A few weeks ago, after Shedeur Sanders’ first 300-yard passing game of his young NFL career, the Cleveland Browns rookie lamented the one play he knew his father was already mad at him over.
Shedeur’s father, of course, is Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, and every Browns fan who watched Cleveland’s 31-29 loss to the Tennessee Titans back in Week 14 knew exactly what play Shedeur was referencing.
The Browns were leading 17-14 midway through the third quarter when Sanders took, what he likes to call, a calculated risk. On second-and-20 from his own 45 yard line, he drifted back over 15 yards behind the line of scrimmage to avoid pressure, before chucking up a prayer over the middle that was easily intercepted by Titans safety Xavier Woods.