CLEVELAND, Ohio — There’s just no way to have a normal conversation about Shedeur Sanders.

Every comment about how he played on Sunday is perceived as a line in the sand. You either believe he’s the Browns ’ savior or he’ll be out of the league in three years. There’s no in between.

Except that’s exactly what his first career start was: it was in between. It was fine. If his last name was anything other than Sanders, it would be met with a nod to a respectable job by a rookie making his first start and the NFL world would move on.

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