Watson is starting in the final year of a fully guaranteed $230M deal with massive dead money still attached. Monken can say he “gives the best chance to move the ball” and that he saw more at the top end, but the organization has every financial reason to keep giving him the snaps while the guarantees are still on the books.
Shedeur didn’t “lose” in a vacuum. The coaching staff has repeatedly praised both as starting-level options, Monken has kept Shedeur as the clear QB2 even after Gabriel returned, and external markets (Polymarket trade interest) still price him with real value. The “he’s just on the bench because he lost” framing ignores the contract reality and the fact that no other 5-2 team is this invested in protecting a high-guaranteed veteran at the expense of the younger option behind him.
BREAKING: Colts have already turned down a 2027 2nd-round pick + additional pick compensation for Jonathan Taylor.
They’re making it clear — the face of the franchise isn’t moving for anything short of a premium haul.
You're projecting. Every reply is written to make Shedeur look bad while claiming you don’t hate him. Watson’s fully guaranteed $230M is in its final year with real dead-money pressure. Gabriel’s rookie deal isn’t. That’s why Shedeur is still ahead of Gabriel on the depth chart—the situations aren’t the same. You start with “Deshaun is better” and work backward. Monken kept Shedeur as the clear QB2 for a reason.
🚨Browns Just SHOCKINGLY Worked Out Shedeur Sanders' Favorite Target From Colorado WR Xavier Weaver https://t.co/EIPhxvXj3x via @MalcolmAndreGr2 ⚫️
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[Source: BP media reporters—@DavidFw1600 & @theblocksmith]
Jared Verse on the QB room: 🎙️
“These are two great quarterbacks… I’ve just seen 2 elite quarterbacks battling it out.” ⚔️
On Shedeur: 🎯
“That dude’s confidence is unparalleled. The way he goes out there, the way he throws… he dots them, he connects them.” ✨
V8 had a front-row seat for the film study. 🔍👀
SNEAKO just WENT Scorched Earth on Akademiks & had Adin Ross turn off his cam after he made serious allegations against Akademiks 😳 (via @HipHopStandards)
⚫️KG sings a Drake lyric in a mocking tone (the overlay marks it “SINGING DRAKE”). Matt Barnes then asks, in the context of locker-room energy:
“Gives up a 20 point lead?”
KG’s response frames it as after-the-game music:
“That’s after your boy. In the lounge.”
The graphic on the clip is “MORE DMX, LESS DRAKE IN THE LOCKERROOM.”
Drake’s music is positioned as post-battle / lounge pop music. It is not framed as the music that keeps a team locked in when the score is tight or when they need grit to protect a lead.
Drake has a place and that’s after the game.🚨
#hiphopstandards