Chargers' Justin Herbert makes Shedeur Sanders' rough Browns debut look worse

Shedeur Sanders made his NFL debut Sunday and it did not go well. The Cleveland Browns quarterback struggled against the Baltimore Ravens and drew even more headlines when head coach Kevin Stefanski said it was the first time Sanders ever took reps with the first-team offense. Even though he's not involved in the slightest, LA Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert has become part of the conversation. Herbert was infamously forced to start on 15-minute notice after a team doctor accidentally punctured Tyrod Taylor's lung during an injection. Herbert had a much more successful debut. Stefanski's admission that Sanders hasn't taken any first-team reps truly seemed baffling at the time. However, that appears to be standard protocol for rookie backup QBs. At least, that is what Herbert also went through before his successful debut in 2020. Just ask his former teammate, Breiden Fehoko, who spent time with both the LA Chargers and Pittsburgh Steelers. Using Sanders' lack of first-team reps in practice as an excuse do