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Shedeur Sanders will receive his second career NFL start later this week when the Cleveland Browns face the San Francisco 49ers in Week 13.
Sanders helped lead the Browns to a 24-10 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. Although he didn’t dazzle in his first start, Sanders did enough to earn the victory and threw his first touchdown pass in the process.
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Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Malcolm Koonce (51) sacks Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders (12) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Candice Ward)
Trent Green, a Super Bowl champion and two-time Pro Bowler during his NFL career, touted Sanders’ efforts against the Raiders after throwing just four TD passes when he replaced the injured Dillon Gabriel in Week 11 against the Baltimore Ravens.
“The fact that he was able to go back to his performance last week where he was 4 for 16, that was a bad game,” Green told PK Press Club Digital. “But you don’t get a lot of reps. You’re a young quarterback, you find yourself in a situation like that. I like the way he responded.
“You have to have mental toughness to be able to do that. You’re in a tough environment. You’re trying to get a win. There’s a lot of pressure that comes from the name on the back of your jersey and the fact that there’s so much attention around him as a player, he was able to handle all that and come away with the win. I’m looking forward to talking to him this week, studying more tape on him and learning more about him. And he’s got a San Francisco team coming up. there.”
Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders answers a question during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens in Cleveland, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Green spoke to PK Press Club Digital days before helping launch Caesars Sportsbooks in Missouri.
Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski emphasized the need for continued improvement when he spoke to reporters Monday.
“First start for any young quarterback, you’re always going to make sure it goes the way you want it to, and I think overall it was a good thing,” Stefanski said. “There are things we can clean up and obviously that concerns us all.
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“Are there things he can do better? Absolutely. We’ve talked to him about it before. He has the mentality that he’s going to make the adjustments to the speed of the game, make the adjustments to what people are giving us, to make those improvements.”
