The Cleveland Browns’ voluntary minicamp is underway, and a lot of the noise surrounding the team is about how the starting quarterback will be this upcoming season. On the first day of mimicamp, most of the work under center was done by Shedeur Sanders and veteran Deshaun Watson, with Watson going first in most of the work.

The first QB tracker of 2026 from day 1 of Browns voluntary minicamp.

Each QB took reps in 11v11 and 7v7.

Who should be the week 1 starter? pic.twitter.com/rl87ZTcjyw

— ESPN Cleveland (@ESPNCleveland) April 21, 2026

After things wrapped up, Sanders talked about learning new head coach Todd Monken’s playbook and took a not-so-subtle shot at last year’s head coach Kevin Stefanski, who he at times troubled to communicate with.

“You could say somebody don’t know how to learn but it’s like, how did the person get all the way to this level if he don’t know how to learn? … Does he not know how to learn or do I not know how to communicate … So I’m just thankful that my coaches now are extremely embracing me.”

Shedeur Sanders on learning Todd Monken’s playbook: “You could say somebody don’t know how to learn but it’s like, how did the person get all the way to this level if he don’t know how to learn? … Does he not know how to learn or do I not know how to communicate … So I’m just… pic.twitter.com/apVRiGQfjA

— Daniel Oyefusi (@DanielOyefusi) April 21, 2026

Fans weigh in

Fans reacted to Sanders’ thinly veiled shot on social media.

“Not only are the fans still obsessed with Stefanski, the players are too. Sick org,” one fan wrote on Twitter.

“He’s gonna take subtle shots at Stefanski all offseason,” someone else added.

“To those who have low comprehension abilities, what he said sounded like jibberish, but for the rest of us, all we clearly heard was the sound of an arrow being shot at Stefanski. Wow!” one fan added.

It’ll be interesting to see if Sanders can win the starting job ahead of Week 1.