Former NFL defensive tackle Breiden Fehoko is already making his feelings known about the Browns’ quarterback picture, and his message to Cleveland general manager Andrew Berry was as direct as it gets: move Shedeur Sanders while the value is still there.
Fehoko, who once played alongside Russell Wilson, took to X on Saturday after Sanders’ showing in the preseason opener against the Chicago Bears and pushed the Browns to act now rather than wait.
“Andrew Berry if you’re smart you trade Shedeur Sanders now while he has value,” Fehoko wrote on X. “After the season ain’t nobody trading for no Cleveland QB. Especially with the QB class next year.”
Sanders is heading into his second season with Cleveland after a rookie year that brought both highs and lows. The son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders has spent this offseason in a heated battle for the starting job, though Deshaun Watson is expected to open Week 1 leading the Browns offense as the Todd Monken era begins.
For now, Sanders remains part of a crowded quarterback conversation in Cleveland. He flashed at times as a rookie, but consistency was a problem, and his production in limited starts was modest. Some fans believe a strong offseason could lead to a jump in Year 2, but Fehoko sees a different path for the Browns: turning Sanders into draft capital.
Todd Monken, meanwhile, isn’t ready to settle the quarterback question just yet. After Saturday’s game against the Bears, he said the team still has work to do before naming a starter.
“I'm not ready to say it yet,” Monken said when asked about the quarterback battle after the Bears game on Saturday. “The plan was always to get through the Bills game, switch up who is gonna start, who is gonna play in the second half and then we'll go from there.”
Monken also came away encouraged by what he saw from the position group overall. Deshaun Watson, Sanders and Dillon Gabriel all saw the field, and the Browns coach said the group gave him reasons to believe the passing game can function better this season.
“I was really pleased with our quarterback play. It's not gonna feel like that.
Turn it over three times, that's never gonna be ideal. But, to me, it felt to me like we are gonna be able to throw the football [and] be effective in that.”
Quarterback play was a major issue for Cleveland during the 2025 season, when the Browns cycled through three different signal-callers without finding the answer. Monken is trying to fix that problem in 2026, but the job remains unsettled for now.
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