Sunday turned into a day of firsts for Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders. And none of them came easy, as written by Josh Alper of Pro Football Talk.
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Sanders stepped onto an NFL field for the first time in the third quarter of Cleveland's 23-16 loss to the Ravens, replacing Dillon Gabriel, who entered concussion evaluation and was later ruled out.
That left Sanders to run the show the rest of the way — with zero reps alongside the starting offense coming in.
Afterward, the rookie didn't sugarcoat anything.
"I don't think I played good. I don't think I played good at all," Sanders told reporters.
He pointed out that he hadn't even thrown a route to Jerry Jeudy this year until Sunday.
"Overall we just got to go next week and understand, so then we have a week to prepare stuff I like to do," he added.
Sanders finished 4-of-16 for 47 yards, looking every bit like a player thrown into the deep end without notice.
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said Gabriel remains the starter if he clears protocol, but that's no guarantee on a short week — which means Sanders may get his first NFL start next Sunday in Las Vegas.
If it comes to that, he'll at least get something he didn't have against Baltimore. A full week of work with the ones.
