Posted on 04/30/2025 2:08:58 AM PDT by dennisw
Who’s to blame for Shedeur Sanders’ plummet to the fifth round of the 2025 NFL Draft?
Hall of Fame wide receiver Cris Carter thinks it’s simple: Sanders has no one to blame but himself.
“You’re going for a job interview,” Carter said about the pre-draft process during an episode of the “Fully Loaded” podcast released Monday. “So, for his job interview, he was so concerned about what his outfit was, his necklace was over a hundred grand. Like, he hadn’t even convinced people that you’re the face of our franchise.
Cris Carter had a 16-year, Hall of Fame NFL career.
“Matter of fact, he had convinced people that they were better off going in a different direction, even with people who had lesser talent. That’s the rub he put onto people.”
If Sanders had gone in the top three like he and many around him expected, he would have been in line to make far more money than he’ll now make after being selected by the Browns in the fifth round.
“He threw away at least 30 to 50 million dollars,” Carter said.
Carter also mentioned how the young quarterback’s father, Colorado head coach Deion Sanders, could have been part of the problem, too.
Deion went as far as to say a year ago that Shedeur might refuse to play for a franchise that the family saw as undesirable.
“Shedeur and his family, they overplayed their hand,” Carter said. “Them thinking that he was in the same evaluation mode as Eli Manning, they didn’t play that right. Them trying to narrow the teams that he was going to go to, that didn’t do right.”
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Your comment cracked me up, but it was spot on.
Bigtime, even at Bama, Bear suspended him a few times.
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Both arrogant jerks. Yes, Neon Deion had all the talent in the world and easily deserves his first ballot Hall of Fame status, but a jerk is still a jerk. I can’t stand him. I can’t stand watching him. I can’t stand listening to him.
His son has accomplished nothing and is at least as big a jerk. Dad did a terrible job raising him.
At least Sanders speaks fluent Ebonics.
Maybe. Maybe not. Rookie contracts aren’t a big deal anymore. The money is in the second contract. Now will he get a chance to do something to get a big money second contract? Who knows. But the rate at which Cleveland QBs get hurt pretty much guarantees some starts. He could come out ahead.
I hope for his sake that you’re right and he’s mortified.
FOLLOWING IN DIDDY’S FOOTSTEPS?
“LOOK HOW SPECIAL I AM????”
ALSO HEARD THAT HIS OVERALL BEHAVIOR AT THE COMBINE WAS ABHORRENT.
HE WAS ALL OF THE PROBLEM.
APPLE==TREE
OBVIOUSLY-—NO ONE
It looks like the Browns have five QBs going into camp...
All of that was predicted long before him being drafted to Chicago...
except that Cleveland is where NFL quarterbacks go to die ...
The Atlanta defensive coordinator was fined $100,000 by the NFL for the prank call. Does anybody know if that is deductible for tax purposes?
As a Seahawk fan, I HATE BROCK PURDY, he is a very good QB. The fans in SF? They don’t know what they will lose when they chase him out of town. Not the best, but very good facsimile.
Poor Cam. The Titans don’t have a good track record with rookie QBs.
I think they should have traded down for more picks and gotten a seasoned QB (Rogers) to back up Levi’s.
But they took a lot of receivers for Ward to throw too.
Our last 2 decent QBs were vet backups.
Yeah, Ewers didn’t need to enter the draft.
I thought Dart would go earlier.
There’s always Kneeler...............
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