Shedeur Sanders Gets Bad News Ahead Of Texans Game

Shedeur Sanders may have already gotten his one and only chance to impress the Cleveland Browns’ brass this season, filling in for Deshaun Watson last week against the New Orleans Saints. With Watson out of concussion protocol and ready to resume his starting job against the Houston Texans on Sunday, Sanders is back to being the backup and is left waiting for another opportunity.

After struggling in the first half, Sanders showed signs of his big-play potential in the fourth quarter and overtime against New Orleans, with two touchdown passes putting Cleveland in position for a victory. But his final two-point conversion throw was incomplete, and the Browns suffered a 23-22 defeat.

If the organization is looking for something to go on regarding Sanders’ future, that game, combined with his seven starts as a rookie, remains a small sample size. Even if he gets to add to it later this season, the Browns do not seem to view him as the solution going forward.

Sanders got some bad news ahead of the Texans game, with insider Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com saying there is a “darn good chance” that the Browns will select their quarterback of the future in the 2027 NFL Draft.

“The basic bottom line here is the fact that they need a quarterback moving forward and they have two first-round picks and they have been scouting the college quarterbacks like crazy and there is a darn good chance they’re going to draft one,” Cabot said.

This seemed to be the plan all along, even before Watson was the controversial choice as the winner of the preseason quarterback competition. There is a slim chance that the veteran could re-sign with the Browns this offseason and serve as a bridge and mentor to whoever the drafted quarterback might be, which would leave no room or role for Sanders.

That might be fine with him, as his father continues to bemoan the way his son is being treated by the Browns. Now that Sanders has remained on the team coming out of the NFL trade deadline, the relationship will last until the end of this season, but perhaps no further.

With plenty of talent expected to be available in the 2027 quarterback class, Cleveland can’t pass up another chance at a franchise QB, particularly with the way they view Sanders at this point.