On Wednesday, the Cleveland Browns discovered that rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders was coping with an oblique injury that would sideline him for Saturday’s sport on the Philadelphia Eagles.
Nonetheless, it seems Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski may hold Sanders out of motion by means of Cleveland’s preseason finale in opposition to the Los Angeles Rams on Aug. 23.
“He felt it early, I believe, warming up, after which felt it all through [individual drills] and we took a take a look at it,” Stefanski instructed reporters on Thursday whereas talking about what Sanders skilled on Wednesday, per Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Vendor. “If it’s a proper guard, you possibly can play by means of that. When it’s a quarterback, you sort of want that muscle to throw. So sadly, we’re going to place him down for a bit of bit right here. We’ll deal with it everyday and see how he responds.”
Stefanski stated the Browns need “to be actually cautious” with the Sanders harm as a result of quarterbacks “torque and twist their physique” on move performs.
Regardless of performing nicely in his preseason debut final Friday, Sanders, the 2025 fifth-round draft choose, remained fourth on Cleveland’s unofficial depth chart earlier than his setback. Kenny Pickett remains to be trying to get well from the hamstring harm that stored him out of the Browns’ preseason opener in opposition to the Carolina Panthers on Aug. 8, so veteran Joe Flacco is on monitor to begin Cleveland’s Week 1 matchup versus the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept. 7.
In the meantime, 2025 third-round draft choose Dillon Gabriel will begin in opposition to the Eagles this Saturday if it is decided his hamstring is wholesome. Like Pickett, Gabriel spent the Carolina sport as a spectator.
“Accidents stink for all these guys,” Stefanski added. “They don’t need to miss a rep for any motive. However, there’s a strategy to proceed to arrange, proceed to get higher, even whenever you’re not getting these reps up due to accidents.”
Sanders appeared to have a shot at incomes the QB2 gig after he completed 14-of-23 passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns in Cleveland’s 30-10 victory over Carolina.
He may now enter September as Cleveland’s QB4 if Browns basic supervisor Andrew Berry is serious about carrying 4 quarterbacks on the energetic roster for the Cincinnati sport.
