Will the Cleveland Browns be trading quarterback Shedeur Sanders?
Trade rumors have swirled around Shedeur Sanders ever since the Cleveland Browns selected him in the fifth round of the NFL Draft back in April, but up until now, the Browns have not budged.
That has not prevented speculation from continuing, though, and with the NFL trade deadline inching closer and closer, we continue Sanders' name floated in trade conjecture, even when the scenarios are entirely ridiculous.
So, is there any meat to the Sanders trade talk?
Former NFL scout Daniel Kelly made his thoughts on the discussion very clear this week, and he thinks the very idea is absolutely ridiculous.
"As a former NFL Scout, I can’t see any team trading for him," Kelly wrote on X. "Why would they? Every team in the league passed on him in the first four rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft."
Kelly then went on to explain that Sanders has not exactly done himself any favors by receiving a pair of speeding tickets in June, struggling for parts of the preseason and exhibiting some maturity issues throughout the process.
Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders. Credit: Peter Casey-Imagn Images.Sanders began the season as the Browns' third-string quarterback but has now been moved up to the backup role following Cleveland's decision to trade Joe Flacco. Fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel — whom the Browns drafted two rounds before Sanders — is currently the starter.
Gabriel has made three starts to date and has not look overly impressive in any of them, which has many wondering if Sanders is on deck.
The general consensus is that we will see Sanders at some point this season, as the Browns will probably want to see what they have in the 23-year-old before making any decisions in the 2026 NFL Draft.
Next year's draft class is slated to be rife with quarterback talent, unlike 2025 which was incredibly thin at the position. With Cleveland owning a pair of first-round picks for next spring, it's more than possible that the Browns will take a signal-caller on Day 1 of the draft.
Sanders threw 37 touchdown passes and completed 74 percent of his passes during his final season at Colorado, the latter of which led the country.
In spite of his impressive production on the collegiate level, many doubt that he can find similar success in the pros.