The Browns lost 31–29, but Shedeur Sanders walked off the field with a performance only one other rookie quarterback in NFL history has ever delivered. The list is now two names long: Joe Burrow and Shedeur Sanders. More than 350 passing yards. Three passing touchdowns. A rushing touchdown. A furious rally in freezing rain that shook the stadium.
The former Colorado star refused to make it about himself.
“What was working for me, I’ll say, God. God was working for me, honestly,” he said. “When it’s a lot of confusion, when it’s a lot of adversity, when it’s a lot of things going on, that’s when I feel like God steps in the most for me.”
On the final drive, he watched the two-point try from the sideline. No bitterness. No second guessing.
“I was thankful that we was driving down the field and we scored,” he said. “Of course you would want to. But that’s not what football is. Sometimes you got to run the ball, sometimes you got to kick.”
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He owned the moments that slipped. The fumbled snap. “That was on me.” The interception. “I’m trying to get a spark. I know my dad (Deion Sanders) mad at me for that.”
But he insisted the night revealed something deeper than mistakes or numbers. “I’ve been this way. So, this is God showing a lot of people who I am.”
Even the touchdown to Jerry Jeudy carried weight. “One decision from me could bring somewhat joy in his life…that brings me peace.”
He called the entire night a testimony.
“I’d say God’s present.”
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