Shedeur Sanders faces the biggest test of his career. In a season that could make or break his career, Sanders must fight for the QB1 spot against Deshaun Watson. But it won't be easy, especially since Cleveland fans can't forget his performance from last year.

And now, one Browns insider would rather take some serious physical pain than watch him play quarterback again.

"I am open to any idea that prevents me from watching Shedeur Sanders play quarterback on Sundays," Chris Fedor said on 92.3 The Fan.

"He was statistically one of the worst quarterbacks that we’ve ever seen. He was terrible,” he added.

While his 1400 yards and 7 touchdowns seemed decent, he threw 10 interceptions, a number that puts him in the top 15 QB in the league based on interceptions. But that's not it.

His debut saw the lowest completion rate (25%) in an NFL debut in 41 years, the fewest yards per dropback (1.7) since Ryan Lindley in 2012, and the most inefficient debut by a quarterback since Ian Book in 2021, posting an EPA per play of -0.80.

At the same time, Sanders took over halfway through the season when Dillon Gabriel sat on the sidelines with an injury. Even with limited practice snaps, Sanders managed a 3-4 record as a starter.

Come the 2026 season, those numbers certainly won't be good enough. But according to insiders, Sanders is making progress.

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GM Andrew Berry called Sanders' offseason "phenomenal," saying the improvement started as far back as January and carried right into spring practices. But he's not alone. Browns insider Nathan Zegura said something similar on the Ross Tucker podcast.

He has progressed so much in terms of his pre and post-snap process, his ability to get through his read and progressions, process information, get the ball out quickly. He's done a very good job with that... He's made a big leap since his rookie year."

The results in the field this spring have followed. Sanders and DeShaun Watson split first-team reps throughout mandatory minicamp, with each getting a full day running the starters.

Head coach Todd Monken hasn't named a starter yet, and training camp will decide it. But for a quarterback who walked into last season with almost no first-team preparation, the progress has been real enough to make this a genuine competition, and that alone is a different story from where things stood in November.

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Harshita Saxena