This has been the only storyline i've followed all year.
1. Shedeur was the most accurate QB in training camp in terms of ball placement. And it wasn't that close.
2. The GM decided to pick Shedeur and the coach didn't agree with it. This is why you see him and Stefanski looking like there was friction after they drafted him.
3. Dillion Gabriel has always been ahead of Shedeur, not because he's talented, but because he knows how to read/study/call back Stefanski's playbook. He's the type of QB that will run the play exactly how the coaches want with no deviations.
4. The problem with that, is he's not physically capable of running all the plays. Unless he has a clean pocket with plenty of time to throw like he did at Oregon facing college defenses, all that book smart shyt goes out the window.
5. The reason why Shedeur hasn't gotten a chance is the same reason why Watson has played horrible in Cleveland. Shedeur ad libs. And has a gun slinger mentality. That coach doesn't want that. This was apparent, in Shedeur's first preseason game. Despite playing well, the coaches didn't like how he played because it was against what he drew up.
6. Some of the local Cleveland media are flat out racist when it comes to black quarterbacks. Hell, black people in general. And are quick to blame the black GM over the coach.
7. When Flacco got traded, the owner or GM did it because they wanted Shedeur to be the backup, not Flacco. And the coach was about to retaliate but making Zappe the backup instead.
8. Over the games Gabriel has played, even the local media who was trying to pump him up have slowly started to give Shedeur compliments for how he's been looking in practice.
9. At some point Shedeur will play. Either it will be because they stack up enough losses with Gabriel, or their inability to open up the playbook because of his physical limitations.
10. The narrative that the WR's are bad is overstated. Gabriel missed wide open receivers several times. There's no continuity.
11. Most of the players at this point would rather go with Shedeur over Gabriel at this point.
Stefanski is basically coaching like he has job security beyond this year, or he simply knows he's getting fired and don't give a fukk. He's basically trying to make it so that the owner forces a change. They fumbled on Baker Mayfield, then they couldn't develop Watson after he arrived. The offense they've been running all season has been not to lose. Even with Flacco, the offense was vanilla with little to no vertical passing.
And they got bailed out a few times against the Dolphins because of the refs. if Miami got a 2 core lead at any point in that game that forced Cleveland to pass, they were going to lose and Gabriel would've gotten exposed.
Wow