Shedeur Sanders got a truly perplexing birthday gift for new Browns coach Todd Monken
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Shedeur Sanders is the Godfather of Browns gift-giving.
The quarterback — one of a trio of potential starters on the Cleveland roster — sent a rather unique gift to new coach Todd Monken for his birthday, and it’s certainly left an impression.
“I’ve talked to [Sanders] three times, I think, he’s come in to see me,” Monken told CBS Sports from the NFL combine this week. “In fact, for my birthday, I got this package. Like, all of a sudden, Feb. 5, this package comes. I thought it was from my wife. … Open it up, it’s this porcelain horse head. And it’s from Shedeur. He sent me a gift on my birthday.
“And I asked him, ‘What was the meaning?’ And he said, ‘Well, I just really liked it. I got myself one.’ I said, ‘Well, great. Awesome.'”
Is it a sign of Sanders’ impending Michael Corleone-esque rise above fellow QB hopefuls Deshaun Watson and Dillon Gabriel on the Browns’ depth chart?
No word on that yet, but Watson and Gabriel will come face-to-face with the porcelain horse head — a la Jack Woltz — when they meet in Monken’s office.
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