Colorado Buffaloes football legend Shedeur Sanders won’t be cut before 2025 season, place on Browns roster ‘secure’

Colorado Buffaloes football legend Shedeur Sanders won’t be cut before 2025 season, place on Browns roster ‘secure’ originally appeared on The Sporting News

Colorado Buffaloes football legend Shedeur Sanders will survive his first NFL training camp.

Cleveland Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski unleashing the “Grown QB” in the team’s preseason opener against the Carolina Panthers proved to be prudent, and now the team has another signal-caller who can handle NFL snaps.

Browns GM Andrew Berry has confirmation of the hunch he had when he went against owner Jimmy Haslam’s wishes and drafted Coach Prime’s youngest son.

That’s why he won’t be cutting the CU record-holder before the 2025 season.

“Fair or not, Sanders' dramatic draft-day slide almost certainly stemmed from his family's outsized personality. The Browns weren't just inheriting the quarterback's skills, after all; they were inviting the ‘Sanders brand.’ Well, the brand looked plenty comfortable operating in and outside the pocket. Yes, it's preseason. Yes, it's early. But Sanders showed precisely the kind of composure and downfield vision you'd expect from an NFL passer. His place on the 2025 roster is now secure,” CBS Sports’ Cody Benjamin wrote, while deeming Sanders a “winner” of his pro debut.

Benjamin predicted Kenny Pickett would be the odd man out and eventually released, since his trade value has tanked in Berea this offseason due to a hamstring injury that may keep him out for several more weeks. He’s also failed to separate himself from 40-year-old Joe Flacco in practice.

“The former first-rounder may not be back on the field for a while. That might be too late for him. Stefanski could still opt to keep him as in-season emergency depth, but his chances of opening 2025 under center already feel very remote. He also lacks any immediate trade value given his position, though an eventual release might grant him another fresh start,” Benjamin wrote of Pickett.

Andscape’s William Rhoden deemed Dillon Gabriel the “chief rival” for Sanders’ roster spot.

If that’s the case, consider Sanders the victor after a brilliant preseason debut. The real question becomes whether Berry gives up on Pickett or Gabriel first.