{"id":40562,"date":"2025-12-26T23:50:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=40562"},"modified":"2025-12-26T23:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T23:50:41","slug":"browns-qb-shedeur-sanders-gets-bad-news-ahead-of-steelers-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=40562","title":{"rendered":"Browns QB Shedeur Sanders Gets Bad News Ahead of Steelers Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2252997747-e1766786877433.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2252997747-e1766786877433.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2252997747-e1766786877433.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2252997747-e1766786877433.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Browns QB Shedeur Sanders Gets Bad News Ahead of Steelers Game\" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Quarterback Shedeur Sanders may be without one of his key playmakers when the Cleveland Browns take on the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>Browns record-setting rookie tight end Harold Fannin is questionable for the matchup with a groin injury. Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said the injury happened during practice on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust had something come up, and sometimes injuries happen on a Friday, and you just got to see how it progresses to Sunday,\u201d Stefanski said. \u201cI think with all players, you let them rehab and their body will tell you, but he\u2019ll do everything he can to be out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fannin played down the injury when discussing it after practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI should be good by Sunday,\u201d Fannin said, per Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com. \u201cI\u2019m going to be alright.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fannin is the Browns\u2019 top pass-catcher this season. He has 701 yards on 70 catches with five touchdowns. He\u2019s been Sanders\u2019 favorite target, catching 26 passes over the last five games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think with any injury potential, you always prepare, as coaches, a game plan where there\u2019s different guys that can step up into different roles,\u201d Stefanski said. \u201cAnd sometimes it\u2019s a player at that same position, sometimes it\u2019s a player in a different position. You can pivot into different personnel groupings, and that happens in-game as well. So, you always have to have those contingency plans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Browns have already ruled out veteran tight end David Njoku, who will miss third straight game with a knee injury.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Browns TE Harold Fannin Building Chemistry With Shedeur Sanders<\/h2>\n<p>One of Fannin\u2019s best games of the season came during the first matchup with Pittsburgh. He caught seven passes for 81 yards. Fannin only topped that during the loss to the Tennessee Titans, when he caught a career-high eight passes for 114 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Fannin said he\u2019s put in extra work through practices and conversations with Sanders to get on the same page.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously the practices, but I feel like us just sitting down talking in the locker room,\u201d Fannin said on Dec. 1. \u201cSeeing how he wants things and seeing how I see things and trying to just meet in the middle really.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fannin added that he\u2019s noticed clear growth from Sanders, his fellow rookie, as he\u2019s logged more game reps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something as simple as him getting us in and out of the huddle quicker, faster,\u201d Fannin said. \u201cEveryone had a thing about him not stepping up in the pocket, but he definitely improved with that. He can throw while getting hit.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Browns QB Shedeur Sanders Expecting Physical Matchup With Steelers<\/h2>\n<p>The matchup will mark Sanders\u2019 first start against an AFC North opponent. He\u2019s bracing for a physical matchup against the Steelers, who lead the division.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that they are physical. I like their physicality. I like how they fly around, get to the ball,\u201d Sanders said.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders will start the Browns\u2019 final two games of the season, barring injury, giving him his last opportunity to show the organization he can be a long-term option at quarterback. While the stakes are clear, Sanders isn\u2019t dwelling on what comes next. Instead, he\u2019s approaching the stretch run one game at a time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI live in the present. I\u2019m focused on this week, this game, each week, in every game, like, because nothing\u2019s promised going into next year or anything,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cSo, I stay in the moment, stay focused on what I have to do now to even be able to be here next year, and I just enjoy life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Browns will close out their season on the road against the Cincinnati Bengals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders might be without his top target against the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40562","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>Browns QB Shedeur Sanders Gets Bad News Ahead of Steelers Game - 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