficulties in the last preseason match against the Rams and was captured five times.
When Flacco was appointed headline before the last preseason game, Sanders embraced his immediate future: learning from the bank and focusing on the field seafood repetitions of the exploration team.
Sanders, like everyone Quarterbacks, study the weekly game plan just in case you have to play. During the Browns' practice period, approximately 15 minutes and open to the press, Sanders performs individual exercises with their peers.
The offensive positions are divided into two groups: at one end of the field, Flacco and Gabriel launch other receptors that are expected to be active on the day of the game, while the offensive coordinator Tommy Rees and the Campales de Campo Bill Musgrave coach supervises the operation. At the other end, Sanders and the field marshal of the practices team, Bailey Zappethey mimic the exercises, launching passes to the players of the practices team while the air game coordinator Nick Charlton and the assistant coach of open receptors Stephen Bravo-Brown give instructions.
Once the observation period ends and journalists retire, Sanders shares time with the offensive of the exploration team along with Gabriel and Zappe while the preparation of the game begins. The exploration team is mainly composed of players of the practices and members of the active staff that will be inactive on game day. Sanders also usually remains after training to make repetitions of plays designed for the preparation of Flacco and Gabriel.
The ultimate goal of the exploration team is to prepare the headlines for the rival, but there is also real competition. “Sometimes they catch them and sometimes they catch you,” Zappe said.
Sanders states that the concepts are key during the repetitions of the exploration team.
“Every time you throw the ball, there is only one limit to reach different positions,” he said. “I simply enjoy it and, as I say, that is my game day. It is my game day. To be able to go out and face those who are in the initial position, because I am not there to be the midfielder. I am there to take a real look. They have the luxury of having a field marshal of the NFL training every day and great receptors, and honestly, the entire practices team, the exploration team, could be a starter. Grateful, really. “
The official Sanders game days are uniformed as the third inactive (but emergency) quarterback of the team, listening to the plays through a headset. The attention of the offensive coaching staff focuses on Flacco and the general operation: coach Kevin Stefanski transmits the plays, Rees supervises from the coaches and Musgrave informs Flacco in the band between each possession.
Sanders usually walks through the band and observe the game, talking with his teammates. Declared ESPN that, sometimes, he talks about the party and situations with Deshaun Watsonwho is in the list of incapacitated to play for physical problems while recovering from an Achilles tendon injury.
Being substitute is a change for Sanders and Gabriel, since they both had long university careers as headlines, but now they try to learn with limited training repetitions during the week. During the local transmission of the last preseason game of the Browns against the Rams, General Manager Andrew Berry compared Sanders's transition to professionalism with that of someone who “speaks English fluently and now has to learn Mandarin.”
“Since I arrived until now, I feel ten times more comfortable in this offensive space,” Sanders added. “So it almost guarantees a certain level of success when you go out and you have the opportunity.”
Even though your father He predicted that Shedeur would start at some point in this season, there is a long way to get to that reality.
The Browns (1-2) and their offensive have had difficulties with Flacco as a field marshal, but Stefanski has maintained his commitment to the veteran of 40 years despite the repeated questions about a change. Stefanski said “That is not really my approach” when asked about giving Gabriel more opportunities after the overwhelming defeat against the Ravens in week 2.
“If you see the field marshal play in the league right now, I know that I am able to do better,” Sanders told ESPN Cleveland on Thursday.
Meanwhile, the state of Watson, who has published training videos in its social networks where it shows how the activity in its operated Achilles tendon increases, remains uncertain.
“I really don't compare anyone's story with mine, and I, as a believer in God, I know I'm going to have a chance,” Sanders said.
“Everything that happens is intentional and nothing affects you. Of course I want to start, but the reality is that I am not going to start, and that is fine because I can live those repetitions through Joe. I can live those repetitions talking with Deshaun, through Dillon, through everyone present. So I feel happy to be able to see different perspectives.”
