{"id":48944,"date":"2025-08-06T23:02:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/48944\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T23:02:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T23:02:04","slug":"shedeur-sanders-jimmy-horn-jr-set-to-face-off-in-nfl-preseason-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/48944\/","title":{"rendered":"Shedeur Sanders, Jimmy Horn Jr. set to face off in NFL preseason opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cleveland-browns\/329\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cleveland Browns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cleveland Browns<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/carolina-panthers\/364\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Carolina Panthers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Carolina Panthers<\/a> will open preseason play on Friday, a game that features several <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/colorado-buffaloes\/3424\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colorado Buffaloes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Colorado Buffaloes<\/a> ties.<\/p>\n<p>Not only will <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/shedeur-sanders-start-browns-preseason-210141990.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shedeur Sanders start the game;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shedeur Sanders start the game<\/a> for the Browns, but former Buffs <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/jimmy-horn-jr-turning-heads-004203170.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:wide receiver Jimmy Horn Jr.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wide receiver Jimmy Horn Jr.<\/a> will line up for the Panthers. Every Colorado fan should be tuning in to see what the two rookies have in store.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The two teams held joint practices this week, giving Sanders and Horn a chance to link up before going against each other for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Horn and Sanders looked ecstatic to see each other and almost immediately realized that they were wearing the same cleats. Unsurprisingly, they were the Nike Diamond Turf 93, which Deion Sanders famously wore during his time in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, we go twin,&#8221; Shedeur said, pointing out Horn&#8217;s matching cleats.<\/p>\n<p>After two years as teammates in Boulder, the duo now enters the NFL together with similar expectations, being late-round selections.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders and Horn will have their first chances to impress on Friday, Aug. 8, as they battle for consistent playing time.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Follow Charlie Strella\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/charlie_strella\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">X<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@charlie.strella\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Threads;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Threads<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/charlie.strella\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Contact\/Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuffaloesWire?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@BuffaloesWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@BuffaloesWire<\/a>\u00a0on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BuffaloesWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for ongoing coverage of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/colorado-buffaloes\/3424\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Colorado;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Colorado<\/a>\u00a0news, notes and opinions.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Buffaloes Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradobuffaloeswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/buffaloes\/football\/2025\/08\/06\/shedeur-sanders-jimmy-horn-jr-nfl-preseason-browns-panthers\/85547141007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Shedeur Sanders, Jimmy Horn Jr. reunite before Browns, Panthers game;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Shedeur Sanders, Jimmy Horn Jr. reunite before Browns, Panthers game<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Browns and the Carolina Panthers will open preseason play on Friday, a game that features several&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48945,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,1257,1238,6962,41610,41611,593,1244,85],"class_list":["post-48944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-colorado-buffaloes","tag-deion-sanders","tag-jimmy-horn-jr","tag-nfl","tag-shedeur-sanders","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48945"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}