Shedeur Sanders sends message on social media amid Browns roster cuts

Shedeur Sanders is looking forward to the opportunity after it looks like he will remain on the Cleveland Browns 53-man roster to start the 2025 season. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Sunday that the Browns had cut Tyler Huntley, but intend to keep Sanders on their roster, along with three other quarterbacks.

Sanders took to social media with a message, posting his appreciation on Instagram to the fans who supported him. With the preseason having concluded, he will look to continue to prove himself moving forward.

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“Thanks everyone for the [love] and support,” Sanders wrote. “There’s a lot to learn from this preseason, but I’m really thankful for the opportunity to be out there. Day by day, rep by rep, I’ll keep learning and getting better.”

Although it seems as if Sanders will make the roster, he still has work to do to earn himself a larger role. Veteran Joe Flacco has already been named the starter for Week 1, and Sanders will also have to compete with Kenny Pickett and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel.

However, while Flacco will begin this season as the starting quarterback, one would think Cleveland is more committed to Sanders and Gabriel for its long term future. After all, Flacco 40 years old and likely nothing more than a placeholder for this season until the Browns decide which direction they want to go in.

At the conclusion of the preseason, Gabriel is 25-of-37 passing for 272 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Sanders is 17-of-29 passing for 152 yards and two touchdowns. Pickett has not played as he is dealing with a hamstring injury.

As of this writing, Cleveland lists Pickett as the second-string quarterback on its depth chart while both Gabriel and Sanders are in the third-string column. That in mind, it seems Sanders has a long way to go still to work his way up.

The quarterback was projected as a potential first-round pick this offseason before falling all the way to the fifth round. He still put up huge numbers in college at Colorado this past year, leading the FBS with a 74% completion rate in addition to 4,134 yards passing and 37 touchdowns to 10 interceptions.

Brown general manager Andrew Berry still expressed faith in Shedeur Sanders, and perhaps his time will come at a later point this season. Until then he’ll keep working hard to make progress in his current role.