Overview

• Head coach Kevin Stefanski confirmed Joe Flacco will start in Week 4 against the Lions, with Dillon Gabriel listed as the backup and Shedeur Sanders remaining behind them.
• Deion Sanders told the New Heights podcast he believes Shedeur will get a shot to play this year, urging patience and readiness.
• Deion also acknowledged telling Baltimore that Shedeur did not want to be drafted to back up Lamar Jackson, with reports extending that stance to Philadelphia and Jalen Hurts.
• The Athletic’s Jason Lloyd labeled the Sanders camp’s predraft approach a mistake and relayed an unnamed coach’s critique that Shedeur “plays on tape delay” and is late delivering the ball.
• Sanders struggled in Cleveland’s preseason finale against the Rams with five sacks and 14 passing yards, even as his preseason debut drew over 2.2 million viewers, the most for an NFL Network preseason game in a decade.