Club Shay Shay - Best of Shedeur Sanders Mania Part 2: Unc & Ocho GO OFF on Shedeur Sanders NFL Debut!
Episode Date: August 13, 2025Shannon Sharpe and Chad “Ochocinco” Johnson break down the ultimate Shedeur Sanders storyline — from being disrespected by the Cleveland Browns and placed as the 4th-string QB in pra...ctice, to delivering an unforgettable NFL debut against the Carolina Panthers. 0:00 - Shedeur balls out in first preseason game 25:31 - Shedeur's postgame presser 35:01 - Shedeur confronts Browns Beat Reporter 43:59 - Shedeur remains 4th on Browns QB Depth Chart (Timestamps may vary based on advertisements.) #Volume #ClubSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Cedore shines in his first preseason game, 11 of 19, 103 yards passing.
Two TDs, you know Coach Prime was fired up.
Time, yes, Lord, yes, Shadoor Sanders.
Oh, yeah, what now?
Coach Prime, God is good.
shout out to Cocoa Butter
for sending us this video.
LeBron James even weighed in.
That young king
looking good out there.
Shadour Sanders, keep going up,
head down and grind
and head high to the most high.
And head high to the most high.
Jordan Shultz.
Tech from a high-ranking
AFC North Executive on the Brown's rookie.
Shadour Sanders,
it's early, but wow,
actually shocked how good he looks.
Nike Football,
when you get your opportunity,
create the next one.
Only matter of time.
Yeah.
Ocho.
Yeah.
We could, look, we could pick two plays, Ocho.
Well, damn, he missed the Sam Strong safety blitz.
Well, he had a guy ride over to the flat on second and 18,
and he skipped the ball to him.
But you saw that overrout that Brock Purdy throws so well in the San Francisco offense,
you see him fit the ball into those small windows.
Did you see him on the move, throw that touch pass?
Now, the receiver made a great one hand.
catch, but did you see the touch?
Yes.
So take off your head.
Listen, I wanted to see what should do it would look like in a situation that wasn't
advantageous to him.
He didn't get any reps.
As many reps as he should, to prepare himself, to be prepared for a game like this
of this magnitude, Dylan Brooks hurt, can you pick it hurt, Joe Flacko not playing?
So the card that he was dealt to go into this game, can you be?
be a leader of men, can you go in, calm, show a presence of leadership, run the team,
command the team, show that regardless of who's around you, you can still conduct yourself
like quarterback one. He was calm, under pressure, went through his progressions, made some great
throws, had some errand throws, you know, obviously that's what film is for. That's what the
preaching is for the fix the nooks and the crannies to get him out he looked like he belonged
he looked different he did andrew barry you made the right call there's a reason that you wanted
him there's no reason he should have dropped as far as he did you cannot tell me as any scout
of those 32 teams that didn't need a starting quarterback for those that needed a quarterback
And we're in need of one, watch film on Sador Sanders and what he did at Jackson State
and we did at Colorado and said, you know what?
No, that's not my guy.
The quote you just read from the Scout in the AFC North, if you watch film, what did you expect him to look like?
He looked exactly like he looked in Colorado.
He looked exactly like he looked at Jackson State.
Calm under pressure.
In the pocket.
going to progressions making the right throws that's what they expected to see what they expected
to see and what some hope to see might be two entirely different things talk to me now
now hope man i show hope man i show hope this happens man versus expect to see what i wanted to see
I wanted to see exactly what you
wanted to see. I want to see could he play
with poise. Could he throw the ball with conviction?
Could he be decisive? Could he go through his progressions?
The pocket collapses. Could he take off?
He showed me some of everything.
The over-rout, threw it on timing.
Guy in his face, led him, boom, drop me right in the bucket.
He fit those balls, hey, pressure in his face, the second touchdown.
Pressure in his face, the first touchdown.
The corner slumps off, the flat, the safety is hugging him.
He fits it in, kiss it in, boom.
On the move, the touch pass over the top.
As I mentioned at the top, the receiver did make a great play.
But Chador had a nice loft.
That's not an easy throw to make.
He was impressive tonight.
Very.
And a lot of people, they were in the chat last night.
Let's see what Chador does.
Let's see what Chador does.
Well, hold on, you know what they're going to say now.
Oh, it's the preseason.
Oh, he's not playing.
against their starters. Oh, he's playing
against the... Hell, he didn't have the starters either.
Well, hell, he didn't have the starters either.
Hello? Talk to me. I didn't see Jared Judy. I didn't
see in Joku. I didn't see the starting off his
line. No, Senator Tillman.
So this is what I have to say to those
who are going to have another excuse. They're going to move the goalpost,
right? They're going to move the goalpost and say,
well, he wasn't going against the Panthers
starters. Well, obviously,
if he's not going against the Panthers starters,
or if he doesn't have his starters as well,
and what he has at a disposal
and look that good with the twos and three's
and maybe the four that are trying to make the team,
what do you think is going to happen
when he has the main characters in there around him?
Right.
That makes your job a little bit easier.
That are a little bit better at their position
than those that he's playing with tonight.
What do you think going to happen?
Well, they can try to move the goal post,
but I ain't trying to kick a field goal or PAT,
so I'm going to score anyway,
and should do a Sanders score tonight.
I'm going to give credit where it's due,
14 to 23, 138 yards,
two touchdowns, no interception.
He got two sacks.
Like I said,
we can nitpick a couple of things yeah
the Sam Strong Safety Blitz
probably like you know what
but it looked like he was telling the guy
bro I need you to hook up on that
you're probably not going to be able to outrun the safety
Lamar Jackson hold on to the ball a little longer
because he could outrun the safety
Josh Allen same thing
that's not Shadoo Shadoor is not a mobile quarterback
he's going to do all most
the majority of his damage is going to be in the pocket
Joe right he I'm not saying he's Tom Brady
but he has the athleticism
That's not what he's known for.
Go ahead, Coacho.
This is the thing.
What he lacks in athleticism and inability to get out the pocket,
he has great pocket presence, huh?
Being able to move and being able to not telegraph but understand
when that clock is ticking and when it's time to get up out of there.
Right.
He can move extremely well within the pocket without having to take sacks.
What about the third down, huh?
The third down, we scrambled.
The D-line ran.
The D-Line ran a stunt.
He was able to get outside of it.
I like, you know what I like the most?
He saw the stunt and took off immediately.
Yes, yes.
That's what I like, Ocho.
That's what I like.
Oh, y'all, I don't know who's supposed to go first and who's supposed to,
I don't know who's supposed to E or who's supposed to T,
and I don't know who's supposed to T and who's for the E.
But I'll tell you what, I'm going.
I'm going, yeah.
Yeah, y'all, I tell you what, y'all figured out in film study tomorrow.
But in the meantime, I'm about to pick up this,
I'm about to pick up the first down.
He's played himself.
He might have started after four,
but after this performance,
he can't be number four.
Because here's the fact,
Ocho?
How?
It's impossible.
He told us something very, very interesting.
He says, you can lose your job
because of injury.
Because let me tell you what's going to happen.
Yeah.
If you get injured and you're out
and a guy comes in and he's playing better
than you before you got injured is his job now. Ask yourself with Dylan
Gabriel before he got hurt, was he playing better than what you saw what should
do or Sanders do tonight? Kenny Pickett, ask yourself this question. Was he playing
better than what should do or was, than what should do or play tonight? Yeah.
So if you're going to honestly ask us, ask, answer those questions. Okay. Right. And the thing
about it, what people need to understand for those that in the chat is one thing to have
joint practices is one thing to practice is against yourself and look good against your players.
Yes.
Everything is scripted on.
Everything is scripted even defensively in those joint practices at time because there's
certain things they want to work on defensively and there's certain things that you want
to work on offensively.
When you get into the game, nothing.
Nothing is shared from team to team.
No.
So it's a green light and everything going as if it's a real game.
You're working your scheme, your game.
plan and all you have to do is executed in his simplest form as simple as preseason games are
from an offensive perspective in the way the players are called and he did that tonight to a hell
of a job one hell of a job tonight and this is just something to continue to build off of
clean up there were some mistakes obviously they're going to always be mistakes and things
you can get better at and as you continue to see different looks you're not going to get many looks
obviously it's the preseason everything you see defensively will be very vanilla you know cover
tool sometimes that you might throw on you know man don't count the plays ocho make the plays
count yeah oh and listen he made him count the night on that's what you have to do when you're
a low round draft pick ocho me being a seven no barren being a being a being a low round drive pick
ohcho you're not going to get the plays that a high round draft pick's going to get no so don't go
out there thinking that but when it's your time shine yes
You got to
When it's your time shine
And that, hey
You say I don't count time
I make time count
Well I didn't count plays
As my brother used to say
Hey, I know you ain't get
That many reps keep your head up
Because one day John Elway
gonna call for you
He gonna look for you
You need to make sure you're ready
You need to be
Make sure you're where you're supposed to be
Right
Shador didn't get a whole lot of reps
But when opportunity
presents itself
That's what luck is
It's when preparation meets opportunity
Amundsen said some call it, look.
I'm glad you just said what you just said.
You just said Shador didn't get as many reps as he should have in practice.
But he got into a game and what did he do, huh?
Right.
But the refs that he did get in practice, he made those count.
Because a lot of times, I've seen it.
I don't know if you've seen it on show.
I've seen guys.
Man, I ain't getting no burn, man.
I can't.
And then when you get out there, you effing up.
He's fucking up.
Yeah.
My bad.
Shadour says, hey, these one or two.
reps I might get with the three the threes and fours, I got to make these counts.
These got to be my, this has got to be my best worker today.
Yeah.
Because you know why, Ocho, it might be my only worker today.
Yeah.
So if it's my only, it's got to be my best.
Because this is the only time they're going to see me on tape.
They see me standing behind and, you know, hey, I'm being part of a good throw, a good
catch, good run, good job offensive line, good play called coach.
But at the end of the day, I need to get an opportunity to show you what I can do.
And when the opportunity presents itself, that's what luck is, preparation meeting opportunity.
Amundsen said some call it luck.
Mm-hmm.
Hey.
Hey, listen, I'm happy.
I'm happy for a young bull.
I'm happy for young bull.
This is one of the few times.
I can't think the last time that everyone was excited, excited about wanting to watch a Cleveland Brown's game.
Did you see all the people in the stands with the 12 and with the signs?
Did you see all that, oh, Cho?
A Cleveland Brown's game.
On the road.
Cleveland don't travel like that, trust me.
I was in the same division with the jokers.
And guess what?
We used to play them.
Mm-hmm.
Same.
Same.
They didn't travel like that.
Yeah.
And they ain't got no reason to travel because they've been bad a long time.
Yeah.
So listen, tonight we saw a very small sample size.
We saw a very small samas size.
Yes.
Of what Shador Sanders can look like.
The fact that he played with the twos, with threes, maybe against twos and threes.
Yeah, for sure.
I say this to say that.
What happens when he's with the ones having to run that same offense?
Right.
And you, and you, guess what?
And you go and you game playing.
I'm just calling plays arbitrarily, Ocho.
That's it.
That's all they do tonight.
I'm not game planning.
I'm not game planning because we normally game playing game three.
Right.
We go back and now the coaches go back and they look at what they did last season.
And we script a game plan that's going to be what we think we're going to see on first down, second
down, third down, third and short,
third and long
down in distance
area of the field
first and goal
second and goal
third and goal
now we're calling plays
not just to arbitrarily
call plays
we're calling plays
with a purpose
for a purpose
and eventually
they're going to get to that
but I was impressed
look I understand
it's the preseason
but for someone
that didn't get
as many reps
made the reps
that he did get
he made them count
in practice
and when he got
his opportunity
when an opportunity
presented itself
he took full advantage
Tom Brady's the opportunity
presented itself
which is hey
when the rubber meet the what
when the rubber meet the road man
and so
uh
should he should be proud of himself
you know him being who he is
raised how he was raised
you're supposed to say
weird I guess you raise livestock and animals
but anyway
being raised how he was raised
he's not going to be he's not going to
be he's not going to get, he's not going to get too high, Ocho, because guess what?
Yeah.
Even keel.
Yeah.
You got to stay even kill.
You know why?
Because not only you have to deal with the noise on the outside, that's one thing.
But now you got to deal with the noise on the inside, especially with the owner coming out just
last week saying that wasn't my pick.
Yeah.
That wasn't my pick.
That's not who I wanted.
Thank you, Mr.
Hems.
How you do it, Mr. Hemsman?
Make sure Andrew Berry gets all the credit.
Like you said, Brother Hasam, don't smile.
don't even don't say anything start with s he said
don't he say she
the audacity
don't you say it's the nerve the gall
I'm appalled
well I'm a David
I'm going to say it one more time
and this is for everybody in the chat
even if you don't like Shador
even if you don't like them
how do you watch
film
college film on Shador Sanders
and every other quarterback that
went before him and see what all of them have done
and say, you know what?
No, I'm a pass-up with him.
That's not the guy I want.
Right.
New Orleans Saints.
Pittsburgh Steelers.
I don't know what other teams
that were in need of a quarterback.
How do you do it?
I'm just asking from a person
that played the game of football
and understanding, I have an eye,
I have an eye.
I played the game for a very long time
at a very high level.
I'm not saying I'm a skisks.
out, but I know what it's supposed to look like in situations that are not advantageous
for you.
I just saw a young fella win in Jackson State, turn a Colorado program around that won one
game, regardless of what his record was in its totality, 23 and 12, whatever may have been,
I know what it can do when you got the right pieces around him.
I know what he can do.
He's a winner regardless of what situation you put him in and he showed it again tonight.
yet again in night.
Mm-hmm.
With his back up against the wall.
Yeah.
He just has the demeanor to be a quarterback.
Nothing seems to impact him.
He doesn't get too high.
He doesn't get too low.
He has the utmost confidence in himself.
And most quarter, most the good ones really do.
No matter how bad.
And we've seen it.
No matter how bad it might be going, the really good ones,
you know if it's laid the ball game,
they got a chance to beat you.
Yeah.
And, and Sodor is in the situation.
where it's like, doesn't make any excuses.
And he always says the right thing.
Listen, it's not as easy as you think to always say the right thing
because you're dealing with the human element of it.
The human element of it.
No matter how much you have, no matter how little you have,
no matter how good you've been, no matter how bad you've been,
you're dealing with the human element of it.
And people have emotions.
People have feelings.
And so sometimes when people lash out and say things like, damn, man, you know,
you take the amount of time, but he hears what's being written about him.
Absolutely.
He hears, he sees if he doesn't, he's getting work, it's getting back to him.
But I just loved the way the man, he kept his head down, closed off his ears, and just did what he was supposed to do.
He went to work.
And that's how you, that's how you have to approach it.
Don't get mad.
I ain't trying to prove y'all wrong.
I'm trying to prove me right.
And in the process of proving me right, I'll be.
prove you wrong it was it was a great job it was his first outing like i said those
throws it was the throw it wasn't so it was it was it was the throws that he made ocho go back and
take a look at that overball and we see brock purdy throw three or four those a game to iuk he
used to hit britt uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh de bo on the over
look at how he threw that ball the timing of it do you do you understand the anticipatory skills
have to have as a quarterback with pressure coming at you, there was one, there was one overthrow
he couldn't even see.
Yeah.
Because on the replay, we couldn't even see him.
We just saw the ball come out.
So he's anticipated where the receiver was going to be.
And he just made the throw and put it only where the receiver could catch it.
Yep.
That first touchdown.
When people saw tonight, I don't think they understand how difficult the game is.
I don't think they understand how difficult the game is.
But he made it look like he's been doing it for a very long time.
it's his first time, it's his first time in the NFL game.
But he's used to it.
Oh, Chad, look at his mannerisms.
Look how he walk on the first down.
Okay, he almost did the watch celebration.
He said, you know what, I'm looking at the time, but it ain't time yet.
And just, you know, just everything about him and being quarterback number one,
just the way he carried itself.
He was ready for the moment.
No matter what they, no matter what they did, no matter what they said,
just put me in a situation
just hand me the cards
give me the hand
and I'm going to play it
and he did that just
exactly how he showed the night
the hand he was dealt
he played the hand very well
and it's only going to get better from here
it doesn't go backwards you don't you don't
digress
I'm excited
and this is coming from a Bengal fan
at heart
I'm excited for the Browns to finally maybe
You have the answer at the quote of that position at the trying 35 times over the years.
You know, I, man, listen, man, I can go on and on about this, but go ahead.
You got it.
I think the thing is, the biggest thing that an athlete can have is the ability to believe that he belongs, he or she belongs.
I was a seventh round draft pick.
You do it was a five.
There was 12 rounds.
When I was a seventh, there were seven rounds.
He's a fifth.
Yeah.
But there is not one point in time that I didn't feel like.
I belonged on that field.
I saw a lot of these guys at the bowl games.
I saw these guys at Combine, and I read
about them. Yeah. And I remember
calling my brother at the East West
Shrine Gras. I said, these dude not better than me.
They're not better than me.
I don't care what they say.
Yeah. I remember going to the Combine.
I said, man, I, you know, what you think you read?
I say probably 4-6, 4-7. I say,
but they're not better than me. They might be faster
to me, but they're not better than me.
I belong in the NFL. And when I went to Denver,
all those guys that went before me.
I'm like, ain't no what?
I remember asking myself,
how in the hell did you get drafted
before me?
Yeah.
I said, but don't worry about it.
Don't worry about it.
I say, it won't be long.
It won't be long.
It was like the cat, when a girl,
she said, boy, the cat got his tail
caught in the washing machine.
You know what he said, Ocho?
He said, it won't be long now.
He said, she didn't know what he was talking about.
His tail wouldn't be long anymore
or it wouldn't be long.
for it all be over.
Yes, so.
Yeah, man.
And when we put the pads on, Ocho?
Yeah.
I'd never forget,
because, you know,
the rookies,
we went to camp before the vet.
So we would go like a couple of days
before the vet,
so we would already be practicing.
Right.
In Denver,
before we headed up to Greeley.
Right.
I saw him.
They was nervous, Ocho,
like a long-tail dog
with a porch full of rocking chairs.
You know,
if somebody leaning back
and go,
you know what I'm talking about now.
Mm-hmm.
I thought they were nervous.
I said, oh, yeah.
That's all I need to see.
Just a little fear.
Just a little fear in the man's eyes.
Because that's my greatest ability.
Yes.
Another man's fear.
Yeah.
I like it.
I like it.
And listen, I know we've been talking about Shador, but listen, remember what I told you about the Panthers, right?
Yes.
Remember what I told you about the Panthers?
If there's a dark, a chat, stay with me real quick.
If there's a dark horse team that I believe in this year,
that is going to creep up
and maybe make it run into playoffs,
I said it would be the Panthers.
They didn't look bad.
Bryce Young didn't look back.
Jalen Coker went crazy tonight.
T-Mack, the rookie from Arizona
looked good tonight.
I know Xavier Lekid got thrown out,
getting into a little tussle.
Listen, I love the passion.
It's just preseason.
That's fixable.
That's fixable.
But again, look how the Panthers
look early in the game.
For those, I know everybody tuned in to watch the door,
but I'm telling you right now.
And I say it first,
someone that's that's not much of a panther fan,
didn't play for the organization.
They owe me nothing.
I'm telling you the Dark Horse team for this season,
the Carolina Panthers,
Bryce Young, and their receiving cord.
I'm telling you, watch.
Oh, Joe, I ain't never been that hot in a preseason game.
No?
The tusser?
Oh, yeah.
They were going at it, huh?
They were going at it.
I don't really.
really got no tussing in practice.
Bro.
Because I'll tell you,
what Dan Reed's going to say,
you fighting,
that means we ain't working hard enough.
Mike Shanahan say the same thing.
Right.
He ain't working hard enough.
Bro, it ain't like it is now, bro.
Them two hour, two and a half hour practice,
man, please, with pads and you had on pads.
Oh, let me take that back, Ocho.
You have on, they call it,
see what they call shells with shoulder pads and shorts.
Right.
It's not shells like they call it now.
Basically got those little fitted
styrofoam stuff on.
that was not shells when
when I got in the 90s
shells were shoulder pants and shorts
shorts yeah
and you know
we hit they were we hit
back then 9 on 7 was live
live yep
team
team was a solid thud up
it wasn't no
touch the guy on it like two hand touch
oh no you put shoulders on it
you put pads on him
you better come to you better come to balance
and be ready
I remember Dennis Smith
We call him Kahuna
And Atwater
Man, they come down
In that box
Well, we had thumpers back then
Oh yeah
Man, please
Atwater ain't played with
No
Atwater coming down here now
And Atwater wasn't the thumpeter
Like Dennis Smith
Kahuna was the thumpper number 49
Oh whoa, whoa more than Atwater
Yes Lord
Ocho
I saw that joke
A at 205-2010
I saw him sit lineman
sitting lineman on their ass
they pulling he ain't never go low
right up high
he put and that shoulder in their chest and sit them down
at 210 at 210
dang
go back if y'all can find it
go back and check the tape he hit
Roosevelt Pots
they both ran
he pops come through the hole he hit him
he was out cold
uh marian butts
Hey, if you, if you're a Charger fan
You know who back then, Ocho
They had a big old big running back
They had big Marion butts
They had Rod Bernstein
They had a big Joe Caravello
Big Joe Cox
I mean, the tight ends
With like 300 pounds
Offensive line
Mammoth offensive line
Yeah
Kahuna run through him
Go back and look at that play
With Dennis Smith
He hit Marion Buzz
And he hit Roosevelt Pots
Yeah
and you know who else was a thump or two
remember donovan there is
yeah yeah i played against d d d d at uh at jacksonville
but that was back in the 90s you had chuck cecil
you had mark mark carrier from chicago yeah boy back there
it wasn't no nothing defenseless about that
they said you got him in the shoulder pants what the hell
you thought was going to happen you come across the middle oh yeah you're going to get that
work what you're going to get that work uh rodney harrison
Oh, raw coming with all for them, every time.
Hey, I say, bro, hey, say, hey, shark, just stay on my knees.
I say, hey, got you.
But, boy, we definitely try to hit each other in the mouth.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Hey, that's a hard playing joker.
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Shadour said all the right things last night as he has expected.
after a great preseason debut.
Let's take a listen to what you do or had to say.
I mean, God's patient with us.
It's humans.
We messed up that time,
but I don't feel like he threw us away as individuals.
So it's different things and different life lessons,
you know, you've got to go through.
And I haven't went through this situation, you know,
that I'm in ever.
So it's really just a test, you know.
I feel like from God or whoever it's from,
just a test. But anyway, I'm just thankful that I was able to see the day of light and get out there and be able to play. So, you know, they didn't have to let me play. So anything and everything, you know, is good for me. So then, you know, the kids looking up, the kids definitely inspire me, of course, more. So a lot of people incarcerated that definitely talk to their friends and talk to me to tell me my friend from jail was, you know,
watching you play and watching everything that's going on.
So it's just like the world, the world, you know, I say it's so small
and everybody sees everything.
And I'm thankful to be able to inspire people through everything.
Because the lady just told me now, when I'm having a bad day,
I just think about Shador, and I'm going to act like Shador.
You know, so like that's so cool, you know, to me that I'm some form of inspiration.
Jadur, the only thing I'm going to disagree with you,
they had to let you play
because everybody else was hurt
because you ain't had no choice
if they didn't let you play
they brought a guy in
they brought in a Sloom Huntley
because
Flacko wasn't going to play
and the other two couldn't play
so
but you did your thing
all you could control
is what you could control
what you could control
was how you played
how you handle the
how you handle the situation
that you've been placed in
he did it
he did very well
he did it more hell of a job
and he handled it well he said all the right things
he did all the right things
and that's that's
control what you can control
what you can control
don't worry about it
control what you can control
he went through a storm
something he never
if you'd have told him a year ago
he would be in this situation
where he's at right now
he wouldn't have believed
to his dad wouldn't have believed it
nobody
you or I didn't
wouldn't believe it?
No, absolutely not.
Based on baseball.
But you're here.
Now,
forget how I got here.
How are you going to get out of here?
Yeah.
Because a lot of time, you know,
we spend a lot of time,
much, man,
how we got into the situation.
You're in the situation now.
How are you going to get out of it?
Yeah.
And I think you've done a great job.
Look, you know,
I'm sure he talks to his dad, even though his dad is not there.
He still talks to his dad daily.
Dad gives him great advice.
He doesn't put any more on us that we can have.
Absolutely not.
And sometimes the situation they put you in, they're not advantageous for you.
It's not the best situation for you because you've got people in the situation you win
that don't even believe in you.
And that's what I hurt worse.
Most of the time, if you hear someone, oh, I'm a part of your organization.
and you say, well, hell, I ain't want you, though.
That's meant to break you.
That's meant to break you.
You can't break what you didn't build.
You can't break what you didn't create.
Come on, man.
But everybody's not built like that mentally.
You're right.
In this era?
True.
In this era of sensitivity and, oh, he said this about me and, no, everybody's not built
for that.
That's meant to break you.
And if they break you mentally, it affects
what you do in between the lines on the green grass.
But that's either here, no there.
He played well.
The small sample size we got to see your brother Sanders,
12 look good.
You look good.
You're right, Ocho.
You're right.
Everybody, I mean, I mean, sometimes,
I mean, sometimes when things are not going your way
and you feel it down,
man, it's hard to stay positive.
And I think the thing, the best thing for him is that he has a dad that's really positive.
He sees the positivity and everything, even when it's all negativity.
He'll find something positive.
He'll find something good to say.
Danos.
That's what he won't.
make him bark make him bark
make him bark
no no we don't want to
I try to deterrent from barking
and the thing is I put
Titus up Titus asleep
so I ain't got to worry about Titus coming here
and him growling and going crazy
Hey that's a good combination
boy
and then I took the bones
up because him and Teddy fighting over the bones he wanted all the bones he didn't want
teddy to have none so he had three I gave each one of bone so he had his and he bargained
at Teddies so once I gave him once I gave him tennis it was all good so I just took all three
of them because he had two at first teddy just had one but he wasn't satisfied with that he
wanted all three so I said no we're not going to do that you got a little we're going to take
we're going to take the bones up on your hands over there man
You want to go stay with Ocho?
Hey, yeah.
Come on over here, Thanos.
I'm going to take you down to the city, boy.
They got a dog, they got a dog park downtown.
He said, I can go to the dog park.
He said, you know, I got, you know, I had a little minor procedure about a month ago.
Wait, what happened?
He had surgery already?
We're all good.
What's wrong with him?
We got him fixed up.
Oh, why you?
Man.
He said, I would look.
He said, he heard about them child support payments.
He said he ain't want none of that.
Okay, okay.
Yeah.
Okay.
Get out, they didn't have a little fun, man.
Yo, no girl.
Yeah, when they see that off.
He said, we ain't having no fun.
But he didn't do it look good.
He looked good.
He looked really good last night.
He spoke really good after the game.
And the thing now is to build, excuse me,
is to build on what he did last night.
He also spoke about gifting teammates from new cleats.
Check this out, Joe.
Yeah, I'm just excited for all of them.
I gifted a lot of receivers, the prime DT96s.
You know, a couple of them had them on.
So I just gifted a couple of, like the main receivers going into this game.
You know, I gifted them some cleats.
Some warm, some didn't.
But I was like, okay, this is just my little appreciation gift to them.
Because they don't be having a lot in stock.
So I couldn't do everybody.
I wish I could.
but um yeah it is great
hey the ones he won the game
were dope yeah those the ones he talked about
they had the the orange lining like
for the brown scheme cut away yeah they was nice
they were nice I think also as a receiver
but for me I wouldn't want to cleat that heavy
you know the pre the Dionne I mean they're heavy
based on the way they're made I want a light as shoe as possible
So, I mean, they look good.
Time could have been out there in Thames and run four three.
Oh, yeah, absolutely.
Absolutely.
But it ought to beans.
I was a, you know, I wore a TD bottle.
Okay.
So I wore wide receiver cleats at tight end.
So you, so you was good.
Yeah, because I'm a hard planner.
Me, even though I'm a hard planner on,
It's funny. Reebok, obviously, was Reebok back then.
I had Reebok take all the lining out of my shoe.
I don't want any support.
I want my shoe to be just like a track shoe.
Just like a track shoe.
I need to feel the floor.
I need the feel the floor when I stop, when I go, when I try to cut and transition.
I don't want anything restricting my ankles when it's time for my lateral movement and movements.
So all I had was the shell, some shoelaces,
and cleats at the bottom, that's it.
Yeah.
That's it.
But you always were a molded bottom.
You wore a tempo bottom.
Yeah, you didn't, you didn't, yeah, you didn't wear seven stars.
No, I had to have a choice but to wear seven stars.
When we played in Heinz Field, I think they let the field be messed up like that on purpose.
Yeah, the business.
Oh, my goodness.
It's like, I don't know, I don't know.
That was an advantage for them.
Yeah, for sure.
But, yeah, that's the only time I wore seven stars is when we play.
at Heinsfield.
Mm-hmm.
Mm-hmm.
There's a video that's been making
his way around, courtesy of Bucky.
It's him confronting Brown's reporter,
Tony Grossey, for not having
anything positive to say, Ocho.
Let's take a look at this video.
So, I'll be hoping you got something positive
to say, Buckley.
You don't even say negative.
And I'm like, I didn't do that.
to you.
I didn't see none positive
to everything.
I just don't buy
everything.
Come on, Tony.
What I do?
What I do to you, Tony?
Hey, you know what?
Hey, that's dope, Monk.
I like it.
I like it because most of the time
those interactions like that,
that's not how they go when it comes to players.
Most of the time when it comes to a beat reporter
that's been established
for that long as a Cleveland Beat reporter?
You know, when it comes to saying something negative,
most of the time, the player challenges him in that manner
because you've never said anything positive.
And I can just imagine, I haven't read any of the article,
and I could just imagine if the rest of the world
has been somewhat negative towards the door,
I could imagine what the person that's in-house
that sees him everyday rights.
So the fact that they were able to do it with a smile,
with class, with grace, and understanding, well, God, damn,
do you have anything nice to say?
say because everything I've seen so far
has been negative. I did nothing
to you. But obviously
the dude had the job to do. You
understand how to get the views.
You have to understand
negativity. Negativity
it would create traction.
Clickbait. How can I get people
to read? What I'm
right. Where you talk negative about
the biggest thing going on right now in Cleveland
outside of LeBron James when he was there.
Right now is Shador Sanders.
Robert Lattel
Black Sports Online
Grossey has been like this for 30 years
Baker couldn't
couldn't handle it
couldn't I guess he was saying
Baker could not have handled it
Shador disarmed him in 60 second
and changed his energy
that's a gift not all people have
for negative people
Hey listen they'll smile in your face
they're smiling face
obviously at that point
and in that moment
with Chador greeting him the way he did with class with grace but god damn are you going to say
anything i'm just waiting on you to say something nice something yeah so the guy has no i mean
what can you say especially after that performance what what what can you say and i know people
are going to say oh it's the preseason oh it's a small sample size let's see what he does in the
regular season i mean it's still this is all we have to go off so we're talking about what we
saw in that specific case in that moment.
I'm curious to what he wrote today,
because I'm sure he has something to say today.
I think it's different for a quarterback because, you know,
the eyes are all on you.
But I really never had no problem.
I was seven-round draft pick.
I wasn't supposed to be in it anyway.
So anything that I gave, anything that I gave him 20 catcher,
that was good.
But as I got, you know, I had never had a problem with Mark Kisler,
never had a problem with Woody Page
I never had a problem with
who else, Jim Armstrong
he was a columnist when I was there
he was with the indie star
now I forget his name
Shepter and I got to Denver at the same time
Adam Shepter was reported in Denver
yeah well
Shepty's been at this thing for a minute boy
oh yeah who's the guy
for the Indy Star.
No, he's the columnist.
He's the big guy.
Huh?
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Who's the big?
But he was in Denver when I was there, the first half.
I hate when I can.
can't.
Can you look these people?
Scott Homer?
Nope.
Come on, Denver, help me.
I know y'all in the chat.
Hey, somebody in the chat.
They don't look like a skunk.
His color way.
Teddy
I mean, Thanos
I ain't talking
I want to learn how to whistle like this
You know how to whistle like this, huh?
You know how to whistle like this, honk?
No
It should be loud as here. I want to learn how to do that.
Probably too late now.
Well, damn, I can't, it's too...
I got this a certain age, age grade.
Are we, why you try to whistle like that now?
I just never, I just, I don't know, I'm going to a NASCAR event soon and I want to be able to make sure I can whistle like that at the NASCAR event.
I'm going to, they'll take the, oh, yeah, yeah, remember I told Bubba, I told Bubba I was coming, so I'm actually coming.
We got everything aligned, so I'm going down there.
I got my, I got my flannel, my cutoff fleas, I got my jorts.
I'm serious. I got my jorts. I'm ready. The only problem is I don't drink long as they got hot dogs and I'm having my Coke with no ice, two hot dogs. Nice little date with my lady friend. I know she's probably watching.
Man, what's that guy? I can't think of his name, man.
Hey, chat, I got a poem. Y'all want to hear it or you want to save it for later?
We're going to save it for later. I'll think about it.
Yeah. Kevin Stefansky was asked,
what's your doer's big game does for the depth chart for the Browns?
His response was, yeah, we really just focused on developing our players.
We're in evaluation modes.
I'm pleased where the guys are, but I'm not diving into no quarterback competition.
You got to.
You got to keep it safe. You don't have a choice but to keep it safe.
You don't have a choice but to keep it safe.
There's not much you can say.
He's not in position to really say anything.
You can't make any evaluations based off what you saw tonight.
Listen, brother Stefanski, he doesn't even have the power to be able to give the green light on what he wants to do.
He doesn't have the power to give the green light on what he wants to do.
It's going to come down to those upstairs.
But I think he's going to come to a point where certain individuals are going to play so well.
They're not going to have a choice.
They're not going to have a choice, but I know one thing.
I can tell you this, a blind man can see that.
Joe Flacco will be the starter for the foreseeable future
until things aren't going well offensively for the Cleveland Browns.
And I'm assuming, as I said, long ago, that should do would be number two.
And he's been able to show that.
I hope hopefully Kenny Pickett and Dillian Gabriel can get healthy
so they should showcase themselves in the preseason games
and what they can and can't do.
And that's it.
I'm hoping it's a good, healthy quarterback battle
once they get back healthy.
So you think it's going to be his job?
You think he's going to be the number two?
Yeah, I said that.
Yeah, I said that.
You ever, you're like, want to think of something and you can't think of it?
I get mad.
I just want to be wanting to go to bed.
I don't even want to talk.
You can't think of the guy's last name?
Yeah, man.
It's driving me crazy.
Whatever.
I'm going to have to call.
I'm going to have to call Mike Cliffs tomorrow.
Man, what's that dude's name?
It's going to come to you.
Thanos, you know his name?
He says, look, I'm not even a year old.
I won't even be a year old until December,
so clearly I don't know what you're talking about.
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NFL Insider says,
Jadour Sanders, still stands behind Dilling Gabriel for the Brown's coaches.
Gabriel is the head of Sanders in the eye of the coaching staff,
but rarely in training camp has that position matched what we've seen on the field.
The quarterback situation remains the story of camp,
and Shuduantz is settling in to lead three scoring drives
in the most extended action of the summer won't make the team's consistent stance
that Sanders is fourth in a line any less perplexing.
No reasonable person thinks Sanders will be fully ready to lead a team
and consistently attack a complicated defense three weeks from now.
He's shown enough talent and growth.
However, to make anyone believe he should be on the team
and have a chance to develop into a starting quality player,
Sanders is talented, his throat out of the end zone
to wide receiver Greg Labarden in the preseason opener,
and his floater down the sideline to receiver Luke Florea later approved
until we see Sanders get practice reps with the number one office.
we can't believe the Browns view him as having much of a shot
to be the number two when the season began.
I agree with what they're saying.
But that's my point is,
okay, you said, have we seen enough?
Have you seen enough for Dilling?
What have you seen from Dillon Gabriel
to make you think he can be number two?
Did you hear, did you, who did you, excuse me,
who wrote that?
The Browns, Appalachian,
The Brown's athletic insider, right?
Yep. So you see Shadour, do what he does.
Three quarters of football.
Three, I think maybe he played well into the fourth quarter, right?
Yeah, I think so.
In a live game, you saw him play the way he played
and still questioned if he can do the same thing
when he has the actual starters at his disposal.
I'm confused.
My thing is, he says no reasonable person thinks Sanders will be fully ready to lead a team
and consistently attack a complicated NFL defense three weeks from now.
What about Dylan Gabriel?
Has he shown you enough to make them believe that three weeks from now he can lead this team against a complicated defense?
I digress even further.
Has Kenny Pickett ever shown you that he can lead a team against a complicated defense?
complicated defense.
Because all I know is that what I keep hearing is what you're telling me what he can't do.
Like my coach just saying college with, hey, well, put it, find something that he can do.
See, you keep telling me what should do or can't do.
Well, your job as a coach is to put players in position and find something that they can do.
Wait a minute.
But where's the can't coming from when we just saw him do it?
I know it's a small sample size.
It's three quarters of football.
but everything you said it can do, he just did.
Matter of fact, he just did
when we already saw him do at Jackson State.
He just did what we saw him do at Colorado.
We just did, even though it's a small samicide.
Uncle, I played the game for a very long time.
Yep.
I played the game for a very long time.
I'm a receiver.
I know what it is supposed to look like.
I know what it looks like when there's a quarterback
that's playing in a game,
and he's confident.
He's polished.
His pocket presence, his mannerism,
I know what it should look like
we've seen Kenny Pickett
with the Steelers. If he was the answer
for Cleveland, he would have been the answer
in Pittsburgh.
What's the question you're asking?
Because if Kenny Pickett is the answer,
I need to know the question.
Did he play for the University of Pittsburgh?
Yes.
I don't know what more.
I don't know what more.
I don't know what more.
Listen, when you fill out your resume, right?
When you fill out your resume and you're going for that job interview,
you want to put your best foot forward.
You want to keep a lasting impression.
Correct.
Well, the lasting impression is what we saw Friday night from the person they claim
is the fourth string quarterback.
Yeah.
Okay, what do we do?
We bill from that on Saturday.
Well, you build from that, no, you build from that starting in practice
by giving him more reps, more quality reps.
You don't leave him in the position that he was in
where he's getting a handful of reps with the threes and fours.
You give him some opportunities with the ones, with the twos.
I'm not saying he has to take five, six reps with the ones,
but I'm saying you sprinkle, maybe you give him one or two reps,
maybe you give him three or four reps with the twos.
I do agree with this.
Until we see Sanders get practice reps with the number one offense,
we can't believe the Browns view him as having much of a shot
to be number two when the season began.
True.
I do agree with him.
that statement. You're not going from
four to two. If you're four training, then
all of a sudden, the season's start, you're number two.
Yeah. They're going to need to see you
with the ones and twos
to feel comfortable because
they got to make a decision.
And when you make that decision, you release
somebody. Ain't no guarantee that you're going to be able to
bring them back and put them on your practice squad.
Somebody might sign them
and put them on the active roster. So
that's the case, Ocho, do I stay on
your practice squad for, say, 25,
30,000, or do I go somewhere
and get an opportunity to get a real roster spot
and make almost a million dollars a year.
So that's the question that you have.
That's a decision that you make when you release these guys
because I'm sure there are some guys,
you know, I would love to have another year
learning our system.
And when we come back next year,
having the OTAs, the training camp,
the season of working scout team stuff,
when we come back for OTAs, Ocho,
he should be good to go.
He should be fully developing good to go.
So I don't want people to think,
and I'm that we beat Ocho and I are beating up on
Zach Jackson. I agree with
what he's saying. But my
thing, I'm more talking about the Browns
as an organization
as a coaching staff.
Are you
are, because the fans are saying
you want us to believe you or are lying eyes.
Ooh. I know, I know,
I know what my eyes. I saw. I know what I saw.
I hear what you say it.
But I see better than I hear.
Come on now.
Y'all keep telling us Dillon Gabor, Dylan Gabor, but we have yet to see him.
Now, everything that I see is that, now, he's, you know, she's not better than Shadour.
For most of the articles that I've been reading, and, hey, people can write whatever they want to write.
So I don't want to put too much emphasis, but I haven't seen, I haven't read a whole lot that where they say that Dillon Gabriel is better, has been played, has played better or playing better than Shadour.
What did I tell you, Young?
What did I tell you, not too long ago?
Yeah.
but how camp look.
Yeah.
I'm not saying no names again this time because I don't want to get nobody in no trouble.
What did I tell you?
Yeah.
And then exactly what that individual said, who's in there every day that plays on the other side of the ball
and has to see it exactly what he said way back then, we saw it show up.
The fact that he's not getting first team reps with the ones of the twos and still went out there
and looked the way he did.
What does that tell you?
He getting margin of the refs to begin with.
We're damn the one and two, though, Cho.
He barely getting reps at all.
And then strip.
Okay.
I'll say no more.
Again.
Say no more.
So you're not doing him justice in practice,
but still showed up in the game
and looked apart and looked like that.
What does that say?
But we're going to see Saturday.
And I hope Dealing Gabriel gets his opportunity
because I would love to see what he does
and then what he gives that offense
and that coach and staff
that believes in him,
I'm hoping he gets a fair shot.
I'm hoping he does.
I'm hoping he does.
I would love to see it.
I would love to see it.
I know he's a competitor.
He was great at Oregon.
He was really good.
So I'm all for it.
Yeah, it's...
Let the guy...
Like...
It's like when you end that situation,
the guy flashed,
normally when guys flashes in camp.
Oh, Joe, you and I both play the NFL for a long time.
We both played at a high level.
Every team that I've been on,
when a guy flashes in practice, a guy flashes in the game,
he gets to move up and he gets meaningful reps,
more meaningful reps, meaning for reps, meaning he's no longer on the third or fourth.
They'll sneak some reps in with the twos.
Maybe they'll give him one or two shots with the ones.
That's normally how it works.
they're not so set in their ways
that it's like oh we just see this guy as
it's kind of like TD I gave a prime example
TD was a guy
TD was a six round draft pick
TD was probably like the fifth
or the six running back
but every day
he made that play on kickoff
and every day you saw TD get a little better
and gave him a little bit more reps
and so all of a sudden he'd go from six to five
from five to four
four to two
after the first game of the season, TD won.
Yeah.
Normally, that's how it plays out.
Guys show you in the game.
Because when guys flash in practice, Ocho, Cho, you're thinking to yourself,
I wonder if he do that in the game.
Hey, I'll coach put his ass in the game.
Let's see what he could do.
Right.
That's normally how it happened.
Wade Phillips, our defensive coordinator,
that's how I got in the game.
He said, Dan, put his ass in the game.
Let's see if they can cover him, because we can't.
Dan's like, okay, they put my ass in the game.
Yeah.
Well, Shadour, I think Shadour showed you something that he deserving.
I'm not saying you need to implement him as the starter, the number one, O-Trow.
We didn't say that.
That's not what we're saying.
But I think he's shown you enough Friday to says, you know what,
we might need to give him some more quality reps
with guys that's going to be playing on Sunday
and let's see him facing the number one defense,
Miles Garrett, those guys over there,
but let's give him Jerry Judy.
Let's give him in Joku.
Let's see if he can replicate some of that
what he did on Friday with the ones today.
Yeah.
That's all we're saying.
And can I say one more thing?
Go ahead.
if you can do what he did without getting the practice reps in a game without the number
ones around him things only get easier when you have the ones at your disposal that are better
at the position sedrick tillman and joku jerry jute it only becomes easier unc it doesn't get
more difficult. Now, once you're playing against a team that's skiing for you and disguises
and does all the stuff, you know, the game planning for you, okay, that's different. Then you
just have to process a little bit faster. Yes. That's all. Everything is vanilla. They line up
and they just go. That's exactly how it is. But also, you get better at something by doing said
thing yes exactly you heard what you just said you get better or something by doing said
but he wasn't doing said thing because he right and still looked the way he did i agree i agree
they don't view it that way they that organization they don't view it that way how i don't know
i don't know but i'm guessing in the in the direction in which they're going i'm hoping they're
right. They haven't been
right in the 35 quarterbacks that they tried
previously.
Or maybe
I'm wrong.
No.
I just think
I do believe that he's earned the right
to get
quality reps with the ones and twos.
I'm not saying that you implement
him that now he's QB1. I'm not
saying it's QB2.
Maybe
but I think
he's earned that opportunity
I know one thing
I know one thing
they better put a statue
of Andrew Barry
outside their goddamn stadium
yeah
tell you that
I can already foresee
how it's going to go
I already know
how it's going to go
I can already see it.
They're going to continue to play, continue to play,
put everybody in front of them, continue to play,
and then when his opportunity presents itself like it did
because of injury, he looked a certain way.
You can't deny it.
No.
You can't deny it, no matter what you try to do.
You can't deny it.
You can't.
Ocho, and Cleveland doing this.
Sometimes a man can make his destiny on the very road
he took to avoid it.
Sometimes you might,
they might even have their quarterback,
even though they tried to avoid giving him the opportunity.
Come on, man.
Come on, man.
On the very road you took to avoid it,
you found your destiny.
I just,
I'm not saying I'm general manager.
I'm not saying I'm a,
player personnel director,
I just know that when guys flash,
Tom Brady,
they kept four quarterbacks that year.
Yeah.
Coach Belichick said that he saw something in Tom
that said if he got more of an opportunity,
he might be okay.
He didn't know he's going to be this.
Hell, if he knew he was going to be that,
somebody would have taken him in the first thing in the draft.
Right.
But he flashed enough.
Guys, you know, late round picks, okay.
Like, he's showing something.
He just, sometimes you just need time.
Sometimes you need more opportunity.
You know, looking at Tray Lance, Tray Lance, like, he needed time.
Time, which the 49ers didn't have.
The 49ers are on the clock.
They got to win now with the roster that they have.
They're not in rebuild.
Well, the Cleveland, I mean, you just gave a guy $140 million.
He's under the assumption.
Now, he played it both ways.
You know, I won out, y'all not winning, got the money.
Hey.
But what are y'all, what are y'all doing?
Are y'all in rebuild or you're trying to win?
Because y'all see who is in your division.
Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrell.
Now, Lamar Jackson is 27, 28.
he got another five to ten years in Baltimore.
Joe Burrell might be a year younger than Lamar.
He's got another five to ten years in Cincinnati.
Well, while y'all playing musical chairs with quarterbacks,
they've identified their guy,
and he's going to be there for almost a decade.
You're not beating a team that has an established quarterback
playing musical chairs with quarterbacks.
No, uh-uh, not at all, not at all.
Listen, I mean, it's, it's, it's exciting.
It's exciting.
And listen, even as a Bengal fan, as a Bengal player at heart,
it's, it's enjoyable to be talking about the Brown.
It's enjoyable, huh?
It's exciting.
It's exciting for, for Brown fans.
I mean, when's the last time you had a player of this magnitude,
Who's a rookie that has you guys in the national spotlight like this?
Right.
At all times.
Basically, yeah, you got to go back to Johnny football.
Oh, hey, boy, Johnny, boy, Johnny was special, boy.
Yeah.
Another Texas, N.M. Johnny was special, boy.
Yeah.
You were special.
So it's, we'll see.
It'll be interesting to see when they go out to practice today.
I mean, excuse me, today.
tomorrow what comes back
what type of reps
did Shadour get
did he get
refs with the ones
did he get a rep or two with the ones
did he get anything with the twos
or was he back relegated
to be in the fourth quarterback
and getting one rep
with the fours
or no reps
or just getting side work
that's going to be the tell
that's going to tell us Ocho
yeah
because what they
talking and what's actually happening,
we'll find out.
We'll find out.
And we'll see how they play this thing out on Saturday when they play the game.
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