The Cleveland Browns have brought back one of Shedeur Sanders’ favorite targets, signing wide receiver Kaden Davis to the practice squad.
The Browns announced the move with Davis on Thursday, just a few days after he was waived from the active roster. Davis went undrafted in 2022 and has since bounced around. He’s spent time with the Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions and Arizona Cardinals on the practice squad. He spent 2023 playing for the Michigan Panthers in the USFL.
Davis spent part of last year and this season on the Browns’ practice squad. He’s appeared in two games this season but has played almost exclusively on special teams.
However, Davis has some chemistry with the Browns’ new starting quarterback, Shedeur Sanders. During Sanders’ lone preseason start, Davis caught two touchdown passes from the Colorado star. Browns insider Mary Kay Cabot expects Davis to be on the field against the Raiders on Sunday when Sanders makes his first regular-season start.
“Browns have signed WR Kaden Davis back to the practice squad. Shedeur Sanders has a comfort level with him, so I expect him to be elevated for the Raiders game,” Cabot said.
Browns QB Shedeur Sanders Has Chemistry With ‘Hungry Dawgs’
Sanders is getting his first full week of reps with the starting offense after spending the season working behind the scenes with the backups — most notably during the Browns’ intense post-practice “Hungry Dawg” sessions. Chemistry with Jerry Jeudy, Cedric Tillman, and David Njoku is still a work in progress, but Sanders is far more familiar with the depth receivers he’s been grinding with all year. His best shot against the Baltimore Ravens was a deep ball to Gage Larvadain that could have tied the game. Unfortunately, it was dropped, but he didn’t hold it against Larvadain.
“I think every throw, you know, is going to be complete until it’s not. You know, I know Gage is a dog. I have the most reps with Gage than everybody out there,” Sanders said after the loss. “So we out there like hungry dawgs going at it every day.”
That said, Sanders said he isn’t in the position yet to lobby for the receivers he’s most comfortable with to get more snaps on Sunday.
“See, I ain’t got that much motion here yet. You know, I don’t have that much motion here yet,” Sanders said. “I got to win some games; I got to do what I got to do to be able to make some requests. But right now, I’m just excited to be on the field.”
Browns Want Shedeur Sanders to be Comfortable
Sanders will be the Browns’ third starting quarterback of the season, bringing a different skill set than Dillon Gabriel and Joe Flacco before him. Offensive coordinator and play-caller Tommy Rees is now zeroed in on tailoring the offense to what Sanders does best.
“With any quarterback, with any player really, you want them to feel as comfortable as possible. For young players like Dillon and Shedeur, that’s pulling from a lot of different avenues. That’s pulling from things that they’ve been comfortable with within your system, things you know that they like,” Rees said. “You want to call plays, you want to put in plays that breathe confidence into them as they hear them, as they call them, plays that they know they can make work.”
Sanders struggled in his debut after stepping in for Gabriel at halftime against the Ravens, completing just 4 of 16 passes for 47 yards with an interception. Cleveland is banking on a full week of first-team reps and a tweaked game plan to help Sanders settle in and deliver a cleaner performance.
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