He’s a gamer: Shedeur Sanders displaying clutch gene and fearless mentality Browns have sought for decades

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Shedeur Sanders wasn’t supposed to be here.

Not starting NFL games in December. Not leading fourth-quarter comebacks. Not showing the kind of poise, accuracy, and “it factor” that has the Cleveland Browns reconsidering their entire quarterback strategy.

But here he is, defying expectations and forcing the organization to ask a question they never anticipated: Could a fifth-round pick who slid down draft boards be the franchise quarterback they’ve been desperately searching for?

“I just think that he’s a gamer,” Browns beat reporter Mary Kay Cabot observed on the Orange and Brown Talk podcast . “I think he has established that he’s got that ‘it factor’ and that’s what you want. You want someone who has that ‘never say die’ attitude in the fourth quarter when you nee