Peter Schrager honest on Shedeur Sanders' starting chances: 'They're not going to give it to him'

ESPN’s Peter Schrager gave an honest take on Shedeur Sanders’ chances to win the starting quarterback job with the Cleveland Browns. Like anything else, he’ll have to earn it.

Sanders is in competition with fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel, who was drafted ahead of him in the third round, as well as veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett. It’s a crowded quarterback room to say the least.

But to say Sanders doesn’t have a shot to start would be disingenuous. But, it won’t be handed to him on a silver platter just based on his name and college accolades.

“I was covering the Seahawks when Russell Wilson was a third round pick, outplayed the great Matt Flynn and the late Tarvaris Jackson, and won that job,” Schragaer said on Get Up. “Shedeur is gonna have to win the job. They’re not going to give it to him … He has to now do it himself. The question is can you do it when it gets on the field?”

ESPN’s Bart Scott had something similar to say. Basically, Sanders has even more motivation now that he’s not the star of the show, at least right now.

“I mean, they gave him a battery pack,” Scott said. “They gave a kid that was already held to a high standard because of the name on his back and how his dad handled being a professional. You gave him motivation, you gave him a chip on his shoulder. It’s not about the money, it’s for the opportunity. And now this guy, you’re going to get a focus, lasered in guy that’s going to live every day and approach every day to prove everybody wrong.”

Sanders’ draft slide was noteworthy this spring, considering he previously had projections to be the No. 1 or 2 quarterback taken at one point. Then, it turned into a narrative of “there’s no way Sanders would fall out of the first round.”

Things changed. The Giants traded back into the first round and selected Ole Miss’ Jaxson Dart, who ended up being the second QB taken in the draft. Sanders was prank called and left waiting. That was the story.

Then, when he went to a team that already had drafted a quarterback? There’s no doubt there’d be motivation.

Sanders is college football’s all-time leader in career completion percentage when you put his two seasons at Colorado against everyone else. The talent is there, but as Schrager and Scott put it, it’s on the son of Coach Prime to put it all together.