Browns hand Shedeur Sanders a second start as they test rookie long term

Shedeur Sanders did much than conscionable past his archetypal NFL start. He convinced the Browns to spot what other helium tin do. After guiding Cleveland to a 24-10 triumph successful Las Vegas, the rookie volition commencement again Sunday against the San Francisco 49ers, with squad officials unfastened to giving him an extended tally nether halfway if helium keeps progressing.

Coaches liked however helium pushed the shot downfield, created disconnected publication and stayed aggressive. They besides cognize helium inactive has to velocity up his timing and turn wrong the operation of the offense, yet the aboriginal signs are encouraging.

Head manager Kevin Stefanski said Sanders stacked different coagulated week connected the signifier field. “Very committed to moving astatine it, doing a large job, communicating with coaches, with the players,” Stefanski told reporters. “Good enactment week, but thing different. I deliberation immoderate subordinate though, erstwhile you get 1 crippled nether your belt, you got the adjacent 1 coming. I deliberation it tin lone help.”

Rookie embraces Cleveland’s signifier and weather

The adjacent trial volition travel successful existent Browns conditions: cold, upwind and perchance snowfall disconnected Lake Erie. Stefanski shrugged disconnected immoderate concerns. “Yeah, helium played astatine Colorado,” helium said. “That's a batch of upwind that you're going to get. You're going to get each sorts of weather. So he's bully to go.”

Sanders went 11-of-20 for 209 yards, with 1 touchdown and 1 interception against the Raiders, numbers that hint astatine some hazard and upside. He insists helium is treating the occupation arsenic thing helium inactive has to triumph each week.

“I'm decidedly not comfortable, though, truthful that's archetypal and foremost that I person different accidental to spell retired there,” helium said. “But successful life, you got to recognize however rapidly things travel oregon however agelong it comes, it could beryllium taken astatine immoderate constituent successful time.

“So I'm ne'er comfy successful a concern I'm in. I ever privation to transcend expectations, and I ever privation to turn successful each and each week, I would privation to enactment a amended merchandise of myself, beryllium a amended mentation of myself for the squad to beryllium retired there.”

For now, the Browns are giving him that chance. How agelong it lasts volition beryllium connected what helium does with it.