CLEVELAND — Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders will get a third straight start next Sunday against the Tennessee Titans, head coach Kevin Stefanski announced after the team's 26-8 loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
Sanders, the 144th pick in this year's draft, completed 16 of 25 passes for 149 yards and one touchdown in his first home start Sunday.
«I'd have to look at it. Obviously, he's battling, like all of our guys are battling,» Stefanski said when asked about Sanders' performance. «I know there's plays he wants back, but we'll look at it and correct them.»
ESPN's Adam Schefter reported Saturday that the Browns were open to giving Sanders an extended look for the rest of this season, just as fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel had in the first half of this season when he made six consecutive starts.
Stefanski was noncommittal when asked if Sanders would start for the remainder of the season.
«Obviously we lost, so I ain't play well,» Sanders said. «There's definitely things on film I'm going to look back and want to get back and want to see but at least moving forward I know what we could do differently going about the week and being able to get fully, fully prepared for every possibility.»
Sanders threw a 34-yard touchdown pass to rookie tight end Harold Fannin Jr. late in the second quarter that gave the Browns an 8-7 lead; rookie running back Quinshon Judkins converted a 2-point attempt on a 1-yard run after the 49ers were flagged for too many men on the field. Cleveland, though, was unable to build on the momentum. The Browns trailed 10-8 at halftime and were held scoreless in the second half.
Still trailing 10-8 with seven minutes remaining, the Browns elected to go for it on fourth-and-1 from their own 33-yard
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