New Cleveland Browns head coach Todd Monken recently turned 60 and received an interesting birthday present from quarterback Shedeur Sanders.
A porcelain horse head. Yes, like the horse head of «The Godfather» fame.
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Thankfully, Sanders’ intentions with the gift weren’t akin to those of the Corleone family. The quarterback’s much more simple explanation? He just happened to like it.
«For my birthday, I got this package. I thought it was from my wife,» Monken recalled in an interview with CBS Sports. «[I] open[ed] it up, it’s like this porcelain, like, horse head. And it’s from Shedeur. He sent me a gift on my birthday.
«And I asked him, I said ‘What was the meaning?’ and he said ‘Well I just really liked it.’ [He] said ‘I got myself one.’ I said ‘Well great.'»
For Browns fans hoping the similarities to the famed mob movie scene aren’t a negative omen, there is at least one equestrian-themed connection that offers a more positive outlook — the horse is the Lunar New Year animal for 2026.
