Friday night felt like the Friday night movie for Sanders family. Despite being listed as QB4 in camp, Shedeur Sanders was tapped to start Cleveland’s preseason opener against the Carolina Panthers. Why? Well, Joe Flacco was chilling in street clothes, Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel were semi- banged up, and coach Kevin Stefanski decided to take a leap of faith on Shedeur. And boy, did he ball out.
The box score tells one part of the story: 14-for-23, 138 yards, two touchdowns. His first TD? Straight up dime, threading it to Kaden Davis after a muffed punt by Carolina handed the Browns prime real estate. The Browns rolled to a 30-10 win, but the bigger W was for Shedeur’s rep.
After the game, though, the kid stayed humble. “Sorry pops, I ain’t do what I was supposed to do fully,” he told reporters. But why? Shedeur threw two TDs in his first NFL snaps and he’s apologizing? That’s that Sanders DNA. Perfection or bust. And you know Deion Sanders wasn’t letting that ride quietly. Coach Prime lit up X with a proud-dad chest-out post: “Oh yeah what now!” No breakdown, no analysis. Just letting the world know receipts were being kept.
Shedeur Sanders had a message for his dad, Deion, after his first start in preseason pic.twitter.com/5rDxkGBcyk
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