Shedeur Sanders finally got his NFL shot on Sunday, and it didn’t exactly sparkle. The Browns fans rushed to defend him, pointing out that he hasn’t taken a single first-team rep since he arrived in Cleveland. But, as former quarterback Tim Hasselbeck reminded everyone, that’s the life of a backup, and Sanders is not an exception.

“What’s interesting about being the backup is, you don’t get any reps, but when you’re thrown in there, everyone wants you to play like a starter. The way it works is you only get so many plays in practice,” Hasselbeck said on the Dan Patrick Show .

“It might be 12 seven on seven reps, 14 team reps, and then by those, you know, you kind of section them out in terms of, you know, situational football. Will you give those to the guys that you’re expecting to

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