Shedeur Sanders gets praise from Super Bowl champion

Shedeur Sanders will make his second NFL career start this weekend when the Cleveland Browns face the San Francisco 49ers in Week 13.

Sanders helped the Browns to a 24-10 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. Although he wasn’t dazzling in his first start, Sanders did enough to earn the win, scoring his first goal in the process.

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Trent Green, a Super Bowl champion and two-time NFL career Pro Bowler, praised Sanders’ efforts against the Raiders after throwing just four completions in place of the injured Dillon Gabriel in Week 11 against the Baltimore Ravens.

“It was a bad game to bounce back from last week’s performance where he was 4/16,” Green told Fox News Digital. “But you don’t get a lot of reps. You’re a young quarterback, you get put in a situation like that. I like the way you respond.

“You have to have the mental toughness to do that. You’re in a tough environment. You’re trying to win. There’s a lot of pressure from having your name on the back of your jersey and the fact that there’s so much attention around him as a player, he was able to overcome all of that and win. I’m looking forward to talking to him this week, studying more tape on him and learning more about him. There’s also a San Francisco team coming in there.”

Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders answers a question during a press conference following the NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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Green spoke to Fox News Digital days before deciding to help launch Caesars Sportsbooks in Missouri.

Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski emphasized the need for continuous improvement when he spoke to reporters on Monday.

“The first start for any young quarterback is to always make sure the operation is the way you want it to be, and I thought it was good overall,” Stefanski said. “There are things we can clean up, and of course that concerns all of us.

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“Are there things he could do better? Absolutely. We’ve already talked about that with him. He’s got the mentality to make adjustments to the pace of the game, make adjustments to what people give us and make those improvements.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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