Overview
- Shedeur Sanders was ruled out of Week 2 with a left oblique strain and is officially day-to-day, with the team optimistic he can practice next week for the preseason finale against the Rams.
- Rookie Dillon Gabriel made his first live start against the Eagles, completing 13 of 18 passes for 143 yards but throwing a pick-six and losing a fumble in his evaluation window.
- Veteran Joe Flacco has sat out consecutive preseason games under a health-management plan and remains the presumptive Week 1 starter.
- Kenny Pickett continues to rehab a hamstring injury, leaving Tyler Huntley as Cleveland’s secondary option behind Gabriel in Philadelphia.
- Cleveland intends to carry multiple quarterbacks on its 53-man roster, using joint practices and the dress-rehearsal finale to finalize its depth chart.