Cam Newton accuses Browns coach Kevin Stefanski of not wanting Shedeur Sanders to succeed

Shedeur Sanders made his regular-season debut for the Cleveland Browns during the team’s 23-17 nonaccomplishment to the Baltimore Ravens connected Sunday, and it wasn’t the outing helium would’ve hoped for successful his archetypal existent enactment successful the NFL.

Sanders went 4-of-16 for 47 yards, was sacked doubly and threw an interception. The Ravens yet saw choky extremity Mark Andrews people a rushing touchdown successful the 23-17 victory.

Sanders was captious of himself aft the game, but erstwhile NFL backmost Cam Newton said this crippled backed up an sentiment he’s had for rather a while.

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Shedeur Sanders of the Cleveland Browns warms up earlier the crippled against the Baltimore Ravens astatine Huntington Bank Field connected Nov. 16, 2025 successful Cleveland, Ohio. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

"I’ve said this earlier and I’ll accidental it again: I bash not deliberation Kevin Stefanski wants Shedeur Sanders to win successful Cleveland," Newton said connected ESPN’s "First Take". "The crushed being is, don’t archer maine what helium said, don’t archer maine what he’s saying. I’m going disconnected of actions – alright? Let’s spell disconnected actions.

"The actions is, if I’m Shedeur, oregon if I’m a Shedeur Sanders fan, I would not privation him to instrumentality the tract due to the fact that that’s going to consistently beryllium the show we’re going to see. It doesn’t substance if it’s Deshaun Watson, it doesn’t substance if it’s Shedeur Sanders, it doesn’t substance if it’s Dillon Gabriel, it doesn’t substance if it’s Dan Orlovsky, it doesn’t substance if it’s Cam Newton. You request assistance successful Cleveland. When you person a backmost that’s inactive making $46 cardinal connected your roster, and he’s not healthy, that impacts the endowment that’s astir him. They are not a bully team."

The Browns are 2-8 this season, and Sanders marks the 3rd backmost alteration since the regular play began. At first, 41-year-old journeyman Joe Flacco was starring the mode successful Stefanski’s offense, but helium was benched, starring to rookie Dillon Gabriel taking over.

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After Flacco was traded to the Cincinnati Bengals, Gabriel became the full-time starter with Sanders backing him up. It’s been a conflict for Gabriel, who went 7-of-10 passing for 68 yards with nary touchdowns oregon interceptions Sunday earlier Stefanski turned to Sanders aft Gabriel suffered a concussion.

Newton believes Sanders is being acceptable up to fail, saying the Colorado merchandise and lad of Hall of Famer Deion Sanders isn’t being fixed a just accidental to marque his people successful Cleveland.

"But this is the happening that truly irks maine the most… due to the fact that [Sanders] doesn’t get immoderate reps," Newton said. "Circa 2015, circa erstwhile Cam Newton was the MVP, circa when, hey, my backup for [the] bulk of my vocation was astir apt the biggest blessing of my career, to person a seasoned successful Derek Anderson. Ron Rivera inactive knew, ‘We’re 1 play away, kid, from you not being available.’"

Cam Newton attends the BET Awards Media House connected June 29, 2024 successful Los Angeles, California.  (Robin L Marshall/Getty Images for BET)

Sanders was blunt successful his postgame property league portion discussing his show successful his archetypal regular-season action.

"I don’t deliberation I played good," Sanders said. I deliberation there's a batch of things we request to look astatine during the week and spell and conscionable get comfy with adjacent throwing routes with Jerry [Jeudy] and throwing routes with each those guys.

"I deliberation that was my archetypal shot to him each year," helium continued. "But different than that, I conscionable deliberation overall, we conscionable got to spell adjacent week and understand, truthful that we person a week to hole worldly I similar to do."

To Newton’s point, Sanders hadn’t received immoderate first-team reps successful signifier earlier this game. He started the play arsenic the team’s third-string backmost earlier moving to Gabriel’s backup aft the Flacco trade.

Despite the mediocre outing, Sanders’ assurance isn’t wavering arsenic the Browns determination connected to adjacent week’s crippled against the Las Vegas Raiders connected the road.

Shedeur Sanders of the Cleveland Browns walks disconnected the tract aft losing to the Baltimore Ravens 23-16 astatine Huntington Bank Field connected Nov. 16, 2025 successful Cleveland, Ohio. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

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"I inactive person the aforesaid confidence. I’m inactive me," helium said. "I’ll ne'er spell anywhere. You know, conscionable going retired there, seeing daylight, that's each I needed to spot however they determination retired there. Playing against a large defense. You got guys from the Pro Bowl retired there, truthful it’s breathtaking to see. Okay, this is what it’s like? Alright. This is what it’s like? I’m excited for it. So, you know, I conscionable got to instrumentality this 1 and physique connected it."

Stefanski has not named a starting backmost for the Raiders matchup, though an announcement is expected aboriginal this week.

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