The loss to the New Orleans Saints was a bitter one. Despite that, there has been a lot of positive buzz around Cleveland Browns second-year quarterback Shedeur Sanders. He filled in as the starter last week for Deshaun Watson, who suffered a concussion.
Sanders put up some impressive numbers in this game. He threw for 297 yards and a pair of touchdowns with no interceptions. This performance has some analysts calling for him to take over the starting job. Even Cleveland media has asked both Sanders and head coach Todd Monken if they felt he had done enough to earn another start.
However, if you take a step back and really evaluate the game, then you would see that the final statline was a little misleading for Sanders. Brent Sobleski of Bleacher
Report did exactly that when he did his weekly quarterback report card for week nine. He has this to say about Sanders.
“Once again, the Browns offense sputtered during the first half. However, Sanders and Co. got things going later in the contest.”
Sobleski noted that Sanders found more success with his deep passes than Watson has this year. However, he only gave Sanders a C grade for his performance. Perhaps this was because the two deep passes that were completed, one for a touchdown and one that took the offense to the three-yard line, were both significantly underthrown.
This article originally appeared on Browns Wire: What grade did Shedeur Sanders get from Bleacher Report in Week 9?
