CLEVELAND, Ohio — Fifth-round rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders isn’t tiptoeing into his first NFL start — he’s strutting into the spotlight with the swagger of a veteran and the confidence of a superstar.

When Sanders met with media ahead of his first career start against the Raiders, he didn’t mince words about his readiness for the moment. As Browns beat reporter Mary Kay Cabot observed, “My No. 1 takeaway from the Shedeur interview is the fact that he is supremely confident heading into this football game. He says, I know I am the guy, and you can’t miss this moment. And I think those are pretty big, bold statements for a fifth-round rookie to make.”

That level of self-assurance might seem premature for a rookie who tumbled from projected first-rounder to the fifth round and spent

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