CBS analyst recalls time Shedeur Sanders missed pregame obligation with network

Negative reports astir Shedeur Sanders are continuing to travel to light.

The erstwhile Colorado backmost fell each the mode to the 5th circular of past week's NFL Draft aft erstwhile being considered a apical 5 wide selection.

In the days starring up to the draft, reports circulated astir Sanders' cognition with coaches. 

One said Sanders' ceremonial interrogation was "the worst," adding the backmost was "entitled."

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Former Colorado Buffaloes subordinate Shedeur Sanders earlier the outpouring crippled astatine Folsom Field.  (Isaiah J. Downing/Imagn Images)

Other reports person said Sanders appeared disinterested successful immoderate meetings, notably with the New York Giants.

Now that the draught has travel and gone, 1 CBS expert recalled erstwhile Sanders skipped retired connected thing helium was "supposed to beryllium doing."

Star players, usually quarterbacks, and coaches often conscionable with broadcasters successful the days starring up to a game, but earlier a crippled against Colorado State, Sanders skipped 1 of those meetings, according to CBS' Ross Tucker.

Colorado Buffalos backmost Shedeur Sanders earlier a crippled against the Arizona Wildcats astatine Arizona Stadium successful Tucson, Ariz., Oct 19, 2024. (Mark J. Rebilas/Imagn Images)

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Tucker said Sanders was initially expected to talk with CBS connected a Wednesday, but it was pushed backmost 2 days due to the fact that helium was getting attraction for an injury. But helium ne'er showed up to the rescheduled meeting.

"We weren’t truly fixed a reason, but we did not speech to Shedeur astatine the accumulation meetings, which, arsenic you know, starting quarterback, particularly high-profile subordinate similar that, precise unusual. I locomotion retired of the hotel, and there’s a pickup motortruck successful beforehand of the hotel, and Shedeur is conscionable sitting successful the backmost of the pickup truck," Tucker said connected "The Dan Patrick Show."

"It conscionable made maine wonder. People asked me, NFL radical asked maine aft that game, ‘What did you deliberation of Shedeur?’ And I said, ‘I didn’t get to speech to him.’ Maybe he’s the top kid ever, possibly he’s a atrocious kid. I don’t know. But I told them the story, and they conscionable benignant of nodded their head. 

"And it conscionable made maine wonderment however galore stories are determination similar that successful which Shedeur did things that were not customary. He did things non-traditionally. It surely seemed similar that was the woody with a batch of the harvester interviews and meetings with teams. And particularly astatine that position, I deliberation it makes them precise tense that already successful assemblage helium was getting retired of things that you’re expected to beryllium doing. What's helium gonna beryllium similar if he's a first-round prime successful the NFL Draft?"

Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders throws a walk successful the 2nd fractional against the North Dakota State Bison astatine Folsom Field successful Boulder, Colo., Aug. 29, 2024. (Ron Chenoy/USA Today Sports)

Sanders was drafted 144th wide by the Cleveland Browns. His descent successful the draught began aft the New York Giants traded up to 25 to prime Jaxson Dart. Then, connected time two, 3 different quarterbacks — Tyler Shough, Jalen Milroe  and Dillon Gabriel — were each taken. Gabriel besides went to the Browns.

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Cleveland besides has Deshaun Watson, Joe Flacco and Kenny Pickett successful its backmost room.

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