{"id":26376,"date":"2025-06-21T11:13:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T11:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=26376"},"modified":"2025-06-21T11:13:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T11:13:35","slug":"nfl-analyst-makes-bold-prediction-on-shedeur-sanders-chances-of-starting-in-week-1-for-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=26376","title":{"rendered":"NFL Analyst Makes Bold Prediction on Shedeur Sanders\u2019 Chances of Starting in Week 1 for Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/statico.profootballnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/21050159\/nfl-analyst-makes-bold-prediction-06-21-25.jpg\" alt=\"NFL Analyst Makes Bold Prediction on Shedeur Sanders' Chances of Starting  in Week 1 for Browns\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Shedeur Sanders\u00a0endured the most shocking fall in\u00a0NFL\u00a0Draft history when he slipped to the\u00a0Cleveland Browns\u00a0at 144th overall. The Colorado alum was once in contention to go No. 1 overall, but following the draft, the fifth-round pick was the QB4 on the Browns depth chart.<\/p>\n<p>However, he has steadily risen through the ranks during the OTAs and the minicamp and is now in conversation to be the Browns\u2019 Week 1 starter.<\/p>\n<h2>NFL Analyst Reveals Shedeur Sanders\u2019 Chances of Starting in Week 1 For the Cleveland Browns<\/h2>\n<p>After\u00a0Deshaun Watson\u00a0was ruled out for the entire 2025 season, the Browns pivoted by signing 40-year-old veteran\u00a0Joe Flacco\u00a0in free agency and trading for fourth-year quarterback\u00a0Kenny Pickett. However, their acquisition of quarterbacks wasn\u2019t over.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2025 NFL Draft, they drafted Dillon Gabriel with the 94th overall pick before stopping Sanders\u2019 slide at 144. As a result, the quarterback room for Cleveland became an interesting place to monitor.<\/p>\n<p>Through rookie training camp, OTAs, and mandatory minicamp, all four quarterbacks have gotten a lot of reps on the field. However, Sanders got the least and still\u00a0appeared to outperform the rest.\u00a0Now, NFL analyst Daniel Jeremiah believes either Sanders or Gabriel will start for the Browns in Week 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTalent-wise, I think both those guys have a huge advantage over Kenny Pickett,\u201d\u00a0Jeremiah said.\u00a0\u201cKenny Pickett has to be light-years better than each of them to make the team. To me, I think Joe Flacco is just in case they don\u2019t feel like they can be competent at the position, then you insert Joe. I think their Week 1 starter is going to be one of those two rookies. I really feel that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI think their week 1 starter is going to be one of those two rookies,\u201d &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MoveTheSticks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MoveTheSticks<\/a> on the Browns QB battle \ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DQkGPobvux\">pic.twitter.com\/DQkGPobvux<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN Cleveland (@ESPNCleveland) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNCleveland\/status\/1936104264826302872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Jeremiah urged the Browns to follow the same path and conclude by the end of the year whether they have a franchise quarterback on the roster or need to draft a new one. The Browns are unlikely to reach the playoffs with Flacco, and with an additional first-round pick in 2026, they need to give the rookies every chance to prove themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you have to learn this year,\u201d Jeremiah said. \u201cThey made that trade (No. 2 pick to Jaguars), so they\u2019ve got some ammunition for next year. Next year at this time, they have to know what they have in those two rookies. They have to see them, and that\u2019s why, to me, I don\u2019t think you waste time\u2026 You have to evaluate these two kids that you just drafted, so before this next draft, you have some clarity of what you have on campus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Between the two, Sanders appears to be the frontrunner for the job. Gabriel struggled during Cleveland\u2019s offseason program, completing just 57.8% of his passes during the sessions that were open to the media. Sanders, meanwhile, completed 77.4% of his passes (the best of the four quarterbacks) and threw nine touchdowns to just one interception.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enable cookies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland-browns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NFL Analyst Makes Bold Prediction on Shedeur Sanders\u2019 Chances of Starting in Week 1 for Browns - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=26376\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NFL Analyst Makes Bold Prediction on Shedeur Sanders\u2019 Chances of Starting in Week 1 for Browns - 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