There's a lot to be said about the Cleveland Browns' performance in Week 11. The Baltimore Ravens are one of the better teams in the NFL, but Shedeur Sanders, the rookie quarterback who got his first shot in the NFL, didn't exactly look great.
Despite that, it's also a bit unfair to blame Sanders for how the team performed, as again, this was his first-ever time competing in a regular-season game at the highest level.
But according to his teammates, including star-edge rusher Myles Garrett, who certainly can't be happy with some of the performances the Browns have shown over the past few months, Sanders attempted to take the blame for the loss.
That's often seen with quarterbacks, but for a rookie to come out there after all he's dealt with over the past few months, it shows that he might be the answer for Cleveland moving forward.
“He spoke after the game and he wanted to pin it on himself and his performance,” Garrett told reporters. “But we’re not going to allow him to do that. It’s a team game. We’re all in this together.”
Shedeur Sanders still has plenty to fix
There's obviously a lot that Sanders has to work on, but if he's showing positive signs like this off the field, the other stuff will follow.
Many questioned what Sanders was off the field, perhaps unfairly, throughout the draft process, but he's done all the right things in Cleveland so far.
That doesn't mean everything will be sunshine and rainbows moving forward, but perhaps Cleveland has finally found a leader, and it can use that.
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