LAS VEGAS — It’s only fitting for Shedeur Sanders to make his starting debut in neon Las Vegas, where all the stars are out this weekend for the Formula 1 Grand Prix on the strip.

With celebrities such as Ben Affleck and Catherine Zeta-Jones in town for the big event, Sanders will take the field on Sunday for his NFL debut for the 2-8 Browns against the 2-8 Raiders.

The city of sequins, diamonds, flashing lights, dancing fountains and mega-millions of dollars circulating every day is the perfect backdrop for the flashy Sanders to show the world what he can do.

Granted, he must stay within himself and not try to live up to his Legendary nickname all in one afternoon, but the game is a chance for Sanders to show the NFL world it made a grave mistake for letting him tumble to the fifth round of the draft, and make the Browns wonder why they passed on him six times before rescuing him at No. 144.

With his own diamonds still intact after a $200,000 break-in at his Cleveland-area home during last Sunday’s 23-16 loss to the Ravens, Sanders will try to dazzle in Sin City, where bling is king and Son of Prime fits the vibe to a T. He grew up in the spotlight as the son of Deion “Prime Time” Sanders, and is used being in the spotlight. He won’t be starstruck by the celebs that attend the game, and if all goes as planned, he’ll throw up that “Rolex” wrist a few times.

Formula 1 takes center stage on Saturday night, and Sanders owns the spotlight here on Sunday.

Here are seven other things to think and know about Sanders’ debut:

1. Will Coach Prime attend his son’s first NFL start?

Deion Sanders hinted on Thursday that he might head from Colorado to Vegas to watch his son’s first NFL start.

“You don’t want to be his distraction,” Deion told Colorado reporters. “But then you think, you know he came all the way up here to see you? So that’s even a shorter trip to go see him.

“You start thinking that as a dad.”

Shedeur surprised his dad at Colorado over the bye week.

Last week, when Sanders replaced Dillon Gabriel in the second half of the 23-16 loss to the Ravens, Deion cried tears of joy. Sanders struggled early on, but almost pulled off the come-from-behind victory when he hit fellow rookie Gage Larvadain in the hands with the potential game-winning touchdown pass. Cornerback Chidobe Awuzie broke up the pass.

“I know the fight behind the fight,” Deion said at his weekly Tuesday news conference. “I know what’s been transpiring behind the curtains, and I’m just proud of him. Because he’s not just saying the right things, he’s doing and living the right things. That’s just who he is.

“He’s a Sanders.”

Deion, who coached Sanders from Pee Wee football through college, knows what Shedeur has been through this season, beginning with the biggest freefall in the history of the NFL Draft.

“I know some stuff behind the curtain, so I offer him not just on-the-field advice, off-the-field advice, life advice, because he’s going through a lot,” Deion said. “A lot of stuff is coming at him and he’s doing a great job. Thank God that God prepared him for everything he’s dealing with. I think a lesser man would’ve crumbled. But he’s been built for this.”

With everything they’ve been through together, including Deion’s recent illnesses and surgeries, it’s a trip he should make this weekend.

2. Deshaun Watson will help him on the sidelines

Watson will make his first road trip of the season coming off re-ruptured Achilles surgery, and will help Sanders on the sidelines.

He worked with him a lot in the meeting rooms during the week, helping Sanders determine what he’d like to run during the game and assimilating the game plan.

Watson, who’s eligible to have his 21-day practice window opened at any time, has also helped Gabriel a lot this season, including on the sideline during home games. He’s making the trip this weekend because he’s healthy enough to be on the sideline, but it’s an added bonus that he’ll be right there when Sanders comes back to the sideline to help keep him calm and study how the Raiders are attacking him.

3. What does it mean for Gabriel?

Gabriel, who suffered a concussion in the first half of last Sunday’s 23-16 loss to the Ravens, returned to practice on a limited basis on Friday, but hasn’t yet been fully cleared from the concussion protocol.

That could happen as early as Monday, and then the Browns will have a decision to make on whether or not he’ll start more games this season. Gabriel made good progress with offensive coordinator Tommy Rees calling plays, but he’s still missing some throws he was making during training camp and preseason.

The incomplete pass on third and 5 to Harold Fannin Jr. at the end of the first half that elicited “We want Sanders!” chants may have been impacted by his concussion. Gabriel likely suffered it on the play before, and wasn’t himself.

But it’s largely up to Sanders to dictate how the season plays out. If he improves over his half against the Ravens, he can earn himself another start next week against the 49ers, and then go from there.

4. Sanders will likely push the ball downfield

While Gabriel was often reluctant to take a shot, Sanders will likely take more chances and complete more deep balls than Gabriel did. He trusts his elite accuracy, and knows he can fit it into tight windows. If he has time to throw, he’ll show off that arm and get the ball deep to Jerry Jeudy, Ced Tillman, and the Browns tight ends. That will help loosen up the box and give Quinshon Judkins a better chance against a good run defense

5. He throws such a supremely catchable ball

Even at his Colorado showcase, Sanders emphasized the importance of throwing a catchable ball. Two Browns receivers, Isaiah Bond and Malachi Corley, have noted how he’s worked with Tom Brady, and how that’s helped him develop his elite accuracy, which helped him lead the FBS with a 74% completion percentage last year.

“He has that same type of touch and same type of elevation to his passes,” Corley said. “He throws the most catchable ball a receiver can have and we’re lucky to have him.”

Thanks in large part to that, “we expect him to be composed in the pocket and push the ball down the field, for him to do it like what you saw on Sunday, escaping the pocket, extending plays, scramble drill trying to get guys involved, just being a decisive passer. Getting to his reads quickly and getting the ball out.”

6. No running out of the back of the pocket

Sanders will have to be aware of premier edge rusher Maxx Crosby at all times, but he mustn’t revert to his bad college habit of retreating and taking big sacks. He did so twice in the second half against the Ravens, getting sacked for losses of 11 and 14 yards, with the first one being a strip.

Former Browns quarterback Brian Hoyer has been harping on this with Sanders since the pre-draft process.

“The guys in the NFL, look at what Myles Garrett has done to opposing quarterbacks,” he said. “These guys are just too big, too fast, and that’s where they want you to go. Where they don’t want you to go is step up into the pocket and make throws. And he did a good job of that on that one deep in-cut (to Fannin) that he hit across the middle. And so he’s just going to have to learn that there are certain things that you kind of fall back on when you’re autopilot, especially when you haven’t played at the professional level yet.

“The regular season is a different animal. If I’m Coach Stefanski and that staff this week, I’m emphasizing, sure, you got to step up, keep your eyes up and make those throws because you’ll be more successful. “

7. The artist vs. the scientist

Rees acknowledged this week that there’s both an art and a science to playing quarterback.

Sanders plays the game more on feel, and has a tendency to freelance and let the game come to him rather than follow a rigid set of rules. In regard to the Browns’ two rookies, Sanders is more artist, and Gabriel is more scientist. But a little of both will serve Sanders well on Sunday.

“You can’t be full-time artists and you can’t be full-time scientists,” Rees said. “The great ones kind of have that blend of when is it time to play on script and play within the system and then when is it time to let your instinct take over. I think with all quarterbacks you try to find that right blend, right? I don’t think you can play this game completely by the book and I don’t think you can play this game completely like a cowboy.

“You’ve got to have the blend of both. That’s something we try to instill in our guys. I would say Shedeur has some ability to play within the framework of the offense, just like Dillon has some ability to play free and create plays. As young players, I think in this league you’re trying to find your footing to do that, right? And so for both of them that’s something that we discuss and we talk about, and ‘Hey, we have a premier look. Let’s play within it. Hey, go bail us out and make us right and find a way to make a play.’”

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