As Sanders takes those first-team reps throughout the week, he is holding onto his same approach to a game week. He is focused on knowing where his teammates will be on the field and his personal preparation.
"I'm truly excited for that, knowing that I have a piece in the offense and a say so and how things fit my eye and place the players exactly where they need to be," Sanders said. "Seeing how they come in and out of routes, seeing the structure of the O-lineman, seeing a set, just having a feeling. I'm more of a feel type of person. So that's how I learn. That's how I do everything. I'm not a, 'I'm just watching, it's just going to happen.' No, like, I got to be out there, feel it. I got to move around. It's so many details that it takes for me to feel my best and play my best and I'm doing everything in my power and the team's doing everything to help me get prepared."
Rees said as they created the offensive game plan for Week 12 against the Raiders, their goal was pull from different avenues to foster a level of comfort in the offense for Sanders. They looked at elements of the offensive system that he has been previously comfortable in as well as concepts that he likes. Then on Sunday, after a full week of prep, the hope is to see that work translate to the field.
"You want to make your quarterback comfortable," Rees said. "You want to call plays, you want to put in plays that breathe confidence into them as they hear them, as they call them, plays that they know they can make work. And then you press the guys around them to raise their level of play and play well, to continue to breathe confidence in the young players and in the young quarterbacks. So, that's really been the motivation this week moving forward. Had a good first day of practice, had a good walk through this morning, so continue to build off of that."