After beginning the 2025 NFL season as the fourth-string quarterback on the Cleveland Browns depth chart, Shedeur Sanders is set to become the backup to Dillon Gabriel after the franchise traded away former starter Joe Flacco to the Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday.

Since the former fifth-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft entered the league, Cleveland traded Kenny Pickett to the Las Vegas Raiders and Flacco to Cincinnati, where is he expected to be starter over Jake Browning immediately.

With Sanders becoming the backup, the chances of him seeing the field at some point this season increased. In fact, according to a report from NFL.com, the expectation is that Sanders will play at some point this season when he's ready. NFL Media's Ian Rapoport said last weeken

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