Is Shedeur Sanders READY to be Cleveland Browns QB? | THE HERD NFL w/ Colin Cowherd

Is Shedeur Sanders READY to be Cleveland Browns QB? | THE HERD NFL w/ Colin Cowherd

So, what’s interesting is Mike Sando, we’ll have him on tomorrow. His annual survey came out this morning. So, Mike Sando has been doing this for a year. It’s kind of the bible of what the league thinks of its quarterbacks. He has 50 voters. So, he has six GMs, six assistant GMs, six former GMs, eight head coaches, five execs, 19 assistant coaches. So this is a wide array of opinions upstairs below upstairs people who have played against quarterbacks and so the tiers are pretty predictable. I I I don’t have any real squables. Your tier one is Mahomesboro Allen Lamar Jackson Stafford. I agree with that. Tier two is Daniels Herbert Goff CJ Straoud Jaylen Herz Baker Dak Jordan Love Brock Birdie. I’d have um you know tier three, they got bone nicks closer to the middle than the top. I’d probably change that. But here’s what’s interesting. Caleb Williams is bottom of tier three, but 15 voters, about 30% of voters already knowing what a mess the Bears were last year. That wasn’t Caleb’s fault. The coaching staff, 15 voters have Caleb in tier four. Tier four I’m not even putting on the screen. It’s old Russell Wilson. It’s Daniel Jones. It’s Spencer Rattler. It’s It’s Joe Flacco. 50 30% of the voters are Yeah. not going to work. That’s alarming. Here’s the other thing. There were a couple of quotes from coaches and I’ve said I’m rooting for Caleb. I I’m now in Chicago a lot. I I I want the football team to be good. Here’s two quotes from coaches. One of them, a defensive coordinator who said, “In terms of processing ability and getting the ball out of his hands, he was the worst quarterback we played against. He holds the ball forever.” A head coach in the NFL said his processing to me was alarming watching the tape. alarming. Also, before the game, a lot of quarterbacks played, Joe Burrow played, Mahomes played, Ben Johnson, because they had a, you know, scrimmage against Miami earlier in the week. Ben Johnson decided not to play him at all yesterday. And here was Ben Johnson’s reasoning. There is no substitute for real live bullets. I get that. But at the same time, when you can accumulate 70 plus reps in a day, that’s pretty good. That goes a long way in terms of of u where you want to go with with the connection with the quarterback and his pass catchers. Yeah. And a lot of other quarterbacks in those inner squad games, whatever you want to call them, they had 60 70 snaps, too. Bryce Young played, Joe Burrow played, Mahomes played, Spencer Rattler played, everybody but Tom Brady played this weekend, and he did not. Caleb didn’t, and I’m a fan, but there is a certain weight to this quarterback situation. I said it when he got drafted by Chicago, and it has now been reported by me and Seth Wickersam. This was not their first choice. This is a big, loud, aggressive media. It is a poorlyowned franchise with a GM that got an extension based basically on one big trade that got him DJ Moore and draft picks. So, um I don’t know. I I I look at it and I think to myself, was Ben Johnson actually could I suggest this sort of protecting Caleb from the court of public opinion? It was kind of a standalone big TV game. Let Miami and Tua get all the speculation and the heat. we’re uh we’re going to let him uh you know just let him uh sit and watch this thing. It’s not like he couldn’t use the snaps. When when tech companies delay the release, okay, it’s usually because like you’re still in the beta stage, right? you’re just not quite comfortable putting it out to the public and everybody in house knows it, but you’re just like, you know, we just we’re just going to not release our product yet, says Apple. We just want to tighten it. I mean, the product is great. It’s going to be revolutionary, but it’s just not quite there. I think there are some eggshells here. I think Caleb’s not quite where Ben Johnson wants him. That is okay. And I don’t blame him for all of last year’s sacks and the mess, but everybody played this weekend. I mean, starters played a lot. Let’s talk Shadur. I I love that Nike’s already got Nike’s already got an ad out. Sam Darnold was almost MVP last year. Could you get an ad for Sam Darnold? No. Okay. All right. So, only a matter of time, says the poster. So, I want to throw this at you. Um, there is a video and it’s not hostile of Shadur Sanders after making a point after his first preseason game of finding a local, very popular local guy, Tony Gross. He’s a talk show host, very popular guy. I don’t listen to a lot of Cleveland radio, but I know who he is. Very, very popular. And again, it’s it’s not it’s not ugly. And I do think Shadur is a good kid. I question his judgment and maturity, but they kind of laugh in the end. It’s fine. But this thing is like Shadur, what are you doing? Get out of there. I don’t want you watching Tony Grossy Tik Tok clips. And here’s the thing I’ve said about Shadore, and I’ve defended him. His size, his arm, his mobility are all good enough to be a franchise quarterback. And I think his accuracy I think it’s really good. I think it’s really good moving stationary. I like his accuracy. You’re seeing that these are pro athletes. He moves around fine. And I think he’s very That’s a very accurate throw. I think his traits, the arm, the size, the mobility. I think they’re all good enough to be a mid-tier NFL quarterback. I do. A Dak Prescott level. I do. I think he throws a better ball than Dak, but he’s not great at him. He’s not Cam. He’s not Big Ben. He’s not Josh Allen. He’s not Mahomes. He’s not Stafford. So, he’s going to be have to be better in the other 30 to 40% of quarterback play, which is maturity, focus, IQ, EQ, film study, pre-nap excellence. By the way, Tom Brady’s traits, doesn’t move at all. Doesn’t have a huge arm. Tom’s the best ever at the other stuff. Dak Prescott is a C++ in the pocket throwing the ball down the field guy. Dan Mullen, his college coach said that, but Dak is A++ leadership, IQ, EQ at the podium, film study, pre- snap. Dak’s great. So, if you’re not outstanding in the trait stuff, and I like Shadur and he’s not. I do think his accuracy is an excellent trait. I’ll argue I’ll even argue with uh Greg Kosell. I think he throws a really beautiful catchable ball. He’s an easy thrower. What I would like to say Herbert’s this Herbert just comes out and the ball’s accurate. CJ Strad ball comes out on platform, off left, right, up, back. CJ Strad’s accurate. Herbert’s accurate. I think Shadur and I also think he moves much. He’s not Dion. Everybody says, “Well, he got his mom’s athletic ability.” Well, his mom must be a good athlete because he moves well. And Shadur had a good game. But my take is, and I’m tired of Cleveland fans saying, Colin, you’re making a lot out of this little stuff. Oh, right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That’s what you said about Johnny Manzel and Baker Mayfield and Deshawn Watson’s court stuff in in in Houston. How about you sit this one out, Browns fan? You’re 0 for three on. It’s no big deal. The speeding tickets, his own GM called him dumb. This right here, Shadu, you’re a good kid. Get out of there. Don’t look for sympathy and support from local radio guy. Watch watch film. And again, it’s not the end of the world. He is a good kid, but the judgment thing for him is going to have to be exceptional. He is not Big Ben, Josh Allen, Cam, Steve Young, Far. That’s not what he is. And Brady knew it. A and Pton Manning knew it. Pton Manning never threw a a tight spiral. Pton Manning didn’t move well. Pton Manning had a good arm. He didn’t have a rocket. So when you’re not the traits aren’t a Dak had so much self-awareness. I said this from the very beginning. Dak was one of those strangely mature guys at like 23. Dak was 23 going on 33. Jaylen Herz who’s not real big and not a great pocketup guy. He’s like 27 going on 47. So this is where Shadur has got to get that stuff tightened up. Don’t worry about what local media says. Like like just stay away from that stuff. And Cleveland fan, sit it out. You’ve been telling me for years that stuff doesn’t matter. I’ve been right three three out of three time. You’re you’re you got rid of Baker. I told you get off television in the commercials. Baker, just get the quarterback thing right. Forget the commercials. He was good in the commercials. Here’s Kevin Stfansky on whether uh Shadur is going to get uh number one quarterback reps this week. I’m really focused on all of our quarterback’s development uh and and every single one of these reps. We have a standard for that position and really every position, but certainly the quarterback position. There there’s a standard by which we play and how we play and how we operate and how we take care of the football and those type of things. So, uh there are things that Shadur can clean up. He will clean up. And and I don’t want to hear you’re anti-shador. No, I’m not. I thought he was underdrafted. I thought Jackson Dart was overdrafted. He’s more of a second round pick. I think Shadur was underdrafted. And when you watch him play, he’s very comfortable. Um he’s a real 6’28. He’s not a weight room junkie, but he’s he’s if you’re 6’2, you’re in the 96 percentile in this country. Anytime you see him standing around normal guys, he’s tall. He carries his weight well. He’s not spindly like Teddy Bridgewwater or Matt Ryan skinny or golf. He’s not topheavy like Will Levis. He looks like a franchise quarterback. 6’2, 218, easily accurate, moves very well. He’s not great at that stuff, but he is absolutely to me a franchise quarterback with all that stuff. He doesn’t have a weird delivery. He’s not slinging it sidearm. He He’s a franchise quarterback, but he better be buttoned up on the other stuff because that’s what’s made Dak rich, not the arm, not the traits. And I don’t know traits are probably 60% of this stuff. 60 to 65% but the other 35% if I told you to be successful in life 65% is you know DNA but 35% is discipline. Well you better be disciplined. That’s a big chunk of life. All right Jac uh calling right calling wrong. This this quarterback tears is is Sando’s on the show tomorrow. I I love it for a million reasons by and large. I agree with most of it. I do think Bon Knicks. Uh, under Tua, Bon Knicks is more athletic with a better arm and never been hurt. Feels a little wonky, but that’s probably the NFL executives telling you how much they think of Shawn Payeyton. They think Payton has taken Bo to a level that he’s probably not by himself. It doesn’t bother me. Uh, we’ll talk about more about this today and tomorrow, but um, uh, the other thing is I know you’re a Jets fan, not a Giants fan, but the Jackson Dart thing is interesting. Oh yeah, it’s and he looked good. I can take it wrong on that. I thought he looked, you know, again, it’s it’s backups, whatever. He’s playing with him and he’s playing against him. But I want to address Jackson Dart and the Giants because there is something I’m tired of hearing about quarterback. Well, they’re young. Well, they, you know, they just got into the league. I don’t want to hear that with Jackson Dart. We’ll talk about that next.

Colin Cowherd reacts to the latest in NFL preseason. He starts with whether the Chicago Bears are making a mistake by not getting Caleb Williams reps with Ben Johnson’s offense. Next Colin reacts to Cleveland Browns QB Shedeur Sanders’ NFL debut against the Carolina Panthers. Is Shedeur ready to be an NFL quarterback?

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