Shedeur Sanders will receive his second career NFL start later this week when the Cleveland Browns take on the San Francisco 49ers in Week 13.

Sanders helped the Browns to a 24-10 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. Though he didn’t dazzle in his first start, Sanders did enough to get the win and threw his first touchdown pass in the process.

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Trent Green, a Super Bowl champion and two-time Pro Bowler in his NFL career, touted Sanders’ efforts against the Raiders after he only made four completions when he came in for an injured Dillon Gabriel in Week 11 against the Baltimore Ravens.

"The fact that he was able to come back off of that performance he had last week where he was 4-of-16, it was a bad game," Green told Fox News Digital. "But you don’t get a lot of reps. You’re a young quarterback, you get thrown into a situation like that. I love the way that he responded.

"You have to have mental toughness to be able to do that. You’re in a tough environment. You’re trying to get a win. There’s a lot of pressure that comes from the name on the back of your jersey, and the fact that there’s so much attention around him as a player, he was able to handle all that and got the win. I’m looking forward to talking to him this week, study more tape on him and learn more about him. And he’s got a San Francisco team that’s coming in there."

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Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski stressed the need for continued improvement when he spoke to reporters on Monday.

"First start for any young quarterback, you’re always going to make sure the operation is how you want it, and I thought by and large was good," Stefanski said. "There’s things that we can clean up and obviously that goes on all of us.

"Are there things that he can do better? Absolutely. We’ve already talked about that with him. He has the mentality that he will make the adjustments to the speed of the game, make the adjustments to what people are giving us, to make those improvements."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Christian McCaffrey faced his former Carolina Panthers team for the first time since his trade to the San Francisco 49ers in 2022.

The All-Pro running back powered San Francisco to a 20-9 victory on "Monday Night Football," finding the end zone and leading both teams in total yards from scrimmage.

The 49ers (8-4) are now firmly in the NFC playoff picture, while the Panthers (6-6) missed a chance to take sole possession of the NFC South lead.

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While McCaffrey shined on the primetime stage, it was a rough night for both quarterbacks.

Brock Purdy, who threw three touchdowns in his return the previous week, struggled with turnovers, tossing three interceptions on consecutive possessions in the first half.

San Francisco opened strong with a 15-play, 75-yard touchdown drive, capped by Purdy’s short pass to Jauan Jennings, who fought through three Panthers defenders to score. But after a quick Panthers three-and-out, Purdy’s first pass on the next series was picked off by Jaycee Horn, giving Carolina the ball at the San Francisco 16-yard line.

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But this night wasn’t just about Purdy’s turnovers — Young had some issues as well.

On first-and-goal from the 1, Young appeared to have room to run toward the pylon, but he instead tried a pass to tight end Mitchell Evans. Ji’Ayir Brown was right there to snag the interception in the end zone and bail out Purdy for his earlier mistake.

Unfortunately for San Francisco, Purdy was picked off by Mike Jackson in the opposite end zone when he tried to find Ricky Pearsall for a touchdown. The route was read perfectly by the veteran cornerback. Upon replay, tight end George Kittle appeared wide open and might have scored with a short pass, but Purdy was looking for the big play on the throw.

Then Purdy was really kicking himself after Horn secured his second interception of the game — a savvy play as he roamed free in the middle of the field and Purdy simply didn’t see him on a pass intended for Pearsall. The Panthers finally got points on the board after a field goal cut the deficit to 7-3.

It was only 10-3 at halftime, but the 49ers finally got McCaffrey into the end zone in the third quarter against his former team. His 12-yard touchdown run capped a 13-play, 80-yard drive by San Francisco, where the star back got key blocks from Kittle and fullback Kyle Juszczyk to reach the end zone.

McCaffrey finished the game with 89 rushing yards and seven catches for 53 yards.

The Panthers weren’t completely out of the game despite the 17-3 deficit, thanks to rookie receiver Tetairoa McMillan hauling in a 29-yard strike from Young with 49 seconds left in the third quarter to make it a 17-9 game after a failed two-point conversion.

The 49ers created some separation after adding another field goal, but the Panthers still had plenty of time in the fourth quarter to make things interesting. Unfortunately for them, Brown jumped a route across the middle intended for McMillan, and Young threw it right to him.

The interception virtually iced the game, as Ryan Fitzgerald missed a 57-yard field goal with 2:47 left in the fourth quarter during the Panthers’ desperate attempt to get points.

Looking at the box score, Kittle led the game with 78 yards on six catches, while Jennings finished with 41 yards on five grabs.

For the Panthers, Rico Dowdle, Chuba Hubbard and Young combined for just 69 rushing yards, though Dowdle had four catches for 36 yards. Hubbard added four catches for 27 yards.

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