Shedeur Sanders named Browns starter in QB twist

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00:00Shador Sanders' time as QB1 in Cleveland is still ticking.

00:06On Monday, the team announced that he will remain the starter

00:08as they prepare for a Week 13 matchup against the San Francisco 49ers.

00:14But is he the QB1 that he said the Browns franchise has been looking for?

00:19I don't know about that just yet, but he did get off to a pretty good and historic start.

00:24Shador became the first rookie starting quarterback to win his debut in Cleveland

00:28since 1995.

00:31I will say that again, people, since 1995.

00:35Just think of the laundry list of rookie quarterbacks the Browns have had since then.

00:39I'm talking Baker Mayfield, Johnny Manziel, Brady Quinn.

00:44This list goes on and on, and it's actually pretty embarrassing.

00:47But Shador was good.

00:49He wasn't great in his debut, which was a win over the struggling Las Vegas Raiders.

00:55He was efficient.

00:56He went 11 for 20 for 209 passing yards.

01:00He threw a touchdown, but he also threw a pick.

01:02But to me, the one stat that probably stands out most from his performance

01:07and the reason Kevin Stefanski had no choice but to start him again

01:11is he had completions of 66, 52, and 39 yards.

01:17That's three big plays in the passing game.

01:19To put that in some sort of perspective for you all, Dylan Gabriel, the other rookie quarterback

01:25that the Browns drafted and started over Shador, had only one pass over 20 yards out of his

01:30184 attempts this season.

01:33And Joe Flacco, who started the season as a starter, had zero completions of 20 or more

01:39yards before he was traded and sent off to the Bengals.

01:42Now, Shador also played well enough to get a tweet of praise from President Trump.

01:47But in my opinion, it's perfect timing for Shador to be the starter.

01:52No pun intended.

01:53You just played the Raiders defense.

01:54They're trash.

01:55You play the 49ers defense this week, who ranks, what, 16th in passing yards allowed per game

02:00and 24th overall.

02:02Then he gets a chance to go head to head with his boy and number one overall pick Cam Ward

02:07and the Titans before possibly playing the Bears, Bills, and Steelers.

02:13Shador Sanders, officially QB1 in Cleveland.