{"id":296005,"date":"2025-11-16T23:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T23:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/296005\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T23:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T23:45:08","slug":"browns-shedeur-sanders-debuts-after-dillon-gabriel-concussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/296005\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns’ Shedeur Sanders debuts after Dillon Gabriel concussion"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Daniel OyefusiNov 16, 2025, 06:27 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Daniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN, he covered the Miami Dolphins for the Miami Herald, as well as the Baltimore Ravens for The Baltimore Sun.<\/p>\n

CLEVELAND — Browns<\/a> rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders<\/a> made his NFL debut Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens<\/a>, coming on in the opening possession of the second half as fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel<\/a> was being evaluated for a concussion.<\/p>\n

Gabriel, who had started the previous five games, played the entire first half, completing 7 of 10 passes for 68 yards. He also ran twice for 2 yards as Cleveland took a 16-10 lead into the half.<\/p>\n

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Gabriel was officially ruled out due to the concussion later in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

It’s not clear which play led to Gabriel’s evaluation for a concussion. But after defensive end Myles Garrett<\/a>‘s fourth sack of the game forced a Ravens punt on the opening drive of the second half, Sanders led the offense onto the field as the crowd at Huntington Bank Field broke out into cheers.<\/p>\n

During the first half, fans broke out “We Want Shedeur” chants and booed after multiple errant Gabriel passes.<\/p>\n

Sanders completed his first two passes — one to wide receiver Cedric Tillman<\/a> and one to tight end David Njoku<\/a> — but was sacked on third down, forcing Cleveland to punt. He later threw an interception.<\/p>\n

Sanders, who had been viewed by some as a likely first-round pick, notably fell in April’s NFL draft, with Cleveland ultimately taking him in the fifth round with the 144th overall selection. He began his NFL career as the No. 4 quarterback on the Browns’ depth chart. A son of Pro Football Hall of Famer and Colorado football coach Deion Sanders, the rookie made his way to the backup role after the Browns traded veterans Kenny Pickett<\/a> and Joe Flacco<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel OyefusiNov 16, 2025, 06:27 PM ET CloseDaniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296006,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-296005","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}