{"id":64534,"date":"2025-05-20T09:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/64534\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T09:22:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T09:22:10","slug":"shedeur-sanders-makes-cleveland-browns-demands-clear-following-first-setback-of-nfl-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/64534\/","title":{"rendered":"Shedeur Sanders makes Cleveland Browns demands clear following first setback of NFL career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SHEDEUR SANDERS has told fans to call him &#8220;12&#8221; rather than &#8220;2&#8221; after having to change his jersey number. <\/p>\n<p>The quarterback wore No.2 throughout his time in college at both Jackson State and Colorado.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Shedeur Sanders, #12, Cleveland Browns, at rookie minicamp.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/12-cleveland-browns-walks-off-993461957_e008b3.jpg\" data-caption=\"Shedeur Sanders told fans to call him 12 rather than 2\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/12-cleveland-browns-walks-off-993461957_e008b3.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>Shedeur Sanders told fans to call him 12 rather than 2Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>But he had to switch numbers after being drafted to the Cleveland Browns with veteran DeAndre Carter already owning the jersey. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t call me two anymore &#8211; call me 12,\u201d Sanders said on his livestream during the event. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you call me two now, you disrespecting me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 fifth-round pick\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/who\/shedeur-sanders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sanders<\/a>\u00a0will be competing with four other quarterbacks to earn a roster spot this\u00a0summer.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders is part of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/cleveland-browns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>\u00a0quarterback room that includes fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel,\u00a0Joe Flacco,\u00a0Deshaun Watson, and Kenny Pickett.<\/p>\n<p>But one Browns insider believes that one of those signal-callers has a leg up in the battle for the starting job.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland.com&#8217;sky Kay Cabot thinks Pickett is the current favorite to lead the team&#8217;s offense in Week 1 ahead of the Browns&#8217; OTAs and mandatory minicamps.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a tough call before we&#8217;ve even seen the first practice of organized team activities, but I know Kenny Pickett heads in as the frontrunner to win the starting job at the outset,&#8221; Cabot wrote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;ll take the initial first-team reps in OTAs and probably the mandatory minicamp, and it seems like it&#8217;s his job to try to keep for now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pickett didn&#8217;t play regularly with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/philadelphia-eagles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>\u00a0last season as he appeared in five contests and completed 59.5 of his passes for 291 yards.<\/p>\n<p>Shedeur Sanders Surges Ahead in Cleveland Browns QB Battle<\/p>\n<p>But he was a starter for the previous two seasons with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/topic\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Each of those\u00a0campaigns\u00a0saw him throw for over 2,000 yards.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns signed Flacco as a free agent and then traded for Pickett this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns now have a complicated quarterback situation as they drafted two rookie quarterbacks.<\/p>\n<p>They took Gabriel with the 94th overall pick in the third round of last month&#8217;s\u00a0NFL\u00a0Draft.<\/p>\n<p>And Sanders was picked with the 144th selection after a brutal slide to the fifth round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SHEDEUR SANDERS has told fans to call him &#8220;12&#8221; 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