The Cleveland Browns are going into the 2025 season with more question-marks than answers at football’s most important position. Joe Flacco is likely to be their week one starter, however, the future of the position is very much up in the air.
However, Shedeur Sanders got some massive news for Cleveland’s week one pre-season game.
Breaking: Browns Announce Massive News For Shedeur Sanders’ 1st Game Of The Year (Report)
The Browns preseason opener here Friday night will now have plenty to see for Coach Prime, as his son Shedeur Sanders will get the start:
“Sanders, the Browns fourth-team quarterback who has yet to take a snap with the first-team offense, is expected to start the game, a league source tells cleveland.com,” Browns insider Mary Kay Cabot wrote.
“He’ll get the nod because Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel are both nursing hamstring injuries, and the Browns don’t want Joe Flacco, 40, playing in the preseason opener.”
With Pickett, Gabriel and Flacco out, Sanders will see a majority of Cleveland’s snaps while new signee Tyler “Snoop” Huntley should also see some action.
Sanders was in consideration to be the No. 1 overall pick during the college football season, but a poor pre-draft process knocked him down all the way to the fifth round of the NFL Draft, where the Browns picked him up.
During his senior season at Colorado, Sanders threw for 4,134 yards, 37 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.
Though Sanders hasn’t had much experience with the Browns first-team offense, he’ll have plenty of chances to get acclimated against a Panthers defense that is aiming for a lot of improvement in the upcoming season.
The Panthers have seen a bit of Sanders during their joint practices this week, but things will change once the two teams take the field on Friday night for their big matchup.
Kickoff between the Browns and Panthers is set for 7 p.m. ET on Friday inside Bank of America Stadium.
