Cleveland Browns QB Shedeur Sanders revealed his first-ever tattoo on video — a choice that might not sit well with his dad, Deion.
The clip from Well Off Media shows Sanders getting his dollar-sign logo on his left, non-throwing hand. His brother, Shilo, teased that their dad definitely wouldn’t approve.
“If dad ever ranks you higher than me in the rankings each month, buddy, that’ll be outrageous,” Shilo Sanders said. “Dad’s gonna say, ‘Ain’t no quarterback of mine have no tattoos. That’s unprofessional. I did not raise you like that.’”
Deion Sanders is famously opposed to getting tattoos, as he expressed in a previous video with Shedeur back in 2022.
“Where you plan on going, some things you can’t take with you,” Deion Sanders said when the pair were at Jackson State. “Starts out with a thigh, next thing it’s a shoulder, next thing it’s a calf and a hamstring. Next thing you know, you’re Mike Tyson and you’ll do your whole face.”
It’s been an interesting ride for Sanders in the NFL after tumbling in the draft to the fifth round. He’s currently serving as the backup quarterback to Dillon Gabriel in Cleveland, and it’s uncertain if or when he’ll see the field this season.
“I don’t think it’s fair to speculate,” Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said Monday about a possible timeline for Sanders to see the field. “We’re committed to getting better as an offense. Dillon is certainly committed to improving every which way he can. And all the while, all of our players, our young players are developing and working so hard behind the scenes to make sure that they’re getting better on a daily basis.”
That said, Stefanski provided some light praise for Sanders on Friday ahead of the team’s Week 11 matchup against the Baltimore Ravens.
“He’s doing a really nice job. Including just now coming off the field with the red zone drill we did,” Stefanski said. “Continues to work really hard. Doing a nice job in meetings. Doing a good job on the field.”
The chatter around Sanders seeing the field has heated up in recent weeks. Gabriel has struggled to establish himself as the starter in Cleveland. He’s posted a 1-4 record and has not provided a spark for the offense. However, Stefanski has continued to back Gabriel, putting the blame on the unit as a whole.
“There are things that I know Dillon can do better and will do better as a young quarterback. And I know there are things that we as a staff can do better, and putting our guys in position,” Stefanski said. “So, I just think it goes back to, I understand the individual aspect of this, but there’s also the collective aspect of this.”
If Gabriel’s struggles persist, the Browns will almost certainly give Sanders a look down the stretch with the playoffs out of reach. Cleveland holds two first-round picks in next year’s draft and must evaluate its rookie quarterbacks before making any long-term decisions at the position.
The New Orleans Saints seemed like they were going to be huge sellers at the trade deadline this year. They’re one of the worst teams in the league and the future doesn’t seem too bright either. They need to make some moves to improve the future of the team and the trade deadline was the perfect time to do that.
But the Saints didn’t make huge moves. They traded Rashid Shaheed and Trevor Penning, but they opted to hold onto stars like Chris Olave, Cam Jordan, and Alvin Kamara. Shaheed’s deal was able to net the Saints a lot of draft capital in return, which certainly brightens the future by quite a bit.
But the Saints held onto other top trade candidates.
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They seemingly didn’t trade Kamara because he voiced his desire to stay with the Saints. Kamara even went as far as to threaten retirement if he was traded from New Orleans.
Olave wasn’t moved because he’s reportedly working on a contract extension to stay in New Orleans. These rumors have been confirmed by Olave, but it’s unclear where the talks stand right now.
Shortly after the trade deadline, Olave addressed the state of his extension talks with the Saints.
“It’s in the works…I want to be in New Orleans forever,” Olave said on a recent episode of the Up and Adams Show.
This kind of eagerness to stay in New Orleans is exactly what Saints fans need to hear right now. Olave is the best player on their roster, and it would be a huge deal to keep him on the team for the next four or five years.
Olave could sign for over $100 million, similar to the deal that his college teammate, Garrett Wilson, recently signed with the New York Jets.
Either way, keeping Olave on the team for the next few years would be huge for the franchise. It would also be huge for rookie quarterback Tyler Shough, who’s still learning and growing as a young signal caller.