At this point in time, no one knows what the future has in store for Shedeur Sanders with the Cleveland Browns.
To begin the 2025 NFL season as a rookie, Sanders will be the No. 3 quarterback on the roster. Joe Flacco will be the Week 1 starter, with fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel backing him up.
Sanders could still be the long-term franchise quarterback for the Browns, but that remains to be seen. During the preseason, he showed off flashes of his potential, but he was unable to work his way up the depth chart.
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Heading into the future, it's possible that Cleveland could continue looking at quarterback options. A new prediction would be very concerning news for Sanders if it became a reality.
The Athletic's Nick Baumgardner has predicted that the Browns will take South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers with the second overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft.
It's still way too early to know what the 2026 draft could look like for Cleveland, but Sellers could signal the end of Sanders' hopes to be a starter with the Browns.
"So much of this depends on what we see from the 20-year-old Sellers this season," Baumgardner wrote. "He had some very nice stretches in the pocket as a sophomore last season, though, while remaining dangerous in the open field— and difficult to tackle at 6 feet 3, 242 pounds. He has youthful habits to iron out, but Sellers has the tools to be a star at the next level."
Bringing in a talent like Sellers with the No. 2 overall pick would likely be the end of Sanders' starting hopes in Cleveland. It's likely that the team would move forward and build around a player picked that high in the draft.
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Should that end up happening, it seems very likely that the Browns would be open to trading Sanders. Plenty of other teams around the NFL could swoop in, trade for Sanders, and give him a chance to earn a starting job outside of Cleveland.
Also, there is a legitimate chance that Sanders could become a starter for the Browns this season. No one knows how the 2025 season will unfold.
While there are still a lot of unknowns about Cleveland and Sanders, his future is uncertain. Fans will simply have to wait and see what comes next for the son of the legendary Deion Sanders.
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