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Shedeur Sanders, the Cleveland Browns' backup quarterback, expressed frustration in a recent Cosmopolitan magazine interview about being misunderstood by the public despite people who meet him personally describing him as "a great guy." In his rookie year with the Browns, Sanders played sparingly due to Deshaun Watson's absence and currently faces competition for his position from Dillon Gabriel, who is expected to return from injury soon.
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Shedeur Sanders, the backup quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, expressed confusion about public perceptions of him in an interview with Cosmopolitan. He stated, "I wish people understood me more as a human being," acknowledging that many people find him to be a great guy upon meeting him personally but misunderstand him based on online information. Sanders, 24, was drafted by the Browns in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft out of Colorado, where he played for his father's team. He started seven games as a rookie and threw for 1,400 yards, with seven touchdowns and ten interceptions before Deshaun Watson missed the entire season due to injury. Sanders remains unsure why there is such misunderstanding but aims to connect more with people to help them see him differently.
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Shedeur Sanders has said before that he believes he’s been misunderstood, but the Browns’ backup quarterback admitted in a magazine story published this week that he remains confused by the public’s perception of him.
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he → say → him
“I wish people understood me more as a human being,” Sanders, who’s sitting behind starter Deshaun Watson this season in Cleveland, told Cosmopolitan.
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who → wish → Cosmopolitan
“I don’t think a lot of people really know me.
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lot → think → me
I’m just now starting to understand that.
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I → start → that
You hear a lot of things online, but every encounter I have in person, people end up saying, ‘Oh, wow, he’s actually a great guy.’
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he → hear → person
Why would you think I’m a bad guy?
“So I’ve been looking at things a lot more lately, like, ‘Why would people think this?’
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people → think → this
It’s not something I’m going to put [only] on myself,
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I → ’ → myself
but I do want to fix that.
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I → want → that
I want to connect with more people, so they can meet me and see the truth.”
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they → want → truth
After Sanders declined to throw at the scouting combine, he slid to the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft out of Colorado, where he played for his father with the Buffaloes.
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he → decline → Buffaloes
He appeared in eight games with seven starts as a rookie, throwing for 1,400 yards with seven touchdowns and 10 interceptions, with Watson missing the entire season due to an Achilles injury.
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Watson → appear → injury
But the 24-year-old Sanders has thrown just one pass during the Browns’ 3-1 start under first-year coach Todd Monken, with Watson posting a passer rating of 101.2 with six touchdowns and only two interceptions entering Sunday’s road game against the Jets.
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Watson → throw → Jets
The Browns have four quarterbacks under contract, including fellow 2025 draft pick Dillon Gabriel, who is on injured reserve with a back injury.
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who → have → injury
Gabriel was designated to return to practice this week, and he is expected to challenge Sanders for the No. 2 role behind Watson ahead of the Nov. 10 trade deadline.
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he → designate → deadline
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