Shedeur Sanders on competing for starting job, not getting first-team reps, slowing down on highways

BEREA — Shedeur Sanders has a simple approach as he battles veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel to be the Week 1 starting quarterback."I'm focused on doing me," he said Friday before the third training camp practice. "I'm focused on learning what I need to learn. That's simply it."Training Camp Log, Day 2: Quiet day for QBsThat doesn't mean he's not thinking about winning the starting job."I don't think nobody in this organization is here if they're not trying to win, honestly," said Sanders, who was a fifth-round pick out of Colorado and has mostly been fourth in the rotation. "I think they're trying to win the who gives out the best water and Gatorades out here. So it is definitely a competition. Everything in life. It's so many cameras out here. It is definitely competition with content obviously, too. So I think everything in life boils down to competition."Sanders had yet to take a repetition with the first-team offense. Flacco and Pickett have gotten the vast majority of them, with Gabriel getting some in minicamp.Browns QB Shedeur Sanders said he's not the one to talk about why he hasn't gotten first-team reps. Said he doesn't feel left out. pic.twitter.com/R1l4pIjkWN— Scott Petrak ct (@ScottPetrak) July 25, 2025https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"That's not my place to answer, to even be able to give the answer to that," Sanders said when asked why he hasn't worked with the starters. "I feel like if it's not in my control, so I'm not even going to think about that or have that even in my thought process of why it is."It's a lot of people that want to have the opportunity to be at this level and I'm here and I'm thankful to have the opportunity. So whenever that is, it is, but it doesn't make me feel down or it doesn't make me feel left out or anything because I know who I am as a person. I know who I am as an individual and I know what I could bring to this team, so I can never feel less than in any circumstance."Kenny Pickett, Joe Flacco talk drive to win starting job, handling the uncertainty, how they spent their summer breaksSanders addressed a number of other topics:** The pair of speeding tickets within a two-week period last month. He was cited for going 91 mph in a 65 mph zone and 101 mph in a 60 mph zone.Browns QB Shedeur Samders on how he approaches 4-man competition. He said everyone is trying to win it. pic.twitter.com/QdRuLgbThj— Scott Petrak ct (@ScottPetrak) July 25, 2025https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsGeneral manager Andrew Berry addressed it with Sanders and told reporters Thursday it's "not smart.""I definitely learned not to drive fast at all," Sanders said. "So I really don't even drive that much anymore. But I really don't drive fast at all. So I definitely follow the rules and I hope everybody learned from my situation, you know to not drive fast at all."Andrew Berry says organization still gathering information regarding Quinshon Judkins' arrest, not ready to speculate on potential return to team** Throwing to equipment managers during some drills because the receiver position is one short. Videos of Sanders throwing to a guy out of uniform got some reaction on social media."That doesn't really phase me," Sanders said. "You got to understand, we came our way from HBCU to Power Five and then now we are here. So at this point, if you look around, there's nothing that's a challenge I would say."** Practicing in front of Browns fans for the first time this afternoon."I'm definitely focused on getting completions when I get out there," he said. "So the external is cool. I'm thankful for it. I'm thankful for all y'all coming out here, being able to document everything and doing what y'all got to do. But, hey, when I get out there, I'm not thinking about it external, I'm thinking about more in the organization, thinking about getting play calls, executing my job, doing what I got to do."THIS STORY WILL BE UPDATED.The post Shedeur Sanders on competing for starting job, not getting first-team reps, slowing down on highways first appeared on BrownsZone with Scott Petrak.