The Haters Are Accusing Shedeur Sanders of Selling Shoes at The Postgame Press Conference After Browns' OT Loss in New Orleans
I kind of love this Shedeur Sanders guy. He's a character. I appreciate characters in sports. I'm not sure I'd love him as a Browns fan. Not that yesterday's loss was on him. Not entirely. He had a fairly solid game. You'd like to see his completion percentage a little higher than 60% (19/31). He did fail to get the Browns into the end zone and turned the ball over on downs at the end of the 1st half on this... not-so-great handoff exchange.
Points were certainly left on the board. But Shedeur didn't throw any picks. He didn't fumble the football. He threw for nearly 300 yards (with the help of overtime). He picked up some big first downs with his legs, and got the ball to his playmakers. He hit on a couple big deep balls.
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And with a minute left in the game, Shedeur Sanders got the Browns into field goal range to send the game to OT. When it mattered most, he stood in there and took a SHOT on this pass to Jerry Jeudy.
However, no matter how good or bad Shedeur Sanders plays, he's going to give the haters something to latch onto at the ensuing press conference. At some point, he's going to be asked a question about the game, his mind will trail off, and next thing you know he's cutting a promo for his Nike DT '96's.
To be fair… what the heck was he doing with a spat on the DT '96's?!!?? Shedeur checked the tape. He didn't do that against the Giants. Why you gotta cover up the DT '96's?!?!
Probably because it's your shoe, Shedeur. And he was about to play you in a football game. Maybe you can get away with showing off the signature shoe of the opposing quarterback when it's a Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, or Lamar Jackson. But you'd hate to be caught simping for the Cleveland Browns' backup.
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The only true crime Shedeur Sanders committed yesterday was forgetting he had Harold Fannin on his team until overtime.
The man refuses to go down. He was born in Canton, Ohio. He was born to be great. He was forged in the fires of Tuesday night MACtion. Harold Fannin Jr. is one tough motherfucker. To think there were people who said he could only do that shit to MAC defenses. As it turns out, NFL secondaries don't want to tackle him either.
That's my advice to you, Sheduer. If you want the QB1 job, and you've got Harold Fannin to throw to, you've gotta look his way more than 2 times in a game. Especially on check downs the way you did in overtime. He can turn any short play into a monster gain.
Just get the ball to Harold, and keep being yourself in press conferences. I think it's great. Sometimes you might put your foot in your mouth. But other times, you might just stumble your way into a pretty good answer. Even if it's a little long-winded.