Browns coach praises Shedeur Sanders’ improvement after uneven preseason opener

Shedeur Sanders still has a fan in Todd Monken. The Browns head coach spoke to the media following the team’s preseason opener, which saw up-and-down play from the second-year quarterback, who is competing for a starting job in training camp. Monken is seeing improvements from the Colorado alum, who was infamously selected in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft after being projected to go significantly higher. “I mean, he really has [gotten better] in terms of climbing the pocket and working through his progressions,” Monken said, later adding, “We caught him in the blitz, but they weren’t even close.” Todd Monken has high praise for Shedeur Sanders. Getty Images Monken continued of Sanders, “He created some of his own pressure. There are things, and operational, it’s still a part of it: