Browns' Shedeur Sanders is about to step into one of the strangest traditions in the NFL: being the next man up at quarterback for his team.

With Dillon Gabriel sidelined after a concussion in Week 11, Sanders will make his first NFL start against the Las Vegas Raiders, becoming the 42nd different starting QB the franchise has trotted out since its 1999 return. For a team still desperate to end decades of instability under center, this debut will be watched very closely inside and outside the building.

He will not be alone on that sideline. As Adam Schefter reported on X, Deshaun Watson made his first road trip of the season and will be on the Browns’ sideline in Las Vegas, helping Sanders through his first NFL start against the Raiders, a detail originally noted by Mary Kay Cabot

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