NFL Network's Kyle Brandt slams media over Shedeur Sanders draft coverage

NFL Network expert Kyle Brant railed against the media communicative and the theories astir wherefore Shedeur Sanders slid successful the draught to the Cleveland Browns successful the 5th round.

Brandt appeared connected "Good Morning Football" to code the Sanders descent that took clasp implicit the weekend. Sports pundits instantly made the contented astir race. Stephen A. Smith called it "Kaepernick-level collusion," portion erstwhile Congressman Jamaal Bowman theorized "America continues to fearfulness beardown Black men."

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Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders, #2, talks to ESPN aft the University of Colorado NFL Showcase astatine the CU Indoor Practice Facility successful Boulder, Colorado, connected April 4, 2025. (Michael Ciaglo-Imagn Images)

This did not beryllium good with Brandt. He said Sanders slipping into the 5th circular started arsenic a "football communicative to a drunken media story."

"It became 1 of these seismic media rodeos wherever you tin beryllium determination and ticker radical that you’ve followed for years accidental things you cognize they don’t judge oregon astatine champion they were saying from immoderate affectional spot wherever they were truthful unhinged and disconnected the preservation … I mean, I’m proceeding things similar conspiracy, collusion – what are you talking about?" Brandt asked.

"Do you not deliberation that if 1 squad thought Shedeur Sanders would assistance them triumph 1 much crippled than the different guy, that they wouldn’t instantly draught him? They would. I committedness you. These coaches, these GMs are obsessed, desperate, nomadic radical who conscionable privation to triumph games and not determination their families to different metropolis aft they’re fired."

Brandt described the media speech arsenic "so off-putting" that it makes NFL fans "root against" Sanders due to the fact that of however pundits were conveying their off-the-rails opinions connected the matter.

NFL Network big Kyle Brandt during the Cincinnati Bengals crippled against the Los Angeles Rams successful Super Bowl LVI astatine SoFi Stadium successful Inglewood, California, connected Feb. 13, 2022. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)

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"It’s sad, and it’s stupid," helium continued. "And erstwhile thing is this acold gone, similar this communicative has been connected to satellite Mars, this acold into the ether, this truthful reckless successful the commentary, you gotta hunt for immoderate elemental truths. … No teams loved Shedeur successful the draft. Nobody loved him arsenic a player. If anyone loved him, they would person drafted him mode earlier. Maybe immoderate liked him but cipher loved him."

Brandt theorized that if teams were not going to play Sanders close away, they did not privation the personage and the attraction that comes with him, particularly arsenic a backup quarterback.

"I don’t cognize if that’s a bat-bleepin insane capable instrumentality to support up with the each frontrunners talking astir Shedeur close now, but that’s my lone applicable absorption to what happened."

Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders, #2, earlier the crippled against the Utah Utes astatine Folsom Field successful Boulder, Colorado, connected Nov. 16, 2024. (Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images)

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Sanders was chosen 144th wide and volition present vie to marque the roster with Kenny Pickett, Joe Flacco and chap draftmate Dillon Gabriel.

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