Deion Sanders fires off cryptic message after son's NFL Draft fiasco

Deion Sanders has yet to afloat stock his opinions connected his lad Shedeur’s descent successful the draught from being a projected first-round prime to the eventual fifth-round prime helium was.

On Monday, the play astir the Cleveland Browns draught prime began to subside slightly, and the Pro Football Hall of Famer fired disconnected a cryptic societal media station connected X.

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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)

"A prevarication don’t attraction who tells it oregon repeats it. Its extremity is to beryllium heard. The information could beryllium lasting close successful beforehand of u consistently for years but u don’t spot it due to the fact that a prevarication is successful your mind," helium wrote. "The Truth whitethorn not beryllium arsenic fashionable arsenic a prevarication but the Truth wins successful the end."

Sanders did not elaborate further, and it was not precisely wide what helium meant by "a lie."

The theories implicit wherefore Sanders fell to the archetypal circular ranged from teams not liking him due to the fact that helium is simply a "strong Black man" to "Kaepernick-like collusion" from teams. At slightest 2 NFL players chimed successful with what they believed was a connection from teams to Sanders.

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

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Colorado Buffaloes caput manager Deion Sanders against the Arizona Wildcats astatine Arizona Stadium connected Oct. 19, 2024. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

"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 prospect, but helium wasn’t what the young radical call, helium wasn’t him. And then, 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."

Former No. 2 wide prime Robert Griffin III besides weighed in.

"Shedeur Sanders should not person dropped retired of the archetypal 3 rounds of the NFL draft. He dropped retired of the archetypal 3 rounds of the NFL Draft due to the fact that it’s 100% personal," Griffin said, via Awful Announcing. "NFL GMs, scouts, and the NFL astatine ample are trying to thatch Deion Sanders and Shedeur Sanders a lesson. 

Colorado caput manager Deion Sanders, left, talks with backmost Shedeur Sanders, #2, during a timeout successful the 2nd fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Central Florida connected Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 successful Orlando, Florida. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

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"A acquisition that they didn’t thatch the Mannings erstwhile Eli said helium wasn’t going to play successful San Diego, a acquisition that they did not teach Andrew Luck and his household erstwhile helium was the perennial No. 1 draught prime from the clip helium was a freshman successful college, a acquisition that they did not thatch Baker Mayfield erstwhile helium came retired of Oklahoma, and a connection that they did not thatch Joe Burrow erstwhile helium came retired of LSU. So what bash I mean by each of that? What I mean is that each of these guys had the confidence, galore of them had the bravado that is akin to what Shedeur Sanders has. But nary of them were punished successful the mode he’s been punished."

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