Deion Sanders reacts to Browns trading Joe Flacco, impact on Shedeur Sanders

With Cleveland trading away Joe Flacco on Tuesday, Shedeur Sanders is all the way up to being the second-string quarterback for the Browns. Deion Sanders has heard about it, but doesn’t care much, though, beyond it involving his son.

Sanders was asked for his reaction to the news of the trade during his press conference this morning. He said that he heard about it at practice, and that, as he’s focusing on his own football team, he doesn’t care or give a darn what the franchise did in the deal. Although, he does really like the Browns’ new backup quarterback.

“Yeah, I got that text during practice,” said Sanders.

“I don’t care. I don’t give a darn about the Browns, at all. I care about the Colorado Buffaloes. I do love me some Shedeur Sanders, though. Believe that. I care about him,” Sanders said. “The rest of that mess? I don’t, okay. I’m a coach trying to win just like they’re trying to win games. But, I could care less of who they traded.”

However, Sanders didn’t know that Cleveland traded Flacco within the division to Cincinnati. The Browns are acquiring a fifth-round pick in return for Flacco and a sixth-round selection today. With that, Coach Prime actually credited the Bengals for the win-now move as they’ve had issues at quarterback since what may be a season-ending injury for Joe Burrow in Week 2.

“He went to the Bengals? I didn’t know that,” said Sanders. “Oh my god. Bengals ain’t no joke, ain’t they? They trying to win.”

Cleveland benched Flacco, the 40-year-old in the 18th season of his career, last week. That’s as, during a 1-3 start for the team, Flacco was 93-160 (58.1%) for 203.8 passing yards per game with two touchdowns and six interceptions, while also losing two fumbles.

In his place, Dillon Gabriel, a third-round pick by the team in last spring’s draft, made his first career start in the Browns’ loss to the Minnesota Vikings in London on Sunday. The rookie was 19-33 (57.8%) for 190 yards and two touchdowns in the 21-17 defeat.

Now, with Flacco dealt away to Cincinnati after Kenny Pickett was traded to Las Vegas in the preseason, Sanders, taken in the fifth round of the draft, has gone all the way from maybe as low as QB4 to QB2 for Cleveland. That, pending Gabriel’s play, further suggests he will eventually make his debut this season in the NFL, as Sanders has not appeared yet during the first five weeks for the Browns.

Coach Prime has his own squad to concern himself with, as the Buffs are just 2-4 overall through the first half of their season in Boulder. But, he certainly doesn’t mind that Sanders has slowly moved his way up the depth chart for Cleveland.