Joe Flacco said to be Browns’ starter ‘if season started next week,’ Colorado Buffaloes football legend Shedeur Sanders deemed still in play for QB1

Colorado Buffaloes football legend Shedeur Sanders is still seen as a potential starting quarterback option for the Cleveland Browns, despite his string of recent off-field speeding incidents.

He just wouldn’t be the starter if the season started next week.

Former NFL veteran and Cleveland native Tyvis Powell tabbed Joe Flacco as the Browns’ likeliest QB1 as things currently stand.

Powell predicted Sanders would be a candidate to take over that job if Flacco runs out of steam at any point during the season.

“If the season was starting next week, I’d star Joe Flacco because he gives you the best chance to win. He’s the guy that knows the playbook the best. He’s worked with Kevin Stefanski, he’s worked with the guys that’s been in that huddle, so he’s obviously your best chance to win,” Powell said on 92.3 The Fan.

“He’s going to give you that spark, it only lasts for so long, and then he will fall off a cliff. Knowing that, you have to make sure you have somebody ready after about five or six games that you’re comfortable with going into the game. If you’re going off talent alone, then you would go with Shedeur Sanders.

“Teammates will be excited for that. He will raise the play of the people around him. The energy, the excitement. Not just for the people on the field, the fanbase as well. I think a lot of fans are interested in seeing what Shedeur Sanders is doing. Obviously you hear all these rumors about guys talking about how amazing he looks in practice. Problem is, he still hasn’t taken reps with the ones to my knowledge.”

Sanders was already working from far behind Flacco, Dillon Gabriel, and Kenny Pickett.

He’s now working from even further behind.

QB1 sounds like a stretch right now, but Sanders has training camp to make everyone forget he was ever in trouble to begin with.

Just like teammate Myles Garrett did.