Cleveland Browns coaching staff called out for treatment of Colorado Buffaloes football legend Shedeur Sanders

Xaiver Aguiar

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There might not be an expiration date on the "Summer of Shedeur Sanders."

Despite the disastrous draft slide and landing with the NFL's premier dumpster fire franchise, the Cleveland Browns, the 23-year-old has been the face of the offseason.

Every day, there are new reports about his performance in camp, with such glowing remarks; it's a wonder why some beat writers don't make the hour trek down the road to start working on his bust in Canton.

"ShedeurMania" is running wild, but is it time to start believing the hype?

One prominent FOX Sports analyst suggests the team needs to start subscribing to the fact that Shedeur is the signal-caller of the future.

On a recent episode of his show "The Herd," Colin Cowherd suggested the Browns have their golden ticket; they just haven't quite realized it yet.

"I think the Cleveland Browns have stumbled into wild success," Cowherd said. "The coach and the GM didn't want to draft Shedeur Sanders two rounds after Dillon Gabriel, but he's crushing it—he's the best quarterback in camp. He's facing backups, but he's throwing to them as well. Success is not a straight line—it's not linear. Gabriel was getting the first-team reps, but not all of them now. The coaching staff cannot deny what's happening."

There's something almost endearing about a veteran talking head like Cowherd grossly overreacting to June practice, where there's a lack of intensity and no one's in pads.

Gabriel has been mostly competing with the starters and thus has had to handle the brunt of the offensive install. Sanders is not there yet, so his practice stats will look better.

The idea that Sanders could compete for the starting job is not unfeasible. He's coming off an impressive college career and was almost unanimously a top-four QB in this class, according to analysts.

But roster spots are not claimed before July.

This media circus around Shedeur is not productive and is a fallacy of where he stands within the team's hierarchy.

He needs time to develop into a pro.

This endless resetting of expectations is a slippery slope.

Xaiver Aguiar

Xaiver Aguiar is a freelance college sports writer for The Sporting News. A 2024 graduate from the University of Oregon, the Massachusetts native was commenting on his sports video games by the time he could tie his shoes and fantasized about turning his favorite hobby into his future career. Xaiver might not have grown tall enough to be an elite stretch-five who could rock the rim, but this content-creating thing is a decent second option.