{"id":707461,"date":"2026-01-26T23:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/707461\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T23:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T23:02:14","slug":"shedeur-sanders-gets-pro-bowl-nod-to-replace-drake-maye-in-rare-browns-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/707461\/","title":{"rendered":"Shedeur Sanders gets Pro Bowl nod to replace Drake Maye in rare Browns honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders will replace Drake Maye in the Pro Bowl games after the Patriots signal-caller helped his team advance to the Super Bowl on Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47735804\/source-shedeur-sanders-named-pro-bowl-games-replacement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to ESPN. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/25\/sports\/patriots-outlast-broncos-to-reach-super-bowl-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patriots beat the Broncos 10-7 <\/a>to win the AFC title and will face the\u00a0Seahawks, who <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/25\/sports\/seahawks-to-face-patriots-in-super-bowl-2026-with-thrilling-win-over-rams\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">won Sunday\u2019s NFC championship game against the Rams<\/a>, 31-27, in Super Bowl 2026, taking place in Santa Clara on Feb. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders, a fifth-round pick by Cleveland in the 2025 NFL Draft, joins the Bills\u2019 Josh Allen and the Chargers\u2019 Justin Herbert as this year\u2019s Pro Bowl QBs for the AFC.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders (12) passes against the Cincinnati Bengals during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, January 4, 2026, in Cincinnati.  AP<\/p>\n<p>In his rookie season, Sanders went 3-4 in seven starts, finishing 120 of 212 passing for 1,400 yards, seven touchdowns and 10 interceptions, with a passer rating of 68.1.<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/06\/sports\/browns-andrew-berry-on-whether-shedeur-sanders-earned-starting-qb-job-for-2026\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old, the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, is the first Browns quarterback to be named to the Pro Bowl since Derek Anderson in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye celebrates with the trophy after the AFC Championship after beating the Denver Broncos on Sunday, January, 25, 2026, in Denver.   AP<\/p>\n<p>Sanders helped the Browns to wins over Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers and Joe Burrow\u2019s Bengals in his final two starts.<\/p>\n<p>He had 111 passing yards and 26 rushing yards with a fumble lost in Cleveland\u2019s 20-18 win in Cincinnati in Week 18.<\/p>\n<p>In his end-of-season press conference, Browns GM Andrew Berry wouldn\u2019t commit to Sanders as Cleveland\u2019s starting quarterback next season.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders speaks at a news conference after an a win against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, January 4, 2026, in Cincinnati.  AP<\/p>\n<p>Browns owner Jimmy Haslam\u00a0was also non-committal about Sanders\u2019 future\u00a0in Cleveland in his press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland finished the 2025 season ranked 31st in scoring offense, 30th in total offense and 4th in total defense. <\/p>\n<p>The Browns fired head coach Kevin Stefanski following a disappointing 5-12 finish to the season.<\/p>\n<p>Jaguars offensive coordinator Grant Udinski pulled out of consideration for the open position, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/47734433\/source-grant-udinski-withdraws-browns-search-eyes-bills\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN reported<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining candidates for the Browns\u2019 job include defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz, Rams passing game coordinator Nate Scheelhaase, Commanders run game coordinator Anthony Lynn and former Ravens OC Todd Monken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders will replace Drake Maye in the Pro Bowl games after the Patriots signal-caller&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2053],"tags":[228,227,256,2296,54,833,7,249,6,4912,17,9],"class_list":{"0":"post-707461","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cincinnati-bengals","8":"tag-bengals","9":"tag-cincinnati","10":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","11":"tag-cincinnatibengals","12":"tag-cleveland-browns","13":"tag-drake-maye","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-new-england-patriots","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-pro-bowl","18":"tag-shedeur-sanders","19":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115963897399424481","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}