Shedeur Sanders on win over the Steelers, his performance, Tyler Huntley, and more: Transcript

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders took questions from reporters connected Sunday pinch respect to the 13-6 triumph complete nan Pittsburgh Steelers, his performance, Tyler Huntley, and more.

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

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• Browns’ disfigured triumph complete Steelers highlights a season-long missed opportunity — Jimmy Watkins

So how’d that feel, Shedeur, to get nan triumph against a rival squad that was trying to clinch a playoff spot?

“It felt bully getting a triumph wide and particularly nan squad we won against. I deliberation it’s been bittersweet because I consciousness for illustration nan offense, we sewage to do our part. I sewage to do my portion a small spot more, we can’t beryllium happy pinch only 13 points connected nan board. So, we conscionable sewage to beryllium capable to put up much points.”

To get that win, though, your first triumph present astatine home. How cool is that successful beforehand of nan fans?

“Yeah, it’s highly breathtaking to get nan triumph astatine home, for sure. I’ve been needing to triumph astatine location for a minute, truthful that’s what’s good, that’s what I’m excited for, that we brought that emotion backmost successful this place.”

Shedeur, you started retired basking nan first 2 series, and past location was a lull. Did they set to you aliases conscionable a reliable fought crippled throughout?

“I’m not sure, honestly. They sewage bully players, they sewage bully coaches, too. So of course, whenever we’re having a batch of success, they’re gonna make adjustments and everything. But I haven’t watched nan movie to beryllium capable to cognize exactly. I cognize location were a mates passes, like, for sure, to get backmost down to nan cheque down, to get backmost down to there, but I conscionable didn’t do it. So, it’s conscionable thing to study from.”

Can you reside nan bully occupation that Harold Fannin (Jr.) did connected nan touchdown catch? And past really reliable was it past to spot him person to time off nan crippled aft that pinch a groin injury?

“Yeah, I mean, we benignant of knew going into nan crippled he was banged up, truthful it wasn’t really for illustration ace surprising. We sewage awesome players ‘on nan Hungry Dawgs,’ truthful Sal (Cannella) was capable to travel backmost successful and beryllium capable to get his feet wet.”

I heard Snoop (Tyler Huntley) called you earlier nan game.

“Yeah, nary I called him. I don’t know, I gotta cheque my phone. But I deliberation I had a missed telephone from him aliases a text, something. I don’t cognize that I conscionable called maine astatine like, 6:30am, called him. I’m like, ‘dang bro, why you still up?’ He was like, ‘bro, I’m excited, bro’. He was excited they conscionable sewage nan win, and he was decidedly words of encouragement and worldly for me, but that’s conscionable really he is. Like, he not conscionable doing that conscionable because it gives them a chance now, I deliberation nan wide personification he is and nan clip that we had spent together, he did thing but speak life into maine and I genuinely admit him for that.”

How overmuch person you guys, arsenic an offense, grown to admit what Andre Szmyt’s been capable to do since those early play struggles and now he’s been truthful consistent?

“Yeah, I’ll say, conscionable nan narration pinch Andre, we had a speech erstwhile he was going done it, and past since past it’s been thing but up. So, I’m very happy that he was capable to get retired that spread that he was successful and that he’s capable to spot nan different broadside of things. I think, like, that’s nan only point I deliberation astir whenever I look astatine him, whenever I spot him, I’m conscionable excited, I’m conscionable happy that he was capable to spot nan different broadside of things.”

How awesome was that capacity from nan defense that you guys stopped scoring for a spot there? They were capable to clasp nan fort.

“Yeah, that’s really nan Browns defense usually is. That’s really they usually are.”

Shedeur, 7 weeks ago, you came into a location crippled against nan Baltimore Ravens, and you felt that you didn’t play that good successful your first opportunity. What would you opportunity astir your maturation and your maturation since then, to person this location triumph against a section rival, nan Pittsburgh Steelers?

“I’ll opportunity overall, I’m capable to spot nan section and nan crippled slow down for sure. I deliberation nan main point is, like, I conscionable for illustration throwing nan shot a lot. And successful immoderate situations, you can’t conscionable propulsion your canine a bony sometimes, you sewage to beryllium capable to cognize erstwhile it’s calculated risk. But like, I consciousness for illustration our players are amended than their players, truthful I conscionable gave my feline a chance and we conscionable ain’t travel down pinch it. And that’s conscionable really I go.”

A batch of nan vets and a batch of group are talking astir really they’re not really worried astir draught prime position and worldly for illustration that and really really for illustration their attraction arsenic players is about, particularly Joel (Bitonio), he said this is astir mounting nan civilization for a batch of nan young guys for illustration you and nan rookie class. You’ve talked astir changing nan culture, really do you deliberation that this triumph takes a measurement guardant successful doing that?

“I deliberation successful nan building and everything we’ve been beautiful accordant pinch what we’ve been doing, nan only quality is now we sewage nan consequence we were expected to get. So, I don’t deliberation nan quality betwixt a triumph and nonaccomplishment is simply a mates of plays. It wasn’t astir really you’re going astir your business, really you’re doing everything. Everybody’s going astir they business nan aforesaid way, everybody’s highly locked in, highly focused connected what they sewage to do. But coming we conscionable sewage nan consequence we was looking for.”

Hey Shedeur, did you cognize Snoop earlier he was present pinch you astatine training camp?

“Not personally, no.”

So really did that relationship betwixt you 2 create arsenic quickly arsenic it did?

“I deliberation because I ever grin and he ever smiling. I deliberation that’s what it is. And past we conscionable for illustration conscionable talked, and conscionable had a speech astir God and why he feels for illustration he was sent here, conscionable to springiness maine them words of encouragement to support maine going, and understand his communicative and understand really things panned retired for him also. So, he ever told me, ‘be ready,’ and anytime I talk to him, he’s ever positive. People pinch nan aforesaid vibe usually get on pinch each other.”

Did you watch nan crippled past night?

“I watched for illustration 1 thrust and past I went to sleep. Yeah, I beryllium going to slumber early nowadays. I consciousness for illustration I beryllium moving retired of time.”

Even though nan play didn’t spell distant past guys wanted it too, it really seems for illustration there’s a close-knit enslaved connected this shot team, a brotherhood. There’s thing typical going connected here. Can you picture what that is and really you consciousness astir it?

“I deliberation it’s a group of guys that been done a batch of things wrong themselves, and I deliberation we each for illustration banding together and being 1 done immoderate situation, done for illustration things that we can’t control. We each work together pinch a batch of things, and I deliberation we nan cornerstone of this team.”

If you could springiness yourself proposal for that first clip you walked retired to nan section to wherever you are, benignant of for illustration different chance. If you could group that you could springiness yourself a connection coming for nan first clip you walked outfit, what would you say? What did you request to know?

“I would opportunity decidedly cognize you’re expected to beryllium retired location dominating. I deliberation what you benignant of gotta understand besides for illustration sitting and everything for illustration that and conscionable watching for illustration it’s a intelligence thing. So it’s like, dang, you commencement questioning a batch of things, you know, and past sometimes you gotta… Like me, for illustration earlier nan crippled and stuff, I gotta for illustration person a batch for illustration built up anger, for illustration wrong myself. Because for illustration that’s why I gotta play pinch that fire, pinch that different emotion wrong me, you know? And I deliberation erstwhile you spell retired location nan first time, I deliberation it’s much of like, “Dang, for illustration this dude complete there, like, they cool.” But past for illustration erstwhile you really retired there, you’re like, “I don’t attraction who it is. I’m trying to predominate them,” you know? So I deliberation it’s that. It’s benignant of for illustration what I do successful nan pouch sometimes, for illustration whenever group beryllium falling and stuff, yeah, benignant of for illustration that.”

A small spot unrelated to football, but I saw pregame that personification talented you a really large carpet. How was that?

“We sewage it astatine nan location now. Yeah, I really emotion gifts. I don’t deliberation for Christmas I sewage much. So, if anybody retired location want to nonstop maine gifts, I’ll station my P.O. Box online. And conscionable please nonstop clothes, anything, jewelry, bags, because each my bags sewage stolen erstwhile my location sewage robbed (joking). So admit y’all.”