CLEVELAND (AP) — It took only three starts for Shedeur Sanders to get his first 300-yard passing game in the NFL. However, it didn’t end up giving the Cleveland…
It took only three starts for Shedeur Sanders to get his first 300-yard passing game in the NFL. However, it didn’t end up giving the Cleveland Browns a victory.
Sanders passed for 364 yards and three touchdowns and also ran for a score, but an interception in the third quarter and a pair of miscues on 2-point conversions loomed large as the Tennessee Titans held on for a 31-29 victory Sunday.
“He fought throughout the game, which we knew he would,” coach Kevin Stefanski said. “With any young player, there’s going to ups and downs, and I thought there were some really, really, really good moments. He’ll keep learning from some of the plays that he wants back, but some really good moments.”
Sanders, who fell to the fifth round in the draft, completed 23 of 42 passes. The 364 passing yards are the second-most by a rookie QB picked 144th overall or later since 1966. Jacksonville’s Gardner Minshew, the 178th pick in 2019, passed for 374 yards against Carolina.
It was the 10th 300-yard game by a Browns rookie QB, and the first since Baker Mayfield had 376 yards in the 2018 regular-season finale at Baltimore.
The Browns had four pass plays of at least 30 yards, their most since last year’s Monday night game at Denver in Week 13. In three starts, Sanders has eight of the Browns’ 10 pass plays of at least 30 yards.
