Shedeur Sanders reacts to being named Browns' starting quarterback: 'You cannot miss this moment'

Shedeur Sanders was officially tabbed arsenic the Cleveland Browns’ starting backmost for Sunday.

Sanders volition get his archetypal NFL commencement against the Las Vegas Raiders aft entering past Sunday's crippled for Dillon Gabriel, who suffered a concussion. In what has been a abbreviated yet whirlwind NFL tenure, Sanders could hardly incorporate his excitement earlier signifier connected Wednesday.

"It’s going to beryllium exciting. I cognize a batch of y’all are going to beryllium there. You can’t miss it. You cannot miss this moment. It’ll decidedly beryllium exciting. We’re going retired determination with a intent — mentally ready, nary distractions, nothing. I’ll beryllium excited."

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Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders (12) throws downfield during the 4th fourth against the Baltimore Ravens astatine Huntington Bank Field.  (Ken Blaze/Imagn Images)

Head manager Kevin Stefanski is doing everything helium tin to marque definite the fifth-round prime is "comfortable" successful his newfound role.

"You’re ever trying to bash that with each your players — marque definite they’re comfortable. It’s nary antithetic with Shedeur. You privation to marque definite each the concepts are things helium feels assured in. Having been astir him implicit the months, you get a bully consciousness of what fits his eyes, truthful to speak. So decidedly privation to thin into those things, and he’s moving precise hard," Stefanski told reporters Wednesday.

Last week was Sanders' archetypal in-game enactment since the preseason, which besides was constricted for the Colorado alum arsenic helium dealt with a enarthrosis injury. It did not spell well, arsenic helium completed conscionable 4 of his 16 walk attempts, threw an interception, and intelligibly looked a spot uncomfortable.

"I’m my ain biggest professional …" Sanders told reporters soon aft Stefanski spoke. "Will determination beryllium mistakes? Of course. But determination won’t beryllium arsenic many. You conscionable effort to minimize them arsenic overmuch arsenic possible."

Head manager Kevin Stefanski talks to backmost Shedeur Sanders of the Cleveland Browns during grooming campy astatine CrossCountry Mortgage Campus connected July 26, 2025, successful Berea, Ohio. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

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But Stefanski said Sanders has been taking arsenic galore notes arsenic imaginable and bouncing ideas astir with the remainder of the backmost room.

"It’s evident that the much clip and the much reps, period, are ever better," Stefanski said. "I bash think, arsenic quarterbacks, they beryllium successful that room, ticker a batch of portion together. So you ticker the receivers and sometimes you don’t get the rep, but you spot however those guys travel out. So that’s what you person to bash arsenic backups. Shedeur does that, each of our guys do. When you’re not getting that rep, you’re conscionable making intelligence notes to yourself astir however guys travel retired of breaks. And there’s a batch of dialog astir that, surely with the quarterbacks."

Sanders said helium has gained "a lot" of cognition during his movie sessions with Stefanski and the coaching staff, but the champion acquisition for him is getting connected the field.

"I’m much of a feel-type of person. That’s however I learn. That’s however I bash everything," helium said. "I’m not conscionable going to ticker it and it’s conscionable going to happen. No — I’ve got to beryllium retired there, consciousness it, determination around. It’s truthful galore details that it takes for maine to consciousness my champion and play my best. And I’m doing everything successful my power, and the team’s doing everything to assistance maine get prepared."

When asked if Sanders has a accidental to enactment arsenic the starter with a bully showing against Las Vegas, Stefanski said helium was "focused connected this game." Sanders echoed akin sentiments.

"When you commencement moving excessively accelerated successful life, sometimes you miss the tiny details of things, truthful I ne'er privation to place anything," Sanders, who was wide considered a top-five wide prime and past fell to the 5th round, said.

Shedeur Sanders of the Cleveland Browns warms up earlier the crippled against the Baltimore Ravens astatine Huntington Bank Field connected Nov. 16, 2025 successful Cleveland, Ohio. (Jason Miller/Getty Images)

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But Sanders, soon to beryllium the 42nd starting backmost since the squad came backmost to Cleveland successful 1999, evidently hopes, and is predicting, that helium is the aboriginal of a franchise that desperately is looking for an answer.

"I cognize our fans person a batch of expectations and hope. And I’d beryllium doing a disservice to myself and the enactment if I didn’t consciousness similar I americium the guy," Sanders said. "I did everything I request to — I’m doing everything I request to — to hole and beryllium the champion mentation of myself. With the circumstances, everything’s got to beryllium sped up, and that’s great. I similar unit successful life. 

"I’m conscionable excited for everything. I consciousness similar I’m the feline — I cognize I’m the guy. But, you know, you’ll conscionable person to see. The game’s got to speak."

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