Shedeur Sanders expects Browns roster spot despite struggles - ESPN

Shedeur Sanders said he is confident he will make the Cleveland Browns' 53-man roster despite struggling in Saturday's preseason game, adding that he eventually wants to «be a player to be able to change a franchise.»

Sanders started the second half Saturday against the Los Angeles Rams, completing just 3-of-6 passes for 14 yards. The rookie quarterback was sacked five times and led the Browns to only one first down in his five series under center.

But when asked whether he thinks he'll make the Browns' 53-man roster, Sanders was clear in his response: «Obviously.»

«I think, overall as a player, I've put in the work,» Sanders said after Saturday's 19-17 victory. «I feel like everything I do, I try to do it to my best and that's all I can ask for.

»I feel like everybody feels like they should be on the team. If you ask anybody on the team, would they feel like they belong — they belong in their own eyes. I feel like I do, but I'm my own player. I think about myself in a high regard, of course. It's not my decision."

A fifth-round pick in this year's NFL draft, Sanders has been part of a crowded quarterback room with the Browns, who also have veterans Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and Tyler Huntley and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel on their preseason roster.

The NFL's deadline for teams to cut down their rosters to 53 players is 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, but general manager Andrew Berry indicated earlier Saturday that keeping as many as four quarterbacks is «not much of a decision.»

«We have a room that we like all the guys in there,» Berry told NFL Network. «We don't really see that as a problem. We more see it as an opportunity.»

Sanders was outstanding earlier this month in the preseason opener and was sidelined for the Browns'