Browns' Deshaun Watson makes nice gesture to help Shedeur Sanders in first start

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The Cleveland Browns will hope to figure out their quarterback situation on Sunday in Week 12 against the Las Vegas Raiders. 

The Browns are giving the keys to youngster Shedeur Sanders to run the offense, a rather exciting time for the organization. 

While Sanders hasn't proven anything in the NFL yet, that's due to him not having the opportunity to do so. If his first start goes as well as it can, he might even show teams around the NFL why they didn't make the right decision when they decided to pass up on him.

According to Mary Kay Cabot of NFL.com, it also sounds like Cleveland is looking to get things moving here with Sanders, as it made a rather big team decision. Per Cabot, quarterback Deshaun Watson will make his first road trip of the season and be on the sidelines to help Sanders in his first start.

Why Watson is attending his first game of the season

“Deshaun Watson will make his first road trip of the season and be on the sideline helping Shedeur Sanders in his NFL starting debut here against the Raiders, a league source tells cleveland.com,” Cabot said. “Watson, recovering from his re-ruptured Achilles repair, isn’t traveling just to help Sanders, but is finally healthy enough to be on the sideline for a game.”

While she added that it wasn't only due to Sanders, it's a good sign that he'll have some love and help from a veteran quarterback like Watson. 

Watson hasn't played well over the past few years outside of these injuries, currently coming back from an Achilles injury, but he was also one of the better quarterbacks in the NFL at one point in his career.

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