CLEVELAND, Ohio — Shedeur Sanders isn’t just playing for wins anymore — he’s playing for his future and potentially reshaping the entire trajectory of the Cleveland Browns franchise.

With Kevin Stefanski naming Sanders the starter for the remainder of the season , the rookie quarterback now faces a four-game audition that carries franchise-altering implications. As Browns beat reporter Mary Kay Cabot bluntly put it: “He’s got four more chances to show that the Cleveland Browns do not need Fernando Mendoza or Ty Simpson or Dante Moore and that they can take themselves out of the quarterback sweepstakes in the first round of the draft. That is what he is tasked with doing over these next four starts.”

The stakes couldn’t be higher, both for Sanders and the organization. The Browns hold

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