Shortly after Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders led the team to a 24-10 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders in his first regular-season start on Nov. 23, he vowed that he won't be a failure as a pro signal-caller.

At least one unnamed NFL executive later said that Sanders' confidence "doesn’t turn me off at all." Retired linebacker and former All-Pro Shawne Merriman echoed that executive's sentiment.

How Shedeur Sanders' confidence could be good for Browns

"I do not want to play with a quarterback who’s not confident," Merriman said during a recent chat with Ryan Gaydos of Fox News Digital. "I just don’t. I think, me personally, I think that little bit of cockiness that Shedeur has gives the Browns a sense that they got a chance to win every week, which th

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