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Report: Shedeur Sanders added to Pro Bowl roster as replacement

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Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders has been added to the Pro Bowl roster as a replacement, per NFL insider Jordan Schultz. As a rookie this season, Sanders completed 56.6% of his pass attempts for 1,400 yards and seven touchdowns, while throwing 10 interceptions.

The AFC’s Pro Bowl quarterbacks were Drake Maye, Josh Allen and Justin Herbert. Maye will be playing in the Super Bowl. Meanwhile, Allen and Herbert are both recovering from injury.

Other potential AFC quarterback options such as Bo Nix, Patrick Mahomes and Daniel Jones are also each injured. Thus, Sanders received the offer to participate in the Pro Bowl. He is the first rookie who was a fifth-round draft pick to earn a Pro Bowl nod since Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Puka Nacua.

Sanders began the season as the Browns’ third-string quarterback, backing up Joe Flacco and Dillon Gabriel. However, after the Browns traded Flacco to the Cincinnati Bengals, Sanders was named the Browns’ QB2, only trailing Gabriel.

After Gabriel posted a 1-5 record as the Browns’ starter, Sanders was promoted to QB1. The Browns went 3-4 with Sanders starting behind center. After the team’s season finale, Sanders revealed whether he expects to be the Browns’ starting QB again next season.

“I think I did what I was able to do, and I definitely grew from a lot of things, and I got experience now,” Sanders said. “So, I’m always the same, confidence-wise, I’m there. But like, that’s not in my hands. Like, that’s not my decision. I can’t speak on what other people feel.”

The Browns will be entering a new era next season after firing head coach Kevin Stefanski. As of this report, the team hasn’t named a new head coach. Browns general manager Andrew Berry seemingly approved of Shedeur Sanders’ time as Cleveland’s starter.

“I think we saw a lot of progress with Shedeur this year,” Berry said, via Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. “I think that’s both mentally, physically, playing the position. He’s still very much a work in progress, like many rookie quarterbacks are.

“But I think we saw some really good things in terms of his playmaking, his accuracy, his ability to extend with his feet. And I think I’d also give him credit, as well as our offensive staff, for bringing him along in terms of his pocket management, his situational awareness and things of that nature.”