Shedeur Sanders Will Be Part Of The Competition For Browns' Qb Spot Despite Drop In Nfl Draft

Andrew Berry said Friday night that it was less about where Shedeur Sanders got picked than what he would do with the opportunity after getting selected.

It turns out, the Browns general manager was prophetic in describing what he expects out of the player who became his fifth-round pick the next day.

Sanders, who was taken with the 144th-overall selection by Cleveland on Saturday, comes to a team that will have a quarterback competition going into training camp in July.

"I know I'm going to fit in perfect," Sanders said on a conference call. "I feel like it's first getting in, showing the respect to the vets, showing them I'm here ready to work, show the coaches and have them understand I'm here ready to work so they can actually understand the real me. That's what I'm truly thankful to have is the opportunity for people to actually see the real me and not be able to see stuff that could be true or not."

Sanders - the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders - comes to a franchise that has failed repeatedly to find a long-term answer at the position since returning to the league in 1999.