BEREA — After trading Joe Flacco to the Cincinnati Bengals earlier this week, the Cleveland Browns have yet to announce what their plans are for the backup quarterback position. As rookie Dillon Gabriel gets ready for his second career start against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday, fellow rookie Shedeur Sanders is staying ready in the case he gets elevated to QB2.

"I would say you tend to get a little bit more excited when you see a light at the end of the tunnel, for sure," Sanders said on Thursday.

Sanders, who was picked during the fifth round of this year's NFL Draft, has spent the season as the Browns' emergency quarterback on game days.

In practice, he has been in a scout team role.

"My job at first was to prepare the defense and I think I did a pretty good job," Sanders said w

See Full Page