Overview
- Rookie Shedeur Sanders, who opened the year as Cleveland’s fourth-string quarterback, is starting the final games as the team evaluates him as a potential long-term starter.
- Mary Kay Cabot reports the Browns have not made a decision yet, noting last week’s 23-20 loss to the Bills strengthened the case that Sanders could be a quality NFL starter.
- The Browns elevated quarterback Bailey Zappe and tight end Sal Cannella from the practice squad, with tight end Harold Fannin Jr. saying he expects to play after a groin tweak and David Njoku ruled out.
- Ravens quarterback Tyler Huntley said he planned to call Sanders to encourage him before Cleveland faces Pittsburgh, with Baltimore’s division hopes benefiting from a Browns win.
- Coaches praised elements of Sanders’ performance against Buffalo, and his closing starts will help determine whether Cleveland uses its 2026 first-round capital on a quarterback.