Jason Lloyd of The Athletic raised some eyebrows earlier this month when he reported that Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders has never been a big film watcher, has had to be coached up in that department, and as a result “doesn’t know what he’s looking at in coverages.”
On one hand, this might help explain Sanders’ tumble in the 2025 NFL Draft, and him opening training camp as No. 4 on the Browns’ depth chart.
On the other hand, the notion that the son of a first-ballot Hall of Famer and one of the best defensive football players of all time doesn’t understand film or coverages feels like a major stretch.