Nightcap Hour 2: Todd Monken PRAISES Shedder’s GROWTH + Browns TRAINING CAMP Fight + Kirk Cousins & Maxx Crosby ALTERCATION at Training CAMP + Eagles OC LEANING on Tush Push

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:00)
Sounds like Todd Monken and Shedeur Sanders have been listening. Let's watch Monken talk about the growth of Shedeur.

**SPEAKER_2** (0:09)
Oh, it's tremendously. He's improved in his operation, his pre-snap, post-snap, his eyes and his feet working in conjunction, being able to check the ball down and get it out of his hands.
He's such a playmaker that that's hard for him, for a guy that is always looking to make a place super competitive. That is a win. Trying to get super competitive quarterbacks to understand that throwing the ball away and eliminating lost charge play is a win. That's something that over time he'll continue to build on.

**Chad Johnson** (0:49)
We just talked about that the other night.

**Shannon Sharpe** (0:53)
We've been saying this is a big problem.

**Chad Johnson** (0:54)
Him improving on not holding the ball too long, either checking it down or throwing away, every play doesn't have to be a win. I like that. That's dope.

**Iso Joe Johnson** (1:05)
Hey, Shedeur say damn that. He ain't going to mess up his completion.

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:12)
I've seen that, bro. It's okay to take a little small loss.

**Iso Joe Johnson** (1:17)
Yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:18)
Because the last thing you want to do is all of a sudden go from second and three to third and 13

**Iso Joe Johnson** (1:25)
Yeah.

**Shannon Sharpe** (1:26)
Or out of field goal range. That's the last thing that you want to do. So he has to know, and I think, you know, with time, but I think the time is now. He's played the position long enough. He's had enough smart people in his ear. He has to graduate past that now, Ocho. He can't hold it. Damn your completion percentage. And I've seen guys do that. I've seen guys do it. Refuse to throw the hell married because it's going to be an incompletion, Joe. They're going to take the check down. Like that man about to go down 70, 60 yards, read through traffic and get a touchdown when you dump a check down to it.
They worried about it. You know what happened, Ocho? When they came out with quarterback rating. When they came out with quarterback rating, F the game up.
Cause now everybody's looking at, man, I ain't look, hey, I catch five passes 40 yard old, I caught the ball they threw to me. They didn't throw me no balls down the field. I can't have 80 yards if they only throwing me three yard routes. Give me something I can push down the field and I can make something happen. But did you hear what that man said? His growth. He grew so much that I let Deshaun Watson take his revs today. That's how much he grew.
Hold on, Chad, was I the only one? Did I the only one hear what he said? His growth and understanding that throwing the ball away, and blah, blah, blah.
The next thing you know, Woo?

**Chad Johnson** (3:00)
I mean, you already know. You already know how the game go.
He can say what he wants to say. He knows who the start is going to be, but you can't say it. You have to make it look like there's a quarterback competition to keep everybody competing. Not that they wouldn't compete anyway, but you already know. When it comes to that money. How about this? I got one for you. When's the last time you seen someone making the bulk of the money sitting on the bench and not starting?

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:29)
No, we talked about the Ochocinco, we talked about this. Either he's going to start or they're going to get rid of him. Remember what they did to Aaron Rodgers? Remember what they did to Russ?
Shawn Payton says, you know what? We'll eat that 40 million.

**Iso Joe Johnson** (3:47)
We'll eat it. Damn.

**Shannon Sharpe** (3:51)
So, yeah, you're not going to keep... They're like, well, no, I'm not saying they won't move on. I'm saying they're not going to keep him on the roster at 46 million and have him on the bench. Either he's going to move on or he's going to start. Those are the two choices.
It is what it is. I mean, it ain't really that complicated, Ochocinco.

**Chad Johnson** (4:18)
But you got to think, people are missing the point and not thinking from a business aspect of it. They're just looking at it.
We like Shedeur.
Shedeur did well, especially ending the season last year. He should be the starter.
That's just not the way. Now, if Deshaun wasn't on the roster, well, Shedeur would be a clear starter. Absolutely. Based on what he was able to do. And watching his growth now from last year to this point, he's probably, damn right, he's improved. You know, there's a reason why the coach said what he said. You're not going to remain the same.