{"id":778350,"date":"2026-02-26T20:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/778350\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T20:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T20:50:13","slug":"shedeur-sanders-sends-todd-monken-unique-birthday-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/778350\/","title":{"rendered":"Shedeur Sanders sends Todd Monken unique birthday gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updated Feb. 26, 2026, 12:17 p.m. MT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Shedeur Sanders is developing quite a professional persona. He definitely has the swagger and demeanor to be an NFL star quarterback. His new head coach with the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cleveland-browns\/329\" data-autotag=\"9cb205d1-d46a-4c2c-a80a-90061986bc20\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>, Todd Monken, is now experiencing that personality firsthand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Monken recently had a birthday, and Sanders was quick send a gift Monken&#8217;s way. According to Monken, that gift was unexpected and interesting to say the least.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;For my birthday, I got this package,&#8221; Monken said. &#8220;I thought it was from my wife&#8230;I opened it up and it&#8217;s like this porcelain horse head and it&#8217;s from Shedeur. He sent me a gift on my birthday. I asked him what was the meaning and he says &#8216;I just really liked it. I got myself one.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">That is quite the story from Monken, and for all the &#8220;Friends&#8221; fans out there, it reminded me of when Joey bought a porcelain horse or dog simply because he thought it looked cool. Sanders appears to be on a similar wavelength and even took it a step further, buying one for his head coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Sanders and Monken seem to be developing a strong relationship in just the short time since he was named the Browns&#8217; head coach. The new <a href=\"http:\/\/coloradobuffaloeswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/buffaloes\/football\/2026\/01\/30\/shedeur-sanders-todd-monken-browns-quarterback-meeting\/88436121007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shared a moment when they first met in person<\/a>, with Monken joking about wanting to draft Sanders when he was the Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">While Sanders will have to compete with Dillon Gabriel and Deshaun Watson for the Browns&#8217; starting job, it does seem like Sanders has the upper hand heading into the spring, given that he finished the 2025 season as the Browns&#8217; starter. 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