New Browns coach tells Shedeur Sanders 'we tried to draft your a--' while with Ravens: 'It all worked out'

Shedeur Sanders got a accidental to conscionable his caller caput manager connected Friday.

The Cleveland Browns fired two-time Coach of the Year Kevin Stefanski upon the season's end, and they decided to prosecute Todd Monken, who spent the past 3 seasons arsenic the Baltimore Ravens' violative coordinator.

Monken was getting started astatine his caller occupation erstwhile Sanders walked into his caller office, and the 2 shared an embrace.

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Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders (12) takes the tract successful the 2nd 4th against the Carolina Panthers astatine Bank of America Stadium. (Jim Dedmon/Imagn Images)

Monken past shared what seemed similar destiny for himself and Sanders.

"We tried to draught your a-- past twelvemonth for God’s sake," Monken said successful a video posted by the Browns. "It each worked out. You retrieve that, right? Some time we’ll get a accidental to speech astir that."

Sanders couldn't assistance but laugh, and Monken past asked Sanders to beryllium down to chat.

Baltimore Ravens violative coordinator Todd Monken anterior to the crippled against the Philadelphia Eagles astatine M&T Bank Stadium successful Baltimore, Maryland, connected Dec. 1, 2024. (Mitch Stringer/Imagn Images)

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Sanders didn’t commencement the twelvemonth with the Browns, but helium made rather the content successful the 2nd half, getting the motion successful the remaining 7 games of the play and going 3-4 implicit that span. He won his archetypal start, prompting him to support his occupation for the remainder of the season.

But the numbers weren't pretty. He completed 56.6% of his passes for 1,400 yards with 7 touchdowns and 10 interceptions crossed 8 full games. Numerous metrics besides graded him arsenic 1 of the worst quarterbacks successful football.

Perhaps that's wherefore Browns wide manager Andrew Berry told reporters aft the play that helium won’t beryllium committing to Sanders, oregon immoderate different backmost for that matter.

Cleveland Browns' Shedeur Sanders (12) and Teven Jenkins (74) observe a touchdown successful the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Tennessee Titans successful Cleveland, Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025.  (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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"We’re going to bash our enactment connected the backmost market," Berry said. "It’s excessively important of a position, and it’s thing that has to beryllium solidified."

But it definite seems similar Sanders is simply a instrumentality of his caller caput coach, arsenic helium volition inevitably conflict with Dillon Gabriel for the job.

Fox News' Scott Thompson contributed to this report.

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