Two-time Super Bowl champion Asante Samuel has thrown out a rather ridiculous idea, but one that would set the NFL world on fire.
What if the Cleveland Browns traded Shedeur Sanders?
What if the Cleveland Browns traded Shedeur Sanders to the New Orleans Saints, who happened to have drafted a quarterback in the second round?
Move over Tyler Shough; Sanders could be on the way. That is if you subscribe to the Samuel school of thought.
Samuel made a bold statement on his “Say What Needs To Be Said” podcast.
“He goes out there and does something like he did today, nine for nine, two touchdowns, 32 other teams are watching,” Samuel said.
“Oh man, this might be the first time we see in history that something bizarre happens where a team tries to make a trade for him, like the Indianapolis Colts, the New Orleans Saints.”
The Saints’ quarterback situation can be classified as dire, with Shough, Spencer Rattler, and Jake Haener rounding out the room. However, trading for Sanders is extremely unlikely.
The Saints drafted Shough with the 40th overall pick, passing on Sanders at every opportunity; they clearly weren’t interested.
But as Sanders keeps raising eyebrows during training camp and impressing with each day, more and more teams could soon be interested in the rookie, at least that is what Samuel believes.
The QB room in New Orleans is probably at the bottom of the barrel in terms of talent, and a trade for Sanders may raise the floor, but he’s still every bit of an unknown as Shough is.
Samuel also mentioned the Colts, who currently have former first-rounders Anthony Richardson and Daniel Jones battling it out for QB1; Sanders would add depth but not really fit.
Another precarious situation, one that finds Richardson and Jones trying to prove to everyone that they still belong and are capable of being starting quarterbacks in the National Football League.
Sanders would add depth, but not really fit.
With how good Sanders has looked so far in the early going of camp, the Browns would be foolish to move off of their fifth-round pick.
What matters is the QB1 competition that is taking place on the shores of Lake Erie. Veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett are looking to stave off the two rookies, Sanders and Dillon Gabriel.
Reports are that Sanders has fared well in the early going at camp, even taking a pivotal step during Wednesday’s practice.
The rookie took his first reps against Myles Garrett and the first-team defense. He led the second-team offense in 11-on-11s against the defensive first unit.
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He reportedly went 2-for-3 during that team period. Up to this point, it’s clear that Sanders has had more good days than bad days, but he still needs to keep stacking them in the right direction.
After all, Sanders is Berry’s guy, not Haslam’s. The owner pulled back the curtain of the selection of Sanders in the 2025 draft while speaking to the media earlier this week.
“We have good process,” Haslam said, via Daniel Oyefusi of ESPN.com.
“We had a conversation early that morning, and then we had a conversation later that day. I think we had the right people involved in the conversation.
“And the end of the day, that’s [G.M.] Andrew Berry’s call. Andrew made the call to pick Shedeur.”
Does that sound like Haslam is a fan of Sanders? Hard to tell, but he clearly isn’t taking any responsibility in bringing him into the organization.
Now, could he have told Berry anytime during the draft that he didn’t want his general manager to draft the son of Deion Sanders? And would Berry have listened?
None of that matters now. What matters is how good Sanders looks in the preseason, and if the Browns thrust him into the starting role, or if another team comes knocking down wanting to trade for him.
Time will tell.