Rusty Weiss
Shilo Sanders, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers safety and brother of Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders, sparked backlash earlier this month after telling veteran Browns reporter Mary Kay Cabot to “go make me a sandwich.”
The comment came in response to Cabot’s analysis on social media, where she predicted that Deshaun Watson would enter training camp as the team’s starting quarterback ahead of Shedeur. She suggested Watson should immediately work with the first-team offense.
It’s not the worst analysis on the planet, and Cabot certainly isn’t the only sports journalist who thinks this way. Not everybody has been fooled by the NFL’s silly selection of Shedeur for the Pro Bowl last season.
Shilo, though, didn’t see things that way.
The great @MaryKayCabot (Bill Nunn Memorial Award winner) joins us at 8:20 on @923TheFan pic.twitter.com/yDMy7Z6p3x
— Anthony Lima (@SportsBoyTony) April 30, 2026
Mary Kay Cabot Takes the High Road
Cabot, an award-winning journalist who has covered the Browns for decades and received the 2025 Bill Nunn Memorial Award, faced criticism from Shedeur’s brother, who accused her of pushing opinions over facts and harboring an agenda against his brother.
Deion Sanders, head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes, later came to his son’s defense during an appearance on “The Barbershop.”
He suggested Shilo’s comments were to be expected due to family loyalty, and complained that his son was “ridiculed” for his defense.
Yeah, bro, “make me a sandwich” is not only pretty sexist, but it’s a weak insult you’d expect to see in the 1960s or something.
“We don’t talk about nobody,” Deion said. “We don’t do nothing to nobody. I know Shilo had a little altercation that he spoke up for his brother. You’ve got to understand, man, that’s his brother.”
“And God bless Mary Kay’s soul, that’s his brother. I mean, she said something, he said something, like media is different today. I know a lot of people don’t respect the old school. I do, because I grew up in that era that we didn’t have a say so,” he added. “But Shilo spoke up for his brother, and he was ridiculed for that.”
The exchange drew criticism on account of its perceived misogynistic tone, with many regarding it as an attack on a respected female journalist in a male-dominated industry. Cabot responded gracefully during a local radio show, celebrating her role as an inspiration to young women in sports media without furthering the feud.
Oh, and as for Deion ‘respecting the old school,’ this is the same dude who repeatedly dumped ice water on late sports broadcaster Tim McCarver when the latter criticized him for abandoning the Atlanta Braves in the middle of a playoff series to play for the Falcons.
Deion doesn’t get to pretend he’s above it.
