Shedeur Sanders Sparks QB Controversy in Browns’ Preseason Thriller Against Panthers—What’s Next?

Now he’s actually played some relevant football. And the outcome was solidly impressive for exhibition work, even from the most conservative of vantages: 14-of-23 passing for 138 yards and two touchdown passes, with two sacks and zero turnovers in nearly three quarters against the Carolina Panthers. But the true gravity of the performance was more in how Sanders held up after being tapped to start Cleveland’s first exhibition game, despite getting very few high level practice snaps since the start of training camp.“I just think about when I get out there just doing what I gotta do,” Sanders said. “Everything else is out of my hands, so why worry about it? I just don’t think that deep into everything because it’s something that you’re not able to control. So why put energy into something you can’t control? The most you could do is whenever you get your opportunity and your number is called, is perform and at least do the bare minimum and win the game. That’s what I feel like we did today and there’s definitely things that I could grow off of.”For Sanders’ part, he remained diplomatic and focused inward — which has been his base line attitude from the moment Cleveland’s training camp began.Advertisement

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“We’re really just focused on developing our players,” Stefanski said at one point, when asked specifically about a potential impact to the quarterback depth chart. “We’re in evaluation mode. I’m pleased with where the guys are, but I’m not diving into the quarterback competition.”Advertisement