Jerry Jeudy and Shedeur Sanders don’t plan on allowing their heated sideline exchange to fester.
Speaking Wednesday for the first time since a clip of his clash with Sanders during the Cleveland Browns’ 26-8 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday went viral, Jeudy said he and the quarterback were ‘good’ and that there was no lingering issues to be sorted out.
‘Stuff like that happens,’ Jeudy said in a news conference. ‘Y’all gonna make it bigger than what it is because the media, you know, that’s what y’all feed off of – negativity. … We move on from it.
‘I live in real life. What happens in this locker room, it’s real, not what’s going on on social media and everything.’
At the start of the fourth quarter on Sunday, the CBS broadcast showed Jeudy getting animated with Sanders while the two reviewed a play. The receiver clapped his hands multiple times while offering his own take. Sanders shook his head before center Ethan Pocic stepped in two separate the two.
Jeudy offered scant details about the argument, saying only it was regarding ‘a play’ and that he wished he had spoken with Sanders ‘off camera.’
‘It’s an emotional sport,’ Jeudy said. ‘Things like that happen. It’s football.’
Sanders echoed Jeudy’s sentiments.
‘We resolved that,’ Sanders said Wednesday. ‘(We’re) not gonna speak on that.’
Sanders finished with 149 yards and one touchdown on 16-of-25 passing in his first home start. Jeudy had 26 yards on three catches, with Sanders overshooting the receiver on a deep throw in the first quarter.
After the game, Sanders said fostering a proper connection with Jeudy would take time.
‘We’re going to have sparks here and there, but it’s going to take time to be able to develop that chemistry with everybody, to be on the same page with Jerry,’ Sanders said. ‘Of course you want to be able to get him the ball, but you got to understand it takes time. I’m more of a trust person, and that’s just what it boils down to. So, we have to spend time on task with all those guys, and be able to trust and be able to see things at the same lens.’
‘Football is an emotional sport,’ Stefanski said. ‘Certainly, when you’re a family like we are, you can have your disagreements. Sometimes they’re for everybody to see. Sometimes it’s behind closed doors. Like a family, we move on, we talk about it, so not worried about it.’
The Browns host the 1-11 Tennessee Titans on Sunday.