Shedeur Sanders and the Cleveland Browns managed to pull off a win despite having several injured players unavailable for Sunday afternoon's tilt against the Cincinnati Bengals.
It was a 10-play, 40 yard drive eventually led to a 49-yard field goal as time expired from kicker Andre Szmyt to give the Browns their fifth and final win of the 2025 season.
Sheduer Sanders made key throws to drive the Browns down for the win
The most notable throw was the one to Jerry Jeudy on third and one with 38 seconds remaining.
Shedeur Sanders with a clutch throw to Jeudy to get inside range for a FG pic.twitter.com/XSi6sUA0ZW
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Instead of running the ball to get the short gain with two timeouts remaining, Kevin Stefanski and Tommy Rees elected to keep the ball in Shedeur's hands and make a play, and he did just that.
Shedeur had one blemish on the afternoon and that came on the very first drive of the game.
Despite Sanders' efforts to escape on 2nd and 10 from the Browns' own 20 yard line, Cameron Sample recorded a strip-sack while Sanders was stepping up in the pocket.
Shedeur fumbles.
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Shedeur Sanders tried to escape the pocket, ball got punched out, turnover 🤦♂️ pic.twitter.com/e7KMitOP27
As a result of the Browns' play-calling and the Browns' defense, Shedeur became a game-manager on Sunday afternoon.
Sanders finished the game completing 11-of-22 passes for 111 yards. Sanders essentially had no time to operate as the pocket continued to collapse, resulting in six sacks allowed.
The win marks back-to-back wins for Sheduer and the Browns as they head into the offseason.
Wins over Aaron Rodgers and Joe Burrow nonetheless.
As the Browns prepare for the offseason, they will need to answer questions regarding who will be their head coach before they decide who will start at quarterback.
Shedeur could have had a touchdown pass earlier in the game, but the pass was dropped.
Shedeur Sanders finally almost got into the end zone but the pass was dropped pic.twitter.com/oguUqOiP6F
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As an outsider to the Browns organization, it is easy to see they have a stellar defense and some promising weapons on the offensive side of the ball.
If they give Shedeur the chance to be the guy next season, they must address the offensive line and add more wide receiver depth.
Maybe former Colorado wide receiver Jordyn Tyson can find his way to Cleveland in the first round.