Browns' rookie QB Sanders unfazed by fewer reps

BEREA, Ohio -- As the Cleveland Browns' backmost contention progresses into mandatory minicamp, rookie backmost Shedeur Sanders has often recovered himself practicing with a unit of backups portion the team's different passers -- Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel -- person received first-team reps.

Sanders, though, said he's unbothered by his signifier reps and is alternatively looking to instrumentality vantage of each accidental helium gets.

"Life is conscionable based connected however you presumption antithetic things," Sanders said Tuesday aft the Browns' archetypal mandatory minicamp practice. "So you tin presumption things arsenic you're not getting reps successful a antagonistic mode oregon you tin presumption it as, OK, erstwhile it's my clip to get retired there, let's beryllium proactive and let's get warm, let's get going.

"So, there's nary excuses due to the fact that erstwhile you get retired there. Nobody cares however galore reps you got whenever you get successful the game. Nobody cares if you took a drawback before. Everybody cares astir production. So that's the main happening erstwhile you get retired there: you got to beryllium capable to produce."

Sanders, the Browns' fifth-round pick, and Dillon Gabriel, the team's third-round pick, took the bulk of the signifier reps successful squad drills connected Tuesday, which manager Kevin Stefanski said was intentional arsenic Cleveland continues to make its rookie quarterbacks. But arsenic the wide inclination has been done 2 OTA practices unfastened to the media, Gabriel received a information of reps with starters, portion Sanders worked with backups.

Stefanski has praised the maturation of some young passers, portion downplaying the backmost contention that looms implicit each practice. Sanders took a akin attack erstwhile asked astir his extremity during the offseason workout programme and grooming camp.

"My extremity is to beryllium the champion teammate and to beryllium arsenic polished arsenic I tin beryllium successful each aspect," Sanders said. "I presumption things arsenic I got time. I got clip to beryllium capable to turn and mature and beryllium capable to recognize the ins and outs of the defenses and beryllium capable to get the bully penetration from the vets successful the room.

"So, I look astatine it arsenic a plus. I got clip to really beryllium capable to truly person a large knowing and whenever it's clip for maine to play, past it's clip for maine to play. But I'm not looking excessively acold successful the aboriginal astir each that. I'm looking [at] each time successful practice. ... I'm focused connected the tiny things and implicit clip the large things volition happen."