Deion Sanders spent time at the Browns training camp on Thursday to watch his son Shedeur compete for the starting quarterback spot.
The Pro Football Hall of Famer wasn’t going just to watch, though.
Deion met with new head coach Todd Monken to give “little bit of insight” on his son, who he coached throughout high school and college.
“It was really cool,” Monken said. “Deion Sanders, you kidding me? Forget that it’s Shedeur’s dad. I mean, first of all, he did an unbelievable job with Shedeur, great kid. And obviously an elite football player, hell, baseball player. And then as a coach, I mean, wow. Everything that he’s achieved, that was awesome.”
Deion had hinted at a visit to Cleveland months ago, and now that he’s cancer free, was able to do so.
He said on “The Barbershop” in May that meeting Monken was important as Shedeur’s long-time coach, because he can help the Browns new skipper understand him as a player.
“He gave me a little bit of insight, but we were up against it,” Monken said. “[General manager] Andrew Berry was next, so I had to give him up to Andrew.
“There was some back-and-forth as to being around Shedeur in terms of how he processes personalitywise. And I think competitivewise, he got into it at the end in terms of what makes him tick, which was good. It was all good. But we’ve seen that.
“Most of what he said, we’ve been able to see. Now we haven’t gotten to games yet. That’s a different animal. But at this point, what he talked about, I would’ve said, ‘No, that’s how I’ve seen it.’”
Deion said on the same episode of “The Barbershop” that he was surprised former Brown’s head coach Kevin Stefanski had never reached out.
Though it appears Deion completed his mission as Shedeurs coach, as his dad, the Colorado head coach couldn’t have chosen a better day to watch.
Shedeur, who is in a quarterback battle with Deshaun Watson, took all the first-team reps on Thursday.
The two quarterbacks are expected to split time with the first team until the top of the depth chart is decided.
“Ultimately, I’m not going to decide who the starter is. They decide by their play. Their play decides who the starter is,” Monken said. “I don’t have any preconceived notions of how they’re played in the past or how they’re going to play. I only can, with my eyes, judge.”
Shedeur started eight games for the Browns last season, putting up 1,400 yards and seven touchdowns through the air.
He also threw 10 interceptions.
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