We might have just discovered the single most delusional Shedeur Sanders stan on planet Earth, and no, it’s not Mel Kiper Jr. with his big board and hair gel.
That honor now belongs to NFL insider Josina Anderson.
It started a little over a week ago when Sanders replaced an injured Dillon Gabriel against the Baltimore Ravens.
Sanders was objectively terrible: 4-of-16 for 47 yards, zero touchdowns, one pick, and a QBR of 2.3 that looked more like a typing error than an actual statistic.
Normal people saw a rookie getting baptized by NFL speed. Josina Anderson saw a persecuted artist.
Against all odds?
She posted a clip of Sanders dumping a two-yard pass to Jerry Jeudy, who then turned it into a big gain with elite yards-after-catch work. Anderson captioned it like she was narrating the Immaculate Reception: “Here was the against-all-odds 3/10 completion by Shedeur Sanders under 2 min. #Browns.”
Here was the against-all-odds 3/10 completion by Shedeur Sanders under 2 min. #Browns pic.twitter.com/fFBRusa8Em
— JosinaAnderson (@JosinaAnderson) November 17, 2025
Against-all-odds? The odds were 100% that a professional quarterback could complete a two-yard checkdown while standing in his own end zone with no one within five yards of the receiver.
Not done yet, she followed it up by excusing his interception: “Shedeur Sanders with hardly any first-team reps this season, throws a pick.”
Shedeur Sanders with hardly any first-team reps this season, throws a pick.
— JosinaAnderson (@JosinaAnderson) November 16, 2025
Translation: It’s everyone else’s fault except the guy who actually threw the ball right to the defender into triple coverage.
Anderson’s obsession continued
Fast-forward to this past Sunday. The Browns beat a lifeless Raiders team 24-10, and Josina lost whatever remaining grip on reality she had left.
She declared on X: “Shedeur Sanders gets the win & should remain the starter in Cleveland. Sanders should’ve started the season.” She then added the cherry on top: “With tremendous pressure on his shoulders and critics eager to see him fail, Sanders became the first Browns quarterback to win his debut since 1999.”
Shedeur Sanders gets the win & should remain the starter in Cleveland.
Sanders should’ve started the season.
I’m sure we’ll see all the Shedeur Sanders #ActualDebut stat line graphic posted everywhere like last week.
Sports embodies not only the game on the field, but also the… pic.twitter.com/1mDH8P7i7R
— JosinaAnderson (@JosinaAnderson) November 24, 2025
Let’s pump the brakes and live in the real world for a second. Sanders went 11-of-20 for 209 yards, one touchdown, and another interception. His QBR climbed all the way to 8.7, still the lowest of any qualifying quarterback in the league that week.
The Browns won because their defense and special teams dominated a Raiders offense that looked like it was playing in quicksand.
Sanders was a passenger, not the driver. His one “highlight” touchdown was a 66-yard screen to Dylan Sampson where Sampson just followed his blockers, as he took it the distance.
For context, Dillon Gabriel, the guy Sanders is supposedly leapfrogging, has completed 59.2% of his passes for 937 yards, 7 TDs, and just 2 picks in six starts, with a QBR of 30.4, nearly four times higher than anything Sanders has posted.
Gabriel hasn’t been Joe Montana, but he’s been demonstrably better than the guy Josina is ready to crown after two games.
Putting Anderson’s infatuation in context
This isn’t analysis; it’s fandom with a blue checkmark.
Josina Anderson didn’t watch the same games the rest of us did. She watched a highlight reel she edited herself in her head, complete with slow-motion and a Hans Zimmer score.
The excuses, the hyperbole, the revisionist history, it’s all there.
And it’s not just harmless cheerleading; it’s actively misleading fans who trust her as an “insider.”
Look, everyone is allowed to like a player. Rooting is fine. Hyping prospects is part of the business.
But when a supposed journalist abandons even the pretense of objectivity and starts writing fan fiction on a public platform, it stops being cute and starts being a disservice.
Anderson isn’t reporting; she’s auditioning for the Shedeur Sanders hype woman job.
And the scary part? She’s not even the only one doing it. She’s just the latest and most shameless.
The NFL media landscape is already drowning in hot takes and manufactured drama.
We don’t need credentialed insiders turning into jersey-chasing super fans the moment a hyped rookie steps on the field.
Do the job, report what you see, and leave the pom-poms at home.
