Overview
- Head coach Kevin Stefanski reiterated after Week 10 that Dillon Gabriel remains the starter and declined to set any timeline for Shedeur Sanders, saying, “I don’t think it’s fair to speculate.”
- Gabriel finished 17-of-32 for 167 yards and two touchdowns in the 27-20 loss to the Jets, and the 2-7 Browns next host the Ravens in Week 11.
- Shedeur Sanders has recovered from a back issue, is practicing as QB2, and has yet to take a regular-season snap for Cleveland.
- External pressure intensified as CBS insider Jonathan Jones predicted Sanders would debut “sooner rather than later,” while former Browns lineman Mitchell Schwartz called the attention around Sanders a distraction and TV analyst Emmanuel Acho sharply criticized the ongoing decision.
- Speculative pieces proposed a future trade package that could include Sanders for Cardinals QB Kyler Murray, presented as an analyst prediction rather than active talks, as Sanders also drew praise locally for a car giveaway to a Cleveland resident.