Shedeur Sanders explains pinky injury in Cleveland Browns' loss

Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders is in recovery after briefly hurting his pinky in the team's 23-20 loss against the Buffalo Bills in Week 16.

In the team's first drive of the second quarter, the Browns quarterback hurt his pinky while making a throw to tight end Brenden Bates. He went to the locker room briefly but returned in time for the team's next offensive possession. Sanders spoke about the injury after the game.

"You can look online to see what my finger look like if you want. I’m sure they got the details on there. I don’t know," Sanders said. "My pinky was just, like…I put on my hand warmer, and I’m like, “Why is my pinky not getting cold? I mean, why is it not getting warm?” Then, like, I threw Quinshon, like, a little route down there.

"Then it, like, kind of was a little high, and I was like, dang. So then it was over with. And then I did everything, you know, to come back because I didn’t want to put, like, Dillon (Gabriel) in a bad situation, you know, like, since when I was a 2 (QB2).

"And, like, it’s tough. It’s tough to play that role because you don’t get reps. You don’t get anything. And I was talking to him. I said “My bad, bro, for putting you in that situation.” You know, because it’s not ideal and I want him to be prepared whenever he was out there, you know, so that’s really how all that went.”