SHEDEUR Sanders will get a chance to impress in Cleveland Browns uniform this week.
The 23-year-old rookie has been confirmed as the starting quarterback on Friday.
The Browns play their opening preseason game against the Carolina Panthers.
And Sanders will line up under center for Cleveland.
The rookie was drafted in the fifth round of this year’s NFL Draft.
He has been part of a four-way quarterback battle for the starting spot vacated by the injured Deshaun Watson.
There have been fears Sanders might not even make the team’s 53-man roster.
But he’ll have an opportunity to showcase his skills in Week 1 of preseason.
One fan wrote, “This will be the most watched preseason game of all time.”
The team has been hit by a number of injuries in the quarterback room during training camp.
Joe Flacco, 40, is expected to be the starter once the season begins.
Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel, meanwhile, have both been dealing with hamstring injuries.
Sanders was also held out of practice last Saturday for shoulder soreness.
“I think every rep I get in general is valuable,” Sanders said this week.
“We’re definitely taking things up a notch I would say with everything. Every rep.
“Anytime I step on the field, I take it like it could be my last. You don’t know.
The injury problems led to Cleveland bringing in another quarterback.
Tyler Huntley, 27, was added to the depth chart.
He played four years for the Baltimore Ravens and was with the Miami Dolphins last season.
Sanders recently addressed why his father, NFL great Deion, has not attended training camp.
He claims he told Deion to stay away until he’s achieved some of his goals.
“You can’t be proud of me right now,” Sanders said.
“I got to get to where I’m going and I know its a lot.
“But I’ve got to do to get there.”
SOUTHWEST Airlines has quietly reduced the number of flights it offers to a Caribbean hotspot.
The schedule shakeup comes into force on September 4 – with passengers unable to book seats for certain routes.
Southwest currently offers a twice daily round trip service between Tampa and Havana, the capital of Cuba.
But, from September 4, only one return trip is available to customers.
And, the temporary schedule would remain in place until March 2026 if the Department of Transportation approves the request.
Southwest chiefs have cited demand as a factor behind the sudden schedule shake-up.
And they have called on DOT officials to approve the request, saying it is in the public interest.
The carrier, which recently announced an end to its open seating policy, said scaling back flights between Tampa and Havana would help it meet current needs.
Southwest chiefs have not ruled out restoring its twice daily service between Tampa and Havana in the future.
The carrier has stressed that Cuba remains an important market.
Southwest previously canceled routes to Varadero and Santa Clara in 2017.
In the docket seen by The U.S. Sun, the carrier cites other airlines that have proposed, or made changes to its Cuba schedules.
United Airlines is to cancel its Houston to Havana round-trip service from September 2.
“We make regular adjustments to our flight schedule based on seasonality, demand, and other market factors,” a spokesperson for United told The U.S. Sun.
American Airlines chiefs have also filed papers with the Department of Transportation to cut flights to Cuba.
If the request is approved, then a service to Santiago de Cuba would be cut entirely.
American Airlines is planning to reduce services between Miami and Havana, Miami and Holguin, and Miami and Santa Clara.
Executives believe that the changes would allow resources to be allocated more efficiently.
Sources close to Delta have not confirmed any changes to its flight schedules to Cuba.
In 2023, JetBlue chiefs decided to suspend all routes to Cuba.
At the time, bosses said they would restore the service when travel restrictions to the island become more relaxed.
Americans are banned from visiting Cuba for tourism purposes.
However, they can visit Cuba for educational and humanitarian trips.
During his first term, Donald Trump imposed travel restrictions as he worked to reverse arrangements agreed under Barack Obama.
Americans were banned from organizing their own private trips to Cuba.
Those visiting Cuba as part of educational groups had to comply with stricter registration rules.
And, Americans were also banned from doing business with any company owned by the Cuban military or authorities.
Former president Joe Biden relaxed travel restrictions that were imposed by his predecessor.
His administration wanted to make it easier for family travel.
Flights between US and cities outside Havana were authorized, opening up travel links.
Cuba was removed from the state sponsors of terrorism list before Biden left office.
Rick Scott, a Republican senator, described Biden’s move as “reckless and dangerous.”
He warned about the risks such a move could have on US national security.
“Biden’s appeasement is feeding right into the hands of Cuba’s dictators, who fuel terrorism and oppress their people,” he claimed.
Scott described Biden’s action as his “parting gift.”
Even Democrats in Florida slammed Biden for his action.
“I am disappointed at the Biden Administration’s plan to remove Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism,” Nikki Fried, the chair of the Democratic Party in Florida, said.
Cuba has since been re-added to the list.
In June, Trump signed an executive order reinstating previous sanctions that Biden relaxed.
But, the crackdown means most Cubans are banned from entering the US.
Those who have a green card are not impacted.
Trump’s crackdown toward Cuba has received a mixed response.
Maria Teresa Rodriguez, who moved to the US in 2009, supported the move, claiming the Cuban authorities want to have “total control.”
“I’m gonna quote Marco Rubio on that, they are enemies of humanity,” she told the NBC affiliate WAVE-TV.
“Those governments are enemies of humanity because of all of the things they do against their own people.”
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