Shedeur Sanders throws 2 landing passes in Browns’ preseason debut

Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders threw two landing passes in his first NFL preseason sport Friday evening, stunning many followers after an unsteady begin to his NFL profession. 

Sanders’ efficiency even caught the eye of NBA star LeBron James.

“That younger (man) wanting good on the market,” James wrote. “Preserve going UP!!! HEAD down on the grind and HEAD excessive to probably the most excessive.”

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James later added one other put up, “And I don’t wanna hear that “It’s solely preseason” bs. Trigger if he was on the market not getting into y’all could be on his (butt) about it! So give credit score and style lames.”

Sanders’ father, Deion Sanders, celebrated his son’s profitable first preseason sport in a number of posts on X. 

“Sure Lawd! Sure @ShedeurSanders,” Deion posted on X after the primary landing.

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After the second landing, the elder Sanders posted “oh yeah what now!” and “God is so good!”

The rookie acquired the beginning for the Browns’ first preseason sport because of accidents to quarterbacks Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel regardless of a tumultuous first few months as a professional.

Sanders fell to the 144th choose within the NFL Draft this spring after scouts raised character considerations. He was beforehand thought-about a contender for the primary total choose however slipped previous the primary 4 rounds in one of the vital stunning draft slides in NFL historical past, prompting confusion and debate by many NFL followers. 

Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders talks to the media throughout rookie minicamp at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus Might 10, 2025, in Berea, Ohio.  (Ken Blaze/Imagn Photos)

Cleveland Browns proprietor Jimmy Haslam even steered whereas chatting with reporters final month that the workforce had no intention of drafting Sanders after the controversial quarterback shockingly fell out of the third spherical April 25.

“When you had advised me Friday evening [Day 2 of the NFL Draft], driving house, ‘Y’all are gonna choose Shedeur,’ I’d have mentioned, ‘That’s not taking place,’” Haslam mentioned Tuesday. “However we had a dialog early that morning [Day 3], and we had a dialog later that day, and we had the fitting folks concerned in that dialog.”

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Sanders’ time with the Browns has already concerned controversy after he was twice cited for dashing.

Sanders was first ticketed for allegedly driving 91 mph in a 65 mph zone. Two weeks later, he allegedly hit 101 mph in a 60 mph zone and failed to seem in courtroom.

The rookie quarterback addressed these site visitors tickets whereas showing at teammate David Njoku’s charity softball sport final month.

“I made some mistaken decisions personally, and I can come clean with them,” Sanders mentioned. “I made some, you already know, not nice decisions … I discovered.”

Browns common supervisor Andrew Berry criticized Sanders for the incidents final month.

Quarterback Shedeur Sanders of the Cleveland Browns earlier than a preseason sport in opposition to the Carolina Panthers at Financial institution of America Stadium Aug. 8, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Photos)

“Not sensible. Simply not sensible,” Berry advised reporters this week concerning the tickets. “It’s one thing that we’ve addressed with him. Look, he understands the implications. He understands the results. It’s not nearly your self. It’s not nearly having a joyride, however that you may injure different folks. … A deer or one thing cuts in entrance of you, your response time, it’s simply harmful.”

After his spectacular preseason debut, Sanders is the discuss of the league. 

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