Shedeur Sanders

One start in five weeks, and it went for 0 points. He has no injury designation, so the four weeks he sat, weeks 1, 2, 4 and 5 of 2026, were Cleveland's choice, not his body's. That is the fact everything else hangs on. A second-year quarterback listed behind two other names on his own depth chart, with Dillon Gabriel ahead of him, is not getting on the field on merit.

The 2025 numbers back that up. Eight games, 10.6 points a week, one week above the position's median, and a best of 33.46 in week 14 of 2025 that looks like a fluke sitting on top of a 1.48 in week 11 of 2025. He cleared 15 points once in eight tries. New play caller Travis Switzer and new head coach Todd Monken were supposed to open a door, but a coaching change does not move a quarterback from fourth-string reps into a starting job.

Our number for him was 52 points for the season, built on 6 expected games at 8.7 a week, and he has already burned four of those weeks sitting. He needs to win a job first, and nothing through week 5 of 2026 says he has. If you are carrying him, drop him for a player who sees the field, and only check back if he is named the starter. If he is out there in week 6 of 2026, that changes the conversation, but until then he is a name on a roster doing nothing for you. The bye in week 11 of 2026 is the next scheduled event worth noting, and it is nothing to plan around.