Shedeur Sanders 'thankful' for Trump's support amid wild start to NFL career

Shedeur Sanders' NFL vocation has gotten disconnected to rather the roller-coaster start, but 1 antheral has been beside him done and through.

As Sanders was falling successful the NFL Draft, President Donald Trump called retired "stupid" NFL owners for passing connected him. After helium earned a triumph successful his archetypal commencement connected Sunday, Trump gave them an "I TOLD YOU SO."

The 23-year-old has taken announcement of the president's support.

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President Donald Trump has supported Shedeur Sanders since helium fell down successful the NFL Draft. (Associated Press)

"He's decidedly been a protagonist for a minute, truthful I’m conscionable thankful for him, from adjacent taking clip retired his time to beryllium capable to talk out, his support," Sanders told reporters Wednesday.

Sanders was 11-of-20 for 209 yards and a touchdown walk successful the 24-10 triumph against the Las Vegas Raiders. He threw an awesome walk to Isaiah Bond, which acceptable up a people aboriginal successful the game. He past had a 66-yard touchdown walk to Dylan Sampson that started retired arsenic a dump-off.

"Shedeur Sanders was GREAT. Wins archetypal game, vocation start, arsenic a pro (for Cleveland). Great Genes. I TOLD YOU SO!" Trump wrote connected Truth Social.

Sanders was a fifth-round prime to the Browns aft helium was considered to beryllium 1 of the apical quarterbacks available. In April, the president was among those bewildered by his fall.

Cleveland Browns backmost Shedeur Sanders responds to a question during a quality league aft an NFL shot crippled against the Baltimore Ravens successful Cleveland, Ohio, connected Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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"What is incorrect with NFL owners, are they STUPID? Deion Sanders was a large assemblage shot player, and was adjacent greater successful the NFL. He’s besides a precise bully coach, streetwise and smart! Therefore, Shedeur, his backmost son, has PHENOMENAL GENES, and is each acceptable for Greatness," Trump wrote connected Truth Social astatine the time.

Sanders said helium was "truly thankful" for Trump's enactment backmost successful May, arsenic well.

Sanders started the play arsenic the third-string backmost down Joe Flacco and Dillon Gabriel. The Browns traded Flacco to the Cincinnati Bengals earlier deciding to commencement Gabriel. However, the erstwhile Oregon prima suffered a concussion successful past week’s crippled opening the doorway for Sanders.

Gabriel has cleared concussion protocol, but the Browns announced that the occupation is present Sanders'.

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)

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"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," Sanders said aft his performance. "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."

"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," helium added.

The Browns play the San Francisco 49ers adjacent week.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this report.

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