00:00Joe Flacco has been benched. He's been god awful. The Browns should have a winning record, by the way, if they have a competent quarterback, because their defense has pretty much played lights out this far this year. But it's official now, as you can see right there, that Dylan Gabriel, who was their first quarterback drafted in this past draft, is going to be their starting quarterback. He was the backup quarterback to Flacco. Now what's driving people crazy, some people, not all people, is the situation with Shadir Sanders, the most celebrated third string
00:29quarterback in the history of the NFL, and there are some reports that he doesn't practice at all. There's other reports that the dude practices twice a day every day, more than they even ask him to. I don't know which report's accurate. I really don't. I know that there's two camps when it comes to Shadir. For most people, you either love Shadir and think he's being screwed, or you think he's a lousy quarterback and not meant for the NFL. It doesn't seem like there's a lot of middle ground in that. He's a very polarizing guy, partially because of who his dad is, and partially some of it his behavior and some of the things he's
00:59done and said, I don't know which side's fair. I don't care either. But here's the story in Cleveland that's got people going crazy. It's Dylan Gabriel starts. Yep. All right. Who do the Browns play this week? I think they had a tough game this week. Yeah, they do. I'll find it. Just check it out for me real quick. Yeah. All right. So he starts this week. Vikings in London. They play the Vikings in London. Yeah, that's a tough, that's a tough one. All right. But it will not be a bad crowd for him, though. So it's a good spot crowd-wise for a rookie quarterback. A lot of blitzes. A lot of blitzes, though, coming from Minnesota. 100%.
01:29Defense, which is going to be very tough for any rookie quarterback. But here's the storyline, and I love this. So Dylan Gabriel, again, he was their first quarterback taken. He's a higher on the depth chart. He should be the guy. And yet that's problematic for some people who just love Dion and kiss Dion's ass. They think Shadur's getting screwed. But here's the funny part of the story. The backup quarterback for this game against Minnesota is not Shadur Sanders.
01:59If he gets hurt or somehow, you know, he's just totally incompetent and the game's too much for him. They're not going to Shadur. They're going back to old man Flacco. Shadur Sanders is still viewed by the Browns coaching staff as nothing more than an emergency quarterback. Now, play that out. People find that to be problematic. I don't. Because in the NFL, coaches will literally sell their own mothers into sex slavery to get a win.
02:29It's win at all costs. That was a little harsh. A little bit. Is that too much? A little bit. But, you know, you're cooking, though. You're cooking, though. So keep going. I was trying to make a point. Yeah, you're cooking. Go ahead. The point is, they're not going to make a point of not playing Shadur Sanders out of spite or to embarrass the kid or to make Dion feel bad. They're not going to play him because they don't think he's good enough to play. Period. Stop. If he had outperformed Dylan Gabriel either in the summer
02:58or during your scout team offenses and practice, trust me, Kevin Stefanski would put him higher on the depth chart. So this isn't about anything else other than talent.
03:09And I'm still trying to figure out why so many people have this thing for Shadur Sanders where they feel like he's getting screwed.
03:18He's not getting screwed. He's the third best quarterback, according to the coaching staff, on that roster.
03:24And they certainly would know a lot better than us because they're at practice with him.
03:29None of us are. And Shadur, you're having his arms folded and you're mugging the camera like he's pissed that Dylan Gabriel's getting the gig.
03:37What can I tell you, kid? Like, get better. I say this all the time.
03:41The beauty of sports is if you can play, somebody will find a way for you to play.
03:47If you can't play, they won't play you.
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