Shedeur Sanders to make first NFL start for Browns: report

Shedeur Sanders is reportedly expected to commencement successful the Cleveland Browns' adjacent crippled against the Las Vegas Raiders. 

Dillon Gabriel is successful the concussion protocol aft exiting the Browns’ 23-16 nonaccomplishment to the Baltimore Ravens connected Sunday, and "barring thing unexpected," Sanders volition commencement successful Gabriel’s place, according to Cleveland.com. 

Sanders would go the 42nd Browns starting backmost since 1999. 

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Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders (12) drops backmost to walk during the 3rd 4th against the Baltimore Ravens astatine Huntington Bank Field successful Cleveland, Ohio, connected Nov. 16, 2025. (Scott Galvin/Imagn Images)

The erstwhile Colorado prima struggled successful his NFL debut, arsenic helium completed conscionable 4 of 16 passes for 47 yards, portion throwing an interception and being sacked twice. Sanders was captious of his show successful the loss. 

"I don’t deliberation I played good," Sanders said. "I don’t deliberation I played bully astatine all. I deliberation it’s a batch of things, you know, we request to look at, during the week and spell and conscionable get comfortable, adjacent throwing routes, you know, with Jerry (Jeudy) and throwing routes with each those guys.

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Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders (12) throws a walk successful the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the Baltimore Ravens successful Cleveland, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (David Richard/AP Photo)

"So, I deliberation that was my archetypal shot to him each year. But different than that, I conscionable deliberation wide we conscionable got to spell adjacent week and recognize truthful past we person a week to hole worldly I similar to do."

The Browns dropped to 2-8 with the nonaccomplishment to the Ravens, contempt the defence putting distant different coagulated performance. Star borderline rusher Myles Garrett had 4 sacks and the defence intercepted Lamar Jackson twice, but it wasn’t enough.

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Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders (12) prepares to propulsion a walk nether unit from Baltimore Ravens linebacker Teddye Buchanan (40) successful the 2nd fractional of an NFL shot crippled successful Cleveland, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (Sue Ogrocki/AP Photo)

The Browns anticipation that Sanders tin supply a spark to the offense, arsenic they person scored conscionable 16.2 points per crippled this play (29th successful the NFL) and averaged 257.3 yards per crippled (31st successful the NFL). 

The Browns instrumentality connected the Raiders (2-8) connected Sunday astatine 4:05 p.m. ET. 

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report. 

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