Overview
- Sanders was elevated to the AFC roster after Drake Maye prepared for the Super Bowl while Josh Allen and Justin Herbert declined to participate.
- In the flag-football game at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, he threw touchdown passes to Garett Bolles and Nico Collins but was intercepted twice.
- Chicago’s Kevin Byard made the first interception on a throw toward Ja’Marr Chase, and Bears corner Nahshon Wright had the second before a return score was nullified by a penalty.
- The NFC prevailed 66-52, finishing with a 14-0 fourth quarter against Sanders and the AFC unit.
- Afterward, Sanders posted a thank-you message on X and faced critical fan reactions, as ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt suggested the first interception was not on the quarterback.