Fantasy Football: Backup QBs get their chance, while Jordan Love shows how it's done
Coincidentally, one of the last games of the afternoon featured the remaining two backup-turned-starter QBs.
Key points
- Arvell Reese is a MACHINE ‼️ pic.twitter.com/zJMEbgstJX — ΛWTHΞИƬIK (@awthentik) November 8, 2026 Of course, operating behind a reconstructed offensive line without your WR1 would put any QB in a bad spot.
- EPA per Dropback: -0.21 (2025 Sanders), -0.05 (Week 9 Sanders), -0.03 (Watson) Passing Success Rate: 34.6%, 33.3%, 44.0% Pressure-to-Sack Rate: 17.5%, 31.3%, 25.4% So, two things can be true at once.
- And a few players reminded us that while we're busy speculating about who's going where, the guys on the field still decide what happens.
Shedeur Sanders last two drives of the game 😮💨 Didn’t leave with the W but definitely a solid performance from him today pic.twitter.com/4KzyRPsD1P — Kyle Ingram (@SnapshotKyle) November 8, 2026 I feel like I got the best of both worlds here.
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- While mostly completing passes in the short area of the field, he was slinging the ball in every direction and distance.
- And seeing Sanders sitting at 9.3 YAC per completion (ninth-most of any starting QB this season) lends credence to the idea that the Browns' receivers did the heavy lifting.
- Even if Sanders keeps the job, unless he faces the Saints every week, we shouldn't expect anything different out of this offense than if Watson were under center.
- And before you blame the Browns' offensive line, Sanders' three-second average time to throw is the third longest of either Cleveland QB through Week 9.
- My Bengals got a win while Cleveland lost, and Sanders kept the Browns' passing game alive.
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