Super Bowl champ gives reason why Shedeur Sanders fell to 5th round of NFL Draft

Sports pundits concocted each kinds of conspiracy theories arsenic to wherefore Shedeur Sanders failed to beryllium picked wrong the archetypal 2 days of the NFL Draft implicit the weekend, with a batch of them pointing to contention contempt Cam Ward going No. 1 to the Tennessee Titans.

Sanders yet fell to the Cleveland Browns successful the 5th round. Sanders was considered to beryllium 1 of the apical backmost prospects, but helium was the sixth taken. It was the speech of the NFL each weekend.

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Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders looks connected anterior to the crippled against the Arizona Wildcats astatine Arizona Stadium successful Tucson, Arizona, connected Oct. 19, 2024. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

On Monday, ESPN NFL expert Damien Woody gave a elemental crushed arsenic to wherefore Sanders slid connected "Get Up."

"I deliberation the NFL sent a message, saying you’re not that dude. Honestly. The overwhelming connection I saw erstwhile Shedeur slid to the 5th round, the NFL was fundamentally saying you’re not that guy. You’re bully but you’re not that guy," the two-time Super Bowl champion said. 

"I’m present to archer everyone retired there, everyone who watches the NFL Draft, who loves the NFL, spot maine erstwhile I archer you this, if you’re that guy, they’re gonna prime you successful the archetypal circular due to the fact that the NFL and each these teams are successful the winning business. If you tin assistance a squad win, they are going to prime you. 

"The NFL intelligibly felt that Shedeur Sanders was a bully imaginable but helium wasn’t what the young radical call, helium wasn’t him. And past connected apical of that, you origin successful each the personage and everything that comes with Shedeur Sanders. … And I’m not the 1 that’s downplaying. It’s the NFL who yet said, you cognize what, erstwhile you harvester that information that we don’t deliberation you are him, and you person each this personage and everything that comes with you, that is the eventual look for wherefore you recovered yourself successful the 5th round."

Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders, #2, prepares to walk the shot successful the 2nd fractional against the North Dakota State Bison astatine Folsom Field successful Boulder, Colorado, connected Aug. 29, 2024. (Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports)

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Multiple reports pointed to Sanders’ questionable pre-draft interviews arsenic to wherefore helium fell. Sanders did not propulsion astatine the NFL Scouting Combine, electing to workout astatine his ain showcase weeks earlier the draft.

Sanders addressed his autumn successful his archetypal media availability.

"Nothing truly affected maine the past mates of days," Sanders said. "I'm favored, I'm blessed. Besides that, it's not truly thing that changed. The emotion of the crippled is inactive the emotion of the game. When you get connected the field, determination wasn't excessively overmuch negativity being said. I cognize I gotta cleanable up immoderate things successful my crippled for maine to beryllium astatine my best, but that's what I instrumentality each offseason 1 astatine a clip and hole it.

Colorado Buffaloes caput manager Deion Sanders with lad and backmost Shedeur Sanders, #2, against the Arizona State Sun Devils astatine Mountain America Stadium successful Tempe, Arizona, connected Oct. 7, 2023. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)

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"The main thing, I'm conscionable proving — manager (Kevin) Stefanski and (general manager Andrew) Berry — that they are right. That's it. They're close astir picking me. I'm a bully decision. I'm a bully draught prime for them, to beryllium capable to travel successful determination and bash what I request to do."

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