Shedeur Sanders’ mom made waves online after she reacted to the news that the Browns quarterback will backup starter Dillon Gabriel on Sunday in a divisional road game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Pilar Sanders weighed in his promotion Friday in the comment section of a video that showed her cooking seafood.
“Looks yummy! Are you cooking all that for Shedeur being named QB2?” one person commented.
Pilar replied, “For Shedeur’s yes – we know 2 has always been 1 – the matrix will try to make u believe anything hahahahah – never fall for tall tales” with a crying-laughing emoji.
She did not explain further.
Shedeur — the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, who coached him at the University of Colorado — has yet to make to his NFL debut after his shocking fall to the fifth round in the 2025 NFL Draft.
The 23-year-old was selected 144th overall by the Cleveland Browns.
Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski announced Friday that Shedeur would back up Gabriel after Cleveland traded Joe Flacco to the Cincinnati Bengals on Tuesday.
The decision came down to Shedeur and practice squad quarterback Bailey Zappe.
Shedeur was the emergency third-string quarterback in the team’s first five games.
Flacco started the first four games for the Browns, going 1-3, before the veteran was benched for Gabriel, who was Cleveland’s No. 94 pick in this year’s draft.
The shakeup comes on the heels of Cleveland’s loss to the Vikings, 21-17, last week.
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It was Gabriel’s first start, in which he completed 19 of 33 passes for 190 yards and two touchdowns.
Shedeur played well in the Browns’ preseason opener — completing 14 of 23 passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns in a 30-10 win over the Panthers on Aug. 8.
He missed some time after injuring his oblique while throwing during joint practices with the Eagles on Aug. 13.
Shedeur struggled in the second half of Cleveland’s 19-17 win over the Rams in the preseason finale on Aug. 23. He finished 3 of 6 for just 14 yards and was sacked five times.
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
