Browns’ Todd Monken not ready to choose between Shedeur Sanders, Deshaun Watson for Week 10

On Sunday afternoon, the Cleveland Browns fell to 5-4 on the season with a tough road loss at the hands of the New Orleans Saints. Shedeur Sanders got the start at quarterback for Cleveland in this one, taking over for Deshaun Watson, who had been in the concussion protocol for most of the week prior to the game.

Recently, Browns head coach Todd Monken was asked about whether there is a chance that Sanders might take over as the full-time starter in Cleveland.

"#Browns Todd Monken said he's not ready to name his starting quarterback for Sunday's game vs. the #Texans," reported Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com on X, formerly Twitter.

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Sanders had a bit of a shaky start on Sunday against the Saints but showed impressive poise in leading the Browns on a late drive to get the game into overtime, and then leading them down the field once again in the extra period to score a touchdown. Unfortunately, Cleveland's two-point conversion try came up empty, giving the Saints their third win of the season.

In many ways, Sanders' performance echoed what fans have seen out of Watson this year, consistently putting together below-average performances for the majority of the game before turning up the heat late and leading the Browns to several crunch-time wins so far this year.

It will be fascinating to see if what Sanders did on Sunday against the Saints will be enough for Monken to trust him moving forward with the offense, or whether the head coach will hand the keys back to Watson now that he is healthy.