Shedeur Sanders to make 1st NFL start in Week 12 vs. Raiders

by: Nick Geddes 8 hours ago NickGeddesNews

Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski announced Wednesday that quarterback Shedeur Sanders will make his first career NFL start in Sunday’s Week 12 road contest against the Las Vegas Raiders. Fellow rookie signal caller Dillon Gabriel remains in concussion protocol and won’t practice Wednesday.

“Shedeur’s gonna start at quarterback,” Stefanski said. “Dillon’s still in concussion protocol, he is improving but obviously, we gotta put a plan together for all of our players, all of our offense or defense or special teams, a plan of attack and give our guys a chance to execute and go play fast.”

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Gabriel suffered a concussion in the second quarter of this past Sunday’s 23-16 Week 11 home defeat to the Baltimore Ravens. That gave Sanders, the fifth-round selection out of Colorado , the chance to get his first reps in an NFL regular season game.

Shedeur Sanders underwhelms in NFL debut

Coming in off the bench, he completed just 4-of-16 passes for 47 yards and an interception. Sanders was sacked twice and finished with a 13.5 passer rating. The Browns had a 16-10 lead after two quarters of play but were shutout in the second half. The Ravens won 23-16, getting back to .500, while the Browns fell to 2-8.

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