Browns QB Shedeur Sanders’ ‘Unprofessional’ Decision Won’t Sit Well With Dad Deion
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Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders got his first tattoo on video.
Cleveland Browns QB Shedeur Sanders revealed his first-ever tattoo on video — a choice that might not sit well with his dad, Deion.
The clip from Well Off Media shows Sanders getting his dollar-sign logo on his left, non-throwing hand. His brother, Shilo, teased that their dad definitely wouldn’t approve.
“If dad ever ranks you higher than me in the rankings each month, buddy, that’ll be outrageous,” Shilo Sanders said. “Dad’s gonna say, ‘Ain’t no quarterback of mine have no tattoos. That’s unprofessional. I did not raise you like that.'”
Deion Sanders is famously opposed to getting tattoos, as he expressed in a previous video with Shedeur back in 2022.
“Where you plan on going, some things you can’t take with you,” Deion Sanders said when the pair were at Jackson State. “Starts out with a thigh, next thing it’s a shoulder, next thing it’s a calf and a hamstring. Next thing you know, you’re Mike Tyson and you’ll do your whole face.”
Shedeur Sanders Making Progress With Browns
It’s been an interesting ride for Sanders in the NFL after tumbling in the draft to the fifth round. He’s currently serving as the backup quarterback to Dillon Gabriel in Cleveland, and it’s uncertain if or when he’ll see the field this season.
“I don’t think it’s fair to speculate,” Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said Monday about a possible timeline for Sanders to see the field. “We’re committed to getting better as an offense. Dillon is certainly committed to improving every which way he can. And all the while, all of our players, our young players are developing and working so hard behind the scenes to make sure that they’re getting better on a daily basis.”
That said, Stefanski provided some light praise for Sanders on Friday ahead of the team’s Week 11 matchup against the Baltimore Ravens.
“He’s doing a really nice job. Including just now coming off the field with the red zone drill we did,” Stefanski said. “Continues to work really hard. Doing a nice job in meetings. Doing a good job on the field.”
Browns Need More From Dillon Gabriel
The chatter around Sanders seeing the field has heated up in recent weeks. Gabriel has struggled to establish himself as the starter in Cleveland. He’s posted a 1-4 record and has not provided a spark for the offense. However, Stefanski has continued to back Gabriel, putting the blame on the unit as a whole.
“There are things that I know Dillon can do better and will do better as a young quarterback. And I know there are things that we as a staff can do better, and putting our guys in position,” Stefanski said. “So, I just think it goes back to, I understand the individual aspect of this, but there’s also the collective aspect of this.”
If Gabriel’s struggles persist, the Browns will almost certainly give Sanders a look down the stretch with the playoffs out of reach. Cleveland holds two first-round picks in next year’s draft and must evaluate its rookie quarterbacks before making any long-term decisions at the position.
Blockbuster Eagles Trade Pitch Swaps A.J. Brown for $140 Million All-Pro WR
There aren’t very many wide receivers in the NFL you can say are better than Philadelphia Eagles superstar A.J. Brown. You can count them on one hand.
What if the Eagles could get one of them in exchange for Brown, and send the headache that comes with his incessant whining and complaining elsewhere? Wouldn’t that be something they should consider?
In this case, it would be swapping Brown in exchange for Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson and sweeten the pot for the Vikings with a 2026 first round pick. If Philadelphia general manager Howie Roseman is truly as great at his job as we think he is, might even be able to get the Vikings to see the benefits of the deal financially and just do the Brown-Jefferson swap straight up.
The key is getting Brown out of Philadelphia and making sure there’s another Top 5 wide receiver to take his place. Jefferson is the likely only candidate.
Vikings: Swing and Miss at Drafting QB
From the outside looking in, it seems like the Vikings looked at the 3 quarterbacks they had on their roster last year — Sam Darnold, Daniel Jones and J.J. McCarthy — and picked the worst one to move forward with.
Darnold is now with the Seattle Seahawks and looks like an NFL MVP candidate.
Jones is now with the Indianapolis Colts and looks like an NFL MVP candidate.
McCarthy has seemed, for all intents and purposes, totally lost.
McCarthy, who missed 5 games with a high ankle sprain and is 2-2 in 4 starts this season, just looks lost. The result? The Vikings are 4-5 and in last place in the NFC North Division one year after going 14-3 in the regular season.
If we’re going to crown a King of Suffering in Minnesota right now, that can only be the 26-year-old Jefferson, a 4-time NFL All-Pro with a 4-year, $140 million contract who has had to endure the insult of catching passes from McCarthy and Carson Wentz this season.
It’s not an exaggeration to say the Vikings are wasting the prime years of the career of one of the NFL’s greatest wide receivers of all time, which we can rightly say Jefferson is halfway through his sixth season.
Consider this: Jefferson has been named Pro Bowl or NFL All-Pro 4 times in his first 5 seasons and had more receiving yards through his first 5 seasons than any player in NFL history, including winning NFL Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2022 with 128 reception for 1,809 yards and 9 touchdowns.
Also consider if the Vikings were to swap Jefferson for Brown, it would free up roughly $24 million in cap space for 2026 — that’s the financial benefit.
Brown’s Constant Complaining Wears Thin
Brown has spent the majority of the 2025 regular season complaining about his role in the offense as the Eagles try to win a second consecutive Super Bowl — we count 3 separate online crash outs this season alone as the Eagles have started the regular season with a sparkling 7-2 record.
His latest complaint came via a Twitch livestream on the Tuesday following Philadelphia’s 10-7 win over the Green Bay Packers in which Brown called the season a “s–t show” after just 2 receptions for 13 yards.
That prompted a rare visit and talk from team owner Jeffery Lurie at Eagles practice on Thursday, and came after the Eagles had to address trade rumors about Brown after the NFL trade deadline on November 4.
This offseason, it might be smart for the Eagles to turn those rumors into reality.
