{"id":428316,"date":"2025-12-06T07:40:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/428316\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T07:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T07:40:11","slug":"browns-writer-says-josina-andersons-sister-sent-him-harassing-messages-over-shedeur-sanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/428316\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns writer says Josina Anderson\u2019s sister sent him harassing messages over Shedeur Sanders"},"content":{"rendered":"

This story has been updated to include Josina Anderson\u2019s response denying that she has a sister who reached out to Zac Jackson.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a healthy debate in Cleveland Browns circles about what Shedeur Sanders\u2019 future looks like with the organization.<\/p>\n

The rookie quarterback finally got his first NFL snaps last month after fellow rookie quarterback and teammate Dillon Gabriel went down with an injury against the Baltimore Ravens. In his first two career starts, Sanders won one and lost the other. He\u2019s shown moments of promise while at times also reminding football fans why he ultimately fell to the fifth round of this year\u2019s NFL Draft, despite some much higher prognostications.<\/p>\n

In short, Sanders has looked like any number of rookie quarterbacks before him: inconsistent. But one Browns beat writer has skewed more positive in his coverage of Sanders, at least by his estimation. And having covered 42 other Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks prior to Sanders, he\u2019s had plenty of experience evaluating that position.<\/p>\n

So when Zac Jackson, a Browns beat reporter for The Athletic, received identical messages, one a DM on social media and another an email with the subject line \u201cBIGOT,\u201d regarding his coverage of the Browns\u2019 newest starting quarterback, it caught his attention. Jackson, after all, believes he has spoken mostly positively about Sanders, and certainly hadn\u2019t written or said anything that could be characterized as racial animosity against the rookie.<\/p>\n

In a recent episode of his podcast<\/a>, Jackson explained the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo Shedeur is to forget about what happened in the summer. Aren\u2019t you the same mutt who lied about him last month and what happened during the draft?\u201d the message read. \u201cCalled out by Deion Jr. in your hit piece. You cowardly, pathetic creature. I don\u2019t understand why you and many of Cleveland media write vile lies about the young king. He\u2019s all that you will never be. You have no one to blame about where you are in your miserable life. Blame your parents, as you had a 400 year head start on this society. Your envy and jealousy is telling. Wash the grease and mousse. Brush those yellowing teeth and bathe, neanderthal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackson sent a response defending himself, which he paraphrased on his podcast.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith all due respect, which is none, I\u2019ve never lied about Shedeur. I have no idea what you\u2019re talking about or why you\u2019re so angry with me. You\u2019re ridiculous. I said run along, play in traffic. Something like that. Oh, and something I said was that you sent this message to me twice, so clearly you have mental issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

That prompted a response from the original sender two days later, when she claimed to be related to a prominent NFL insider.<\/p>\n

\u201cAh yes, I did send it twice making sure you got my message,\u201d it began. \u201cThe fact that you responded lets me know I hit a nerve, and I\u2019m surprised you can even read. I\u2019ll let my sister know you actually had balls to reply, but find it odd you haven\u2019t responded to Deion Jr. Typical white cowardly boy afraid to deal with a Black man. I have all the help I need, Brutus. Go write another lie so you can feel superior giving your insecure ass a feeling of power, which is all you got. Have the life you deserve. You live behind a keyboard tearing down Black men who you envy and can never be, and I\u2019m the one that needs to get help? You and your kind are a cancer to humanity. Again, go wash.\u201d<\/p>\n

She then followed up with another email.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have no idea who you\u2019re dealing with white man. Take a guess at who my sister is. I\u2019ll enjoy seeing the look on your face when you realize it. Take a bath yet? I smell the stench from this email.\u201d<\/p>\n

The sender, it turns out, had the last name Anderson. As in, she was claiming to be the sister of Josina Anderson, perhaps the most outspoken supporter of Shedeur Sanders<\/a> in all of sports media. During his unexpected NFL debut against the Ravens, Anderson sent off a tweetstorm<\/a> defending an objectively poor performance, chalking it up to Sanders\u2019 lack of first-team reps. She has also furthered the narrative that Cleveland head coach Kevin Stefanski hasn\u2019t been fully supportive<\/a> of the former Colorado star. Fair enough.<\/p>\n

But Jackson took the emails as something that was cosigned by Josina Anderson herself, considering the sender\u2019s willingness to bring her into the mix.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd so this person is claiming to be related, and is claiming to pass this message along. That tells me, Josina, that you\u2019re inciting this kind of sh*t. And it\u2019s bullsh*t. Your mental issues are not my problem. And your opinions are not my problem either,\u201d Jackson said.<\/p>\n

Following the publication of this story, Josina Anderson took to social media to deny that she has a sister named \u201cSheila Anderson\u201d or that she has a sister who reached out to Jackson. She also referred to the claims as \u201cdefamatory,\u201d adding that she will \u201chandle this with the appropriate action.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI listened to the reported podcast, and I can\u2019t believe that Jackson would so recklessly share that story on his platform without checking with me first and verifying the false claim,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

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This defamatory accusation from @AkronJackson<\/a> of The Athletic on his podcast, is categorically false.<\/p>\n

I do not have a sister named \u201cSheila Anderson,\u201d nor do I have a sister who reached out to Zac Jackson in any form or fashion.<\/p>\n

I listened to the reported podcast, and I can\u2019t\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/JpJyq0lMD3<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 JosinaAnderson (@JosinaAnderson) December 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Awful Announcing will continue to cover any further developments in this story.<\/p>\n

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