Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders did not practice at the East-West Shrine Bowl, and it was reported that the Cleveland Browns and the other teams at the top of the 2025 NFL draft had asked him not to.
However, general manager Andrew Berry has refuted the report that the team asked Sanders to sit out of Shrine Bowl practices this week. While all four days of practice at the East-West Shrine Bowl are now completed without Sanders, the Browns are stating that his decision did not come from them.
Here is what Berry had to say on the report:
“I don’t know where that report came from. That’s not true. That’s not a request that we made. With that being said, I want to be clear: whether he participated or not, that would have no bearing on how we think of him. But I don’t know where that came from.”
Picking No. 2 overall in the draft, the Browns will have an interest in a quarterback. Whether they take either Sanders or Miami’s Cam Ward is another story. For now, however, the Browns aren’t helping the prospects at the top of their class figure out their pre-draft plan.
