No more ‘Hero Ball:’ How Shedeur Sanders’ costly interception could become his most valuable NFL learning moment

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Every young quarterback must learn this painful lesson: sometimes trying to be the hero costs your team more than it helps.

For Browns rookie Shedeur Sanders, that moment came during last Sunday’s loss to the Titans when a third-quarter throw intending to spark a stagnant offense backfired spectacularly in a game-changing interception. What’s remarkable isn’t the mistake itself — it’s how quickly Sanders appears to be processing and learning from it.

“It’s just like, I want to win so bad. I want to make something happen whenever we’re stagnant and stuff like that,” Sanders explained Wednesday, articulating the internal struggle that led to the turnover. “So just learning from the week before when I took a sack that got us out of field goal position, I learned from tha