Deion Sanders’ latest comment about Browns’ Shedeur Sanders should be taken as a warning after his performance against Panthers
All eyes were always going to be on Shedeur Sanders Friday night in the Cleveland Browns’ first preseason game against the Carolina Panthers. The spike in ticket prices after it was announced Sanders would start told us as much. In his first NFL start, Sanders delivered. The Browns kept him in at quarterback until the […]
All eyes were always going to be on Shedeur Sanders Friday night in the Cleveland Browns’ first preseason game against the Carolina Panthers. The spike in ticket prices after it was announced Sanders would start told us as much.
In his first NFL start, Sanders delivered. The Browns kept him in at quarterback until the 3:55 mark of the game, when they held a 21-7 lead over the Panthers. He finished 14-of-23 for 138 yards and two touchdowns.
Prior to the game, Deion Sanders was asked about his thoughts on his son’s first start with the Browns.
“It’s going to be a little weird. It’s going to be a little strange,” Deion admitted. “I got to admit that. But I’m praying for him, and God has set him up and placed him in the perfect position that he needs to be in. It’s going to be a problem after tonight, though. I promise you that.”
And boy, was Deion right. Shedeur’s performance has undoubtedly raised questions about Cleveland’s quarterback room and what the depth chart might look like moving forward.
Things started clicking for Sanders on his fourth drive after the Browns recovered a muffed punt deep in Panthers territory. Rolling out slightly, he hit WR Kaden Davis for a seven-yard touchdown on a perfectly placed ball.
Later in the second quarter, Sanders connected with Davis again—this time on a 12-yard strike in the end zone for another score. By halftime, the rookie was 11-of-18 for 103 yards and two touchdowns.
“That’s how he’s always approached everything—to prepare and approach it like this is it,” Deion said of Shedeur’s mindset. “He’s thankful and appreciative of the opportunity. He don’t get caught up in all the rhetoric in the media. He’s far beyond that. He was coached through that when he was a kid. We’ve always gone through that.”
Cleveland didn’t play Joe Flacco for obvious reasons, while Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel are both nursing hamstring injuries. That opened the door for Sanders to seize extra reps—and he made the most of them against Carolina. You can bet he’ll be the name dominating Cleveland sports talk next week.
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