Adam Schefter clarifies how Shedeur Sanders locker room behavior was a troll of Rex Ryan

by: Sam Gillenwater 24 minutes ago samdg_33

Shedeur Sanders is in the news for the wrong reasons again with his viral response to the Browns’ change at quarterback this week. But, while still ill-conceived, ESPN’s Adam Schefter says this is less about his team and more about making a point to all of them in the media, specifically Rex Ryan.

On ‘Get Up’ on Thursday, Schefter recalled what Ryan said about Sanders on Monday’s episode, which was before Cleveland would name Dillon Gabriel as their new starter on Tuesday. He noted that Sanders, even in not the best instance to do so, is not “running his mouth” anymore as a response back to Ryan.

“Well, essentially, the Browns made a quarterback change yesterday. They went with Dillon Gabriel as their starter, Joe Flacco second-string, and Shedeur Sanders remains third-string. So, when they asked Shedeur to speak about his reaction to the Browns’ quarterback moves, he spoke in mime,” explained Schefter. “Now, what he was doing was responding to Rex Ryan, who on this show on Monday, essentially criticized Shedeur Sanders for a number of things, but basically said keep your mouth shut. That was Rex Ryan’s message on Monday to Shedeur Sanders. Shedeur Sanders decided to take the time yesterday, on the day the Browns made a quarterback change, to literally keep his mouth shut and to mime.”

“Now, there’s a time and a place for this. That probably wasn’t the time, not on the day where the Browns make a quarterback change, so his answer comes off in that way with him trying to send a message to Rex Ryan,” Schefter said. “It goes viral and obviously creates a firestorm, and people have their own reactions to how he handled this particular situation.”

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