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Charlotte, NC – Cleveland Brown Quarterback Shedur sanders Did not disappoint in his much awaited NFL debut.
Sanders, son of Pro Football Hall of Fammer Dion Sanders, started a pair of first-haf touchdown pass in the brown ‘ 30-10, Presiden-Opening Win Above Carolina Panthers on Friday night.
Sanders thrown his first touchdown for wider receiver at 7-yard pass Caden davis On the first game of the second quarter, threading the ball through a tight window in the back corner of the end area. Cleveland’s crime was captured in a small area, when the brown deepened a muffled pant in the red zone, converting its fourth occupation into points.
Touchdown inspired a quick festival from Elder Sanders on social media.
Yes Lawd! Yes! @Shedersanders
– Coach Prime (@Deionsanders) August 8, 2025
At the end of the first half, Sanders found Davis again on a touchdown pass, this time at a distance of 12 yards.
Slightly less than the three quarters, Sanders completed 14 out of 23 passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns, and they added 19 rushing yards. Sanders were on the field for 45 plays – brown coach Kevin Stefanski said that the fraudster will get about 50 snaps – before that Tyler HuntleyWhich was signed on Tuesday after several quarterback injuries, entered the game with the remaining 2:12 in the third quarter.
“I am comfortable with being uncomfortable, so this is the same,” Sanders said. “I got a pocket to find my rhythm, and I got to join that hurry, regardless of anything. But overall, I felt that I was dropped from there, and I could not do this, of course, without time. I couldn’t do it without placoling. I couldn’t do anything without placoling.”
He said that he was not nervous, saying that his good moments in the second trimester were due to “being comfortable”.
“Did I play equal? No, I don’t think I did,” he said. “But overall, the main goal was to win, and it is honestly what we did.”
The browns made most of their debuts on Friday night, so Sanders participated in the field with a group of second and third-string players, which they have practiced with the entire training camp. The panthers started most of their drives for about two drives.
“Pleased with Shedur, pleased with the crime,” Stefanski said. “Again, not correct. There is a lot that we can work. But I felt that people have done a very good job of operating the shadder, people play. So again, to teach a ton.”
Sanders was considered one of the top quarterbacks in the 2025 NFL draft before leaving in the fifth round, where Brown selected him with the 144th pick. He was taken second quarterback cleaveland, after that Dillon gabrielWhich was chosen in the third round.
In the first three weeks of the training camp, Sanders is getting QB4 for Brown, getting the practice representative behind Gabriel, Joe Fleko And Kenny picketSanders has not found any representative with the crime of the first team. However, the browns seated Flacko, who took most of the representatives of the first team, and the picket and Gabriel were sidelined due to hamstring injuries, paving the route for Sanders on Friday.
Stephansky has said that he hopes that picket and Gabriel will be able to participate in a pair of joint practices completely Eagles Next week in Philadelphia.
How Sanders’ performance affected the quarterback competition.
“We are really just focusing on developing our players. We are in evaluation mode,” Stefanski said. “I am happy where people are, but I am not diving in quarterback competition.”
