by: Dan Morrison 53 minutes ago dan_morrison96
There has, perhaps, never been a more polarizing rookie fifth round pick than Shedeur Sanders . Certainly, there are many fans who are excited about him moving forward, but that excitement hasn’t seemed to align with the Browns’ usage of him, and that’s led to some conspiracies among fans that he’s being sabotaged by his own team.
For ESPN’s Ryan Clark , there’s no conspiracy. Instead, as he explained on Get Up , Shedeur Sanders is being treated like any fifth round pick should be treated. There’s just more attention on him, which is exacerbated by the public perception and the NFL’s perception of Sanders as a player not aligning.
“What it is that they’re doing is they’re treating Shedeur Sanders like a fifth round pick,” Ryan Clark said. “We’re not covering every fifth round pick in the NFL, hoping that he gets the opportunity to be the starter on Day 1. We felt like, oh my goodness, they got a diamond in the rough. Shedeur Sanders fell to the fifth round. They felt like they evaluated him there, and that’s where they picked him. They’re playing the guy that they picked in the third round over him because they evaluate him at a higher level than what they do Shedeur Sanders.”