CLEVELAND, Ohio — Were the Browns right not to give Shedeur Sanders any first team reps in practice when he was promoted to backup behind fellow rookie QB Dillon Gabriel in Week 5?

It’s certainly not unusual for the backup quarterback in the NFL not to get any reps with the starters. It’s how Kevin Stefanski has handled it since taking over here in 2020, and how the Vikings handled it in his 14 seasons there as an offensive assistant.

“The starter gets the vast majority, obviously, if not the entire majority,” Stefanski said on a video conference Monday. “I will say this, we trust our players. Shedeur’s putting in great work on the field, in the meeting room. He will be better with reps that he’s getting, like any player would be better. But we trust him and he’s somebody that’s continue

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