As he partakes in his first training camp as a member of the Cleveland Browns, quarterback Shedeur Sanders offered his dad a firm suggestion.
Sanders told his father, NFL Pro Football Hall of Famer and Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders, to stay away from practice. Speaking to Michael Irvin, Sanders said his son told him he wasn’t where he needed to be for Deion to come around the facility just yet. Here is what Deion said about his conversation with his son:
“He didn’t want me to come. He was like, ‘Dad, I may get 3, 4 reps in practice. I don’t want you seeing that. I’m not where I want to be. Let me get where I need to be. … He ain’t mad. He’s like, I got work to do but I’m going to put in this work … When preseason come, watch me work.”
Shedeur Sanders told Coach Prime not to visit him at Training Camp:
“I’m not where I want to be, let me get where I need to be.”💯💪🏾 pic.twitter.com/GKOsA0ndLP
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Shedeur Sanders will have that chance to put in that work next week.
With Kenny Pickett sidelined with a hamstring injury, Sanders will not only see an uptick in practice reps, but may also now get the entire second half of the Browns’ first preseason game to himself. The Browns have stated via Cleveland dot com’s Mary Kay Cabot that they aren’t bringing in another quarterback to eat preseason snaps, so the bulk will be on Sanders.
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This article originally appeared on Browns Wire: Browns QB Shedeur Sanders tells dad to keep at arms length during camp