After it was discovered on the NFL Scouting Mix that Miami’s Cam Ward is the “consensus” No. 1 quarterback on this 12 months’s draft class forward of Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders, some wondered if sure NFL head coaches had been merely anxious they might finally “be supplanted by” Colorado head coach Deion Sanders in the event that they drafted Deion’s son.
Throughout a latest look on “The Dan Patrick Present,” former NFL participant/govt and present ESPN analyst Louis Riddick touched up whether or not Deion’s character is impacting opinions of Shedeur.
“Deion is a lightning rod,” Riddick mentioned, as shared by Stephen Douglas of Sports activities Illustrated. “That is the place it begins. It does not even begin with Shedeur. This begins along with his father and it trickles all the way down to him. And it begins along with his father. It has been that method since I performed with Deion again in 1992 in Atlanta. Folks don’t love flashy guys like that who can again it up. They simply do not. They do not like people who find themselves robust, assured.”
Shedeur Sanders’ alleged draft inventory may very well be the NFL’s greatest story when the precise player-selection course of opens on the evening of April 24. Again on March 6, The Athletic’s Dane Brugler predicted that Shedeur may fall to the draft’s twenty first decide earlier than he is taken by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Nonetheless, ESPN’s Field Yates thought as just lately as this previous Monday that the New York Giants would not let Shedeur get previous them at decide No. 3.
Shedeur Sanders reportedly “hit the flawed notes in mix interviews” with some unnamed groups that now do not view him as a first-round prospect. Riddick famous that Shedeur seemingly is following in his father’s footsteps.
“With Deion,” Riddick continued, “he is at all times been a polarizing participant to the individuals who do not know him. If you recognize him personally, you’d be like, ‘I get it and I adore it. Give me extra of it.’ With Shedeur, he has a few of his father in him. How may he not? He is the person’s son. So lots of it comes from who he’s and what his final title is.”
As of the second Wednesday of March, it seems that Shedeur Sanders in all probability will not be the primary quarterback drafted this spring. One wonders how far he’ll drop on April 24 if the Cleveland Browns at decide No. 2 and Giants at No. 3 go in numerous instructions.