Shedeur Sanders and Browns should 'part ways' if he is not named backup quarterback, ESPN's Ryan Clark says

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When Dillon Gabriel was tabbed as the starting quarterback of the Cleveland Browns ahead of Week 5, Shedeur Sanders’s role remained unchanged as the third-string quarterback, and Joe Flacco became the backup.

However, even with Flacco now on the Cincinnati Bengals, it remains to be seen whether Sanders will get the promotion to be the backup.

Head coach Kevin Stefanski would not commit to Sanders being the backup, and Bailey Zappe was elevated to the practice squad, which drew the ire of ESPN analyst Ryan Clark.

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Ryan Clark said the Cleveland Browns and Shedeur Sanders should "part ways" if he is not named the backup quarterback. (Getty Images)

"If [Sanders] is not named the backup quarterback, it's time to part ways. It's time to trade him. It's time to get him out of your locker room. Because your plan for development is not to develop Shedeur Sanders as a future starter of your team, and too much comes with him if you don't see that sort of plan for him," Clark said on Thursday's edition of "First Take."

Flacco will start for the Bengals Sunday after Jake Browning lost each of his three starts in the wake of Joe Burrow's injury.

"Well, first, I’d tell you is the Joe trade took us by surprise," Stefanski said on Wednesday. "That was not something that we saw coming. You know, they called us, and it happened very fast and happened not too long ago. So, still working through all roster types of things. I always have to be mindful of our players and our