Shedeur Sanders gives fiery message to critics after Browns' win

Shedeur Sanders talked astir the sobering world of playing successful the NFL arsenic helium led the Cleveland Browns to a triumph implicit the Las Vegas Raiders successful his first-career commencement connected Sunday.

Sanders’ show wasn’t the prettiest. He was 11-of-20 with 209 passing yards, a touchdown walk and an interception. He had a bully 54-yard completion to Isaiah Bond and past threw a dump disconnected to Dylan Sampson, who ran it for a 66-yard touchdown.

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Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders (12) throws the shot against the Las Vegas Raiders astatine Allegiant Stadium connected Nov. 23, 2025. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

The rookie backmost said helium was grateful for the opportunity, but understood that the deficiency of reps with the first-team discourtesy wasn’t an excuse for completing lone 55% of his passes and ending the crippled with an 87.3 passer rating.

"Everybody starts antithetic places. Like I said, conscionable due to the fact that I didn’t get the summertime reps conscionable due to the fact that I wasn’t successful the champion concern for maine to beryllium prepared to spell retired determination and execute from a summertime standpoint – that’s however beingness is," helium said. "Everybody’s not successful the champion situation. But it’s nary excuse. Gotta spell retired determination and perform. There’s nary choice. There’s nary question.

Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders (12) talks to caput manager Kevin Stefanski successful the archetypal fractional against the Las Vegas Raiders  at Allegiant Stadium connected Nov. 23, 2025. (Stephen R. Sylvanie/Imagn Images)

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"Nobody cares if this was 1 week of prep. Who cares? So, a batch of radical privation to spot maine neglect – it ain’t gonna happen. It ain’t gonna happen."

Sanders started successful spot of Dillon Gabriel, who was retired with a concussion. He called it surreal to beryllium capable to spell retired and execute for the Browns aft being a fifth-round prime backmost successful the spring.

He vowed to close immoderate of the smaller mistakes arsenic clip goes on.

"It’s lone 1 way, and the lone mode is up," helium said.

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With the win, Sanders became the archetypal Browns rookie backmost to triumph their archetypal NFL commencement since Eric Zeier successful 1995. Zeier was a third-round prime of Georgia. He made his archetypal commencement connected Oct. 29, 1995, defeating the Cincinnati Bengals successful overtime. The Browns finished 5-11 that twelvemonth and moved to Baltimore to go the Ravens successful 1996.

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