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Shedeur Sanders finally made his long-awaited NFL debut on Sunday night, after checking into the Cleveland Browns' game against the Baltimore Ravens.
Following a head injury to starting signal-caller Dillon Gabriel in the third quarter, Browns coach Kevin Stefanski called upon Sanders to replace him.
The 23-year-old was met with loud cheers from fans inside Huntington Bank Field as he ran to midfield and prepared for his very first NFL snap.
Reports even claimed that the Browns offense had to shush the crowd as they prepared for Sanders' first competitive play as a Cleveland player.
However, it was a rough introduction to the league for Sanders, who was sacked by Ravens star Kyle Hamilton as on a fourth down, leaving the Browns to punt.
The son of NFL legend Deion Sanders was selected by the Browns after an embarrassing slide to the fifth round of this year's draft.
However, after joining, he found himself at the bottom of the pecking order amid the stacked quarterback depth that the Browns had at the start of the season.
Cleveland began the season with five total quarterbacks: Flacco, Gabriel, and Sanders - as well as Kenny Pickett and Deshaun Watson.
But Watson's recovery from a torn Achilles has been complicated - leaving his status for the rest of the season up in the air.
Pickett was cut from the roster before the season began and Flacco was benched after four lackluster starts.
It left Gabriel to take over from Flacco for his first NFL start in London against the Minnesota Vikings, where he threw two touchdowns during their 21-17 defeat.
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