Browns GM Andrew Berry on Shedeur Sanders' speeding tickets: 'Not smart, just not smart'
"Not smart, just not smart, and it's something that we've addressed with him," Berry said on the second day of Browns training camp. "He understands the implications, he understands the consequences. I think the thing is it's not just about yourself. It's not just about having a joy ride, it's not just about driving a car really fast, but it's about the fact that you can endanger other people. It's about the fact that if a deer or someone cuts out in front of you, like your reaction time. It's just dangerous and it's not something that we want our guys to be doing. It's not something that they should be doing."
Sanders, who was taken in the fifth round of April's draft, was ticketed in Medina on June 5 after he was clocked going 91 mph in a 65 mph zone. He then received a ticket in Strongsville on June 17 for going 101 mph in a 60 mph zone on Interstate 71.
Sanders addressed them in a social media post during David Njoku's celebrity softball game on June 19, saying, 'I've made some wrong choices. I gotta own up to them. ... I learn from them.'
The rookie out of the University of Colorado, where he played for his father, Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, is one of four quarterback competing for the Browns' starting job. The others are veterans Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett, as well as third-round draft pick Dillon Gabriel.
Stefanski said the matter has been addressed with Sanders.
"Obviously I'll keep that message between Shadeur and myself," Stefanski said. "I will tell you he knows this and all of our rookies know this. They need to make sure that they're being safe and that can be whether they're behind the wheel of a car or they're in and around town. They need to make really good decisions so that they're safe."
Berry pointed to the incident involving Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice. In March 2024, Rice was driving a Lamborghini Urus SUV at 119 mph on a Dallas highway when he made "aggressive maneuvers" and collided with multiple vehicles.
Rice pleaded guilty to two felony charges: collision involving serious bodily injury and racing on a highway causing bodily injury. A Dallas County judge sentenced Rice to 30 days in jail and five years of probation, as well as having to pay more than $115,000 in restitution.
"The No. 1 reason is because we don't want some type of catastrophic accident," Berry said. "We saw that two years ago when — what was it? Dallas or Houston — with a player, and in that incident everybody was lucky to walk away. We don't want that occurring with anyone in our organization."
Chris Easterling can be reached at ceasterling@thebeaconjournal.com. Read more about the Browns at www.beaconjournal.com/sports/browns. Follow him on X at @ceasterlingABJ
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