Shedeur Sanders To Start Browns’ Preseason Opener Against Panthers

The Cleveland Browns scheme to springiness Shedeur Sanders nan commencement astatine backmost successful their preseason opener Friday astatine nan Carolina Panthers, Cleveland.com and ESPN reported Tuesday.

The news comes conscionable 1 time aft Cleveland listed Sanders arsenic its QB4 connected nan unofficial extent floor plan for nan week and reportedly signed free supplier QB Tyler Huntley.

However, Kenny Pickett and Sanders’ chap rookie Dillon Gabriel are some dealing pinch hamstring injuries, and nan team’s different quarterback, 40-year-old Joe Flacco, does not person overmuch to beryllium successful a preseason setting.

It’s unclear really terrible Pickett’s and Gabriel’s injuries are. Sanders and Huntley whitethorn divided nan workload astatine Carolina if nan Browns do not scheme to play their different quarterbacks.

Sanders, 23, was wide expected to beryllium a first-round draught prime and 1 of nan first quarterbacks selected past April. Instead, he dropped to nan 5th round, wherever nan Browns drafted him 144th wide – 2 rounds aft they drafted Gabriel from Oregon.

After a prolific assemblage profession playing for his begetter Deion Sanders astatine Jackson State and Colorado, Shedeur Sanders is battling for a roster spot. As of Monday, Sanders was nan only QB yet to beryllium fixed first-team reps.