Earlier this week, Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders told ESPN Cleveland that he feels like he’s “ready” to play right now in the league. The rookie also added that he didn’t feel comfortable with his role as a scout team player.

On Friday, Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski gave an update on where Sanders is with the offense. He appreciated Sanders telling the media that he feels like he’s ready to start, but didn’t confirm the fifth-round pick was ready to move up the depth chart.

“Yeah, he’s doing a good job,” Kevin Stefanski, said via Pro Football Talk. “I hope all of our guys feel like they’re ready … and they’re working very hard at it.

“We do a lot of work with our players, rookies, vets, all our guys, spending every available minute that we have with them, getting them ready physically, mentally, whether it’s in the weight room, the meeting room, out on the field. So all of our guys are working very hard.”

Browns clearly disagree with Shedeur Sanders

If Stefanski truly believed in Sanders’ comments, the Browns would at least have put the former Colorado Buffaloes standout at No. 2 on the depth chart, ready to pounce if veteran quarterback Joe Flacco suffers an injury or the team decides to make a change at QB1. That job currently belongs to third-round pick Dillon Gabriel.

Stefanski doesn’t appear to think Sanders is close to being ready to play for the Browns. That’s saying something about Sanders’ standing in the league, because Flacco isn’t exactly lighting the scoreboard up. He’s thrown for 631 yards, two touchdowns and four interceptions.

‘Can He be Consistent at His Age?’: Chris Harris Jr. Details What Can Go Wrong With Aaron Rodgers

Through the early slate of 2025 games, Aaron Rodgers has moved the Steelers’ offense efficiently (see game logs and per-game totals), but durability and sustained explosiveness remain the open questions as the calendar turns toward midseason.

Rodgers is 41 and has a long injury history, most notably the torn Achilles that ended his 2023 season, and that history increases the importance of how his body holds up under the weekly grind and contact. Even an elite field-vision QB who mitigates hits with pocket awareness can see production dip when mobility and recovery time take a hit.

And that’s exactly why Chris Harris Jr. is being cautious about the QB’s luck going ahead in the season.

“Aaron Rodgers is playing good,” Harris said. “You know, it’s just can he be consistent all year long, you know, at his age — 40 plus — taking the hits and can he do that for the whole totality of the season. That’s my only question mark.”

Harris also used the moment to remind fans that the wider AFC picture matters: he noted Baltimore and Lamar Jackson as a team that could go on a run when healthy, a contrast to the veteran-led Steelers attack that will lean on Rodgers’ decision-making more than on game-breaking rushing.

“Everybody can believe that the Ravens can go on a nice little winning streak once they get Lamar back… he’s still the best quarterback in that division.”

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Pittsburgh has reassured skeptics; he still reads defenses and delivers in tempo, but Harris’s central question is exactly the one to watch: can a 41-year-old quarterback, with a recent major injury on his résumé, absorb the season’s hits and remain consistently sharp for 17 games (plus potential playoffs)?If he does, the Steelers get a veteran who can win. If not, this could be a short, bumpy farewell tour.