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Daniel Oyefusi
BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders defined why he does not need his father, Deion, to go to him at coaching camp, saying he desires to first “get the place I wish to go.”
Deion, a Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer, advised Michael Irvin that Shedeur advised him to not go to him at coaching camp due to the restricted reps he has obtained in follow. Deion went to see his different son, Shilo, on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ coaching camp.
“I do not need him coming to see me proper now as a result of I wish to get to the place I wish to go, then for him to see me,” Shedeur mentioned Monday. “I do not need him to return and see me get a pair reps, and he’s cheering like a superb dad. Like, nah, you possibly can’t be pleased with me proper now. I acquired to get to the place I am going, and I do know it is lots I acquired to do to get there.
“It is sort of like I simply need every thing that I am doing is simply concentrate on this time, and I do not need no distractions as a result of we all know how the media, we all know how all people would take it and take away from the group, simply from him being my very own dad displaying up. So, it’s a reward and a curse on the similar time.”
Shedeur was considered one of many high quarterbacks within the 2025 NFL draft earlier than falling to the fifth spherical, the place the Browns chosen him with the 144th decide. By way of the primary week of coaching camp, Shedeur is the one quarterback in Cleveland’s four-way competitors who has not obtained reps with the first-team offense.
Shedeur additionally commented on coping with the well being of his father, who introduced final week that he underwent surgical procedure to take away his bladder after docs found a tumor there. Deion mentioned that because the surgical procedure there have been no traces of most cancers and that he’ll proceed to educate soccer on the College of Colorado.
“It is positively keep targeted mentally,” Shedeur mentioned. “Dad, he is one individual that he’ll deal with his, we deal with what we acquired to. So, it was one thing that we actually ain’t also have a formal dialog about as a result of, it was like, ‘Y’all must concentrate on what y’all can concentrate on. Cannot sit right here and really feel sorry for me, after which that is affecting y’all doing that.'”
