Joe Flacco Tells Shedeur Sanders He ‘Looks Like An Idiot’ Wearing A Visor — But He’s Still Wearing One

Shedeur Sanders got a locker-room education from a 41-year-old Super Bowl winner about looking “sweet,” and by the evidence at this year’s minicamp, he wasn’t buying what Joe Flacco was selling.

The exchange surfaces in the newest season of Netflix’s Quarterback, which trailed Flacco, Sanders and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel through the Browns’ 2025 season. Flacco, then Cleveland’s veteran presence before a midseason trade to Cincinnati, zeroed in on Sanders’ mirrored eye shield during a conversation on the practice field.

“You notice Shedeur don’t have just a clear visor. He’s got the mirror,” Flacco said, before turning to him directly: “Take your f—ing visor off. Who do you think you are?”

Sanders tried the practical defense — “It’s just an eye shield” — which Flacco wasn’t having. “Yeah, but if you wear a visor, it’s for look; you think you look sweet,” he replied, adding that he won’t let his own kids wear one if they play quarterback: “You’re a quarterback wearing a visor? You look like a f—ing idiot.”

Flacco kept going, arguing visors “fog up” and are “annoying,” and that he’d wanted one as a kid himself before deciding “the visor sucks.”

It wasn’t a one-way roast. Sanders pushed back in the moment (“No, they’re not,” he said of the fogging claim), and Flacco reportedly capped the bit good-naturedly, telling Sanders he’d consider wearing one himself if the Browns won enough games.

The lesson didn’t stick.

Sanders showed up to mandatory minicamp this June still wearing a visor — just a clear one instead of last year’s mirrored version. That distinction matters more than style: both the NFL and NCAA restrict players to clear visors during games without a medical exemption, a rule that has limited the eyewear to a small handful of notable wearers over the years, including Michael Vick. Sanders wore colored ones during his Colorado days but has had to fall in line with the pros’ rules.

Both quarterbacks are in new competitive spots this season. Sanders is fighting for reps behind presumptive starter Deshaun Watson in Cleveland, while Flacco is now backing up Joe Burrow in Cincinnati.

The Browns open their season September 13 at Jacksonville; the Bengals host Tampa Bay and Baker Mayfield the same day.

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Article by Erik Meers