Shedeur Sanders on Kevin Stefanski, the offseason, and more: Transcript

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders took questions from reporters connected Monday pinch respect to Kevin Stefanski’s firing, nan upcoming offseason, and more.

Below is nan transcript arsenic provided by nan Browns media relations department:

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We cognize what you said yesterday aft nan crippled astir Kevin (Stefanski) and really overmuch you’ve learned from him and grew to understand each other. What’s your guidance to nan news that he’s nary longer your coach?

“We conscionable recovered retired a mates seconds ago. But I deliberation it’s conscionable wide nan mentality, for illustration things are going to happen, that’s conscionable really nan convention is. And moving forward, conscionable attraction connected what we tin improve, individually, for nan adjacent caput coach.”

Shedeur, do you deliberation you did capable to show everybody aliases show Andrew Berry that you should beryllium nan starter heading into 2026?

“I deliberation I did what I was capable to do, and I decidedly grew from a batch of things, and I sewage acquisition now. So, I’m ever nan same, confidence-wise, I’m there. But like, that’s not successful my hands. Like, that’s not my decision. I can’t speak connected what different group feel.”

But what does nan offseason look for illustration for you? How are you going to walk it and is it benignant of weird, like, this mightiness beryllium nan first clip you’ve gone into an offseason not really knowing who your caput coach is going to be? Outside of past season.

“Yeah, well, this twelvemonth been nan first twelvemonth pinch a different caput coach than Pop. So that was nan accommodation disconnected rip, and it was cool, it was straight. Like building different relationships successful different circumstances, situations, which is ever bully to person those life goals and person those life lessons around. Just to person them connected building blocks, truthful past you’re prepared for immoderate situation. So that’s what this past twelvemonth was.”

What are your plans for nan offseason to get amended arsenic a quarterback?

“Yeah, of course. First and foremost, I gotta spell spot Shilo (Sanders), spell bent retired pinch him for a bit. I heard he sewage immoderate Christmas gifts for me, truthful I’ll spell spot astir that, astir apt tomorrow aliases something. Then aft that, really conscionable beryllium pinch nan family, past get backmost to work. And connecting pinch nan guys earlier – overall, conscionable getting better, looking astatine everything that happened this year, what transpired, and going into adjacent twelvemonth pinch a caller mind.”

I cognize you talked a fewer weeks agone astir wanting to find much wins, that you felt for illustration nan wins were nan things missing. So really important is it for you to extremity nan play having won these past 2 games?

“I consciousness for illustration nan measurement we ended nan play was cool. I deliberation overall, for illustration arsenic a quarterback, I showed different pieces successful different games to each adhd up to 1 complete quarterback. And that’s what I had to get to successful those situations – reddish area situations, section extremity situations, 3rd down situations, ‘where you astatine connected nan field’ situations. So, it was a batch of situations that was good. I consciousness for illustration this was a bully learning twelvemonth for me, and I’m excited for it. Because for illustration I say, for illustration moving guardant I’ll beryllium prepared. I’ll person existent realistic reps versus players and different players connected different teams and everything. So, I’m excited for this offseason, knowing what I’m knowing and knowing what to expect and what I’m gonna get.”

With that said, what does your offseason request to look for illustration for you to travel into this adjacent twelvemonth pinch a bully platform?

“Like it ever been. Yeah, nan activity ever beryllium nan same, truthful that’s 1 thing. Us, for illustration arsenic a family, conscionable being a Sanders – that’s what activity is. And we ever proceed to do it, truthful conscionable working. But cognize what you’re moving towards and cognize nan opponent.”

Who informed nan players that this happened? You said you conscionable recovered retired a fewer minutes ago.

“I deliberation societal media informed nan players first, truthful I deliberation that’s…”

Did (Jimmy) Haslam reside nan squad astatine all?

“All right, now this is getting sticky business here.”

Shedeur, evidently you’ve only been present conscionable nan 1 twelvemonth truthful far, but arsenic this squad goes into a coaching search, what do you deliberation is needed successful nan adjacent leader of this squad to get things going nan correct direction?

“I tin conscionable attraction connected me. I tin conscionable attraction connected what I tin do and getting amended and nan players and nan teammates that we got. When it comes to those grown-up decisions, that’s not me.”

You worked truthful difficult pinch Bill Musgrave, Tommy Rees and Kevin, and we saw you get amended each azygous week. What did each of those guys mean to your maturation and your improvement since nan time we first saw you show up here, and would it thief if possibly Tommy and Bill tin still beryllium progressive pinch you going guardant or…

“See now you effort to get maine successful sticky business.”

Well, not that.

“I can’t make decisions connected nan coach and who’s coming, who’s not.”

Forget nan past part, conscionable really important was it to your improvement what Bill and Tommy and Kevin each did to thief you?

“Yeah, but it’s those coaches and besides different coaches that each poured into maine and that helped maine passim everything. So decidedly it takes a colony to turn personification and thief you successful places that you request thief with. And conscionable talking successful perspectives, being humans pinch each other. So, it takes a colony to raise one.”

You mentioned getting much reps against different teams and having a afloat offseason. Does that mean that nan franchise came to you and said they want you to beryllium their franchise backmost going forward?

“Nah, I conscionable went disconnected elemental facts of from past twelvemonth to this year, for illustration not playing successful nan convention and this twelvemonth playing successful nan league, knowing what you like, what you don’t like, knowing what you do good, what you don’t do good. And conscionable knowing nan strengths and weaknesses and knowing really group crippled plan, besides knowing really teams will onslaught aliases return things away. So it’s a full heavy dive that you person to dive into erstwhile it comes to this offseason, and mentally, like, getting location and preparing everybody, whether it’s nan relationship pinch nan receivers and everybody, to person that type of feeling, to person that ‘it’ factor, to person those moments to wherever it could beryllium risky plays, but it’s ever going to autumn successful our direction. So, it takes a batch of relationships, and that’s what I’m happy this offseason I’ll beryllium capable to build pinch those guys and whoever is coming to nan program.”