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0 Share Newsweek is a Trust Project member See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Cleveland Browns fans believed there was some more drama stirring up less than a week before training camp gets underway.
This time it involved star wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, who found himself at the center of controversy after he was asked who he wanted his quarterback to be next season during an Instagram live video.
A video made its way to social media showing Jeudy holding up four fingers after the question was asked, seemingly signaling he wants Deshaun Watson to beat out Shedeur Sanders in Cleveland’s quarterback competition.
However, the legitimacy of the video has been called into question as it appears to have been cut and spliced after the question was asked, so it’s not known if Jeudy’s hand signal was truly in direct response to the QB question. The star wideout even acknowledged as much in a reply to the video.
Jeudy later posted a message on his X account addressing the situation, making it clear where he stood.
“I don’t speak on decisions that aren’t mine to make,” Jeudy wrote on X . “I support my teammates/Brothers, I do my job, and control what I can control. Let’s stop creating narrative that aren’t there for likes and clicks. I bet this won’t go viral because it’s too positive/real for y’all 💯.”
Watson and Sanders are locked into one of the more intriguing QB battles of the offseason.
It was reported that Watson had the early lead when the team began its offseason workout program, but Sanders has been really impressing Browns coaches with how much he’s improved, and some believe he could surpass Watson on the depth chart with a strong showing in training camp and the preseason.
“He's done a great job of defining his footwork, playing with a base, learning the offense, working his butt off to really master his craft,” quarterbacks coach Mike Bajakian said back in June . “And it's been fun to watch. He's done a really good job. … [He's] getting through progressions faster, and his feet are matching that mindset.
“We hammer the quarterbacks and the appropriate footwork that corresponds to the timing and space of the concept. So you can tell without the full speed rush whether their timing is off, the timing mechanisms of the drop technique.”
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