Je’Rod Cherry warns Deion Sanders over Browns involvement

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Je’Rod Cherry is right to see danger in Deion Sanders stepping into Shedeur Sanders’ Browns situation.

Deion may believe he is helping by trying to speak to Todd Monken, and he has said he wanted to do it as a coach, not as a father.

That distinction matters to Deion, but it may not matter enough inside Cleveland. Shedeur needs the Browns’ quarterback decision to look clean, earned, and fully independent.

Je’Rod Cherry’s warning to Deion Sanders is fair

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Cherry warned Deion Sanders against getting involved, saying: “I think that’s the worst thing you can do is inject yourself into it.”

That is the key word. Injecting himself into the process risks turning Shedeur’s battle into something bigger than practice reps, command of the offence, and trust from the building.

Deion’s football knowledge is not the issue. The issue is perception. However carefully he frames the conversation, he is still Shedeur’s father.

That makes Cherry’s concern reasonable. Shedeur is trying to build his own case in Cleveland, not extend the Colorado dynamic into an NFL quarterback room.

Todd Monken does not need outside pressure to evaluate Shedeur Sanders