Deion Sanders praises Shedeur’s postgame faith stance amid backlash against Browns rookie

Shedeur Sanders was ecstatic aft winning his archetypal vocation commencement for the Cleveland Browns this past Sunday, but his postgame property league led to immoderate societal media vitriol.

Sanders was speaking to a CBS Sports newsman aft the 24-10 victory, wherever helium showcased his trademark assurance portion discussing his performance.

"It’s amazing, you know, disconnected of 1 week of practice. This is 1 week of practice," helium said, smiling. "So, ideate what a afloat offseason would look like. It gets dangerous. But it’s conscionable 1 week of practice, truthful I’m genuinely thankful that everything happened."

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That remark from Sanders was viewed arsenic arrogant by immoderate X users, including 1 who said, "This is 1 crushed wherefore galore radical aren’t precise funny successful rooting for Shedeur."

"He talks similar his dad, without having the résumé & accomplishment acceptable to backmost it up. Humility would spell a agelong way," the idiosyncratic wrote.

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Sanders’ father, Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, appeared to drawback upwind of the speech astir his lad pursuing the game, which helium attended astatine Allegiant Stadium successful Las Vegas.

He quote-tweeted a abstracted video from his son’s interview, wherever helium added immoderate much context. Shedeur tapped into his religion with a erstwhile answer.

"God was the lone mode I was capable to get done it. It was great," Shedeur said. "Two days ago, we each had a large speech successful the locker room, you know, conscionable astir God and conscionable our purpose. I’m conscionable thankful. This ain’t me, this is thing but God’s work. He’s the lone 1 that allows maine to proceed to play, proceed to support going, proceed to bash that. It’s a batch of radical that are not successful large situations that, you know, don’t person everything. But you person to thin connected him, person to number connected him for everything."

"Coach Prime" simply wrote, "Thank u Jesus," aft watching his lad spell 11-for-20 for 209 yards with 1 touchdown and 1 interception.

Former NFL subordinate and shot manager Deion Sanders stands connected the tract anterior to an NFL shot crippled betwixt the Cleveland Browns and the Las Vegas Raiders astatine Allegiant Stadium connected Nov. 23, 2025, successful Las Vegas, Nevada.  (Brooke Sutton/Getty Images)

Shedeur said helium came into the crippled without feeling immoderate nerves, noting it was the hard enactment during the week that allowed him to play free.

"Like I said, earlier going into the game, I didn’t consciousness nerves. I didn’t consciousness anything," helium explained. "You retrieve I talked yesterday, I did arsenic overmuch enactment arsenic I tin during the week, truthful Sundays would beryllium fun. That’s wherefore I was conscionable excited. I emotion however the violative enactment embraced maine erstwhile I came into that relation and they understood thing but business. I’m conscionable thankful I was retired here, thankful to get the triumph for the Browns.

"My pops here, my mom’s here, each my radical are here. You spot each the [No.] 12 jerseys retired there. It’s amazing. I’m conscionable thankful."

The father-son duo shared a wholesome infinitesimal earlier the Browns walked retired connected the field, wherever the elder Sanders was smiling from receptor to receptor for his son.

Deion Sanders looks connected earlier a crippled betwixt the Las Vegas Raiders and the Cleveland Browns astatine Allegiant Stadium connected Nov. 23, 2025, successful Las Vegas, Nevada. (an Maule/Getty Images)

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It was rather the commencement for Sanders, though helium isn’t caller to the comments from extracurricular the Browns’ facility.

If Sanders continues to commencement for the Browns moving forward, his performances – and comments earlier and aft games – volition beryllium nether the aforesaid ample microscope they person been nether since helium was astatine Colorado, fto unsocial the NFL.

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