Shedeur Sanders is officially set to become the 42nd quarterback to start a game for the Cleveland Browns since 1999, and the wait for his debut might be the longest-brewing one yet. The hype is real, but he also knows the window to prove himself to Kevin Stefanski is going to be small. Former Browns corner Joe Haden kept his advice simple.

On the Deebo and Joe podcast, when James Harrison asked whether Sanders would be another Dillon Gabriel-type – safe, cautious, unwilling to push the ball downfield. Haden didn’t overthink it. To him, Sanders just needs to play clean football.

“Shedeur, nobody’s asking you to go out there and be a world beater,” Haden said.

“We’re just asking you to go in there and (make) the simple throws…We need you to run the ball. Just smart decisions. When you ge

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