Deion Sanders slams critics as son Shedeur's draft stock seemingly falls

Thursday nighttime should beryllium a solemnisation for the Sanders household if each goes according to plan.

Shedeur Sanders, astatine immoderate constituent implicit the adjacent 24 hours, volition perceive his sanction called successful Green Bay, and he'll go an NFL quarterback.

Months ago, helium was the 1B to Cam Ward's 1A, but successful caller days, his banal appears to person fallen, and determination is immoderate uncertainty whether he'll adjacent beryllium a first-round pick.

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Colorado Buffaloes caput manager Deion Sanders and lad Shedeur Sanders (2) against the Arizona State Sun Devils astatine Mountain America Stadium.  (Mark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports)

In the days starring up to the draft, reports person not been benignant to Shedeur, with 1 adjunct manager saying his interrogation with Shedeur was 1 of the "worst" he's ever had and adding, "He's not that good."

That punctuation was 1 of respective that prompted erstwhile NFL subordinate and ESPN expert Ryan Clark to telephone retired "personal" media sum of Shedeur connected X, and Sanders' father, Deion, reposted it.

"The anonymous quotes that person circulated are mostly negative. Which is strange," Clark wrote. "A young antheral that has ne'er been successful trouble, ne'er progressive successful an disconnected tract incident, & quarterbacked 2 Universities to a resurgence has 0 down the scenes qualities? There person been different quarterbacks with existent issues that haven’t been subjected to this benignant of pre-draft slander. 

"If helium falls retired of the archetypal circular due to the fact that execs & coaches don’t judge helium has the carnal tools past that’s fair… but let’s halt with the anonymous, unchecked idiosyncratic attacks due to the fact that they bring radical to your page."

Colorado Buffaloes caput manager Deion Sanders with lad and backmost Shedeur Sanders (2) against the Arizona State Sun Devils astatine Mountain America Stadium. (Mark J. Rebilas/USA Today Sports)

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Clark's colleague, Dan Orlovsky, highlighted plays that would "be a crushed why" Sanders could autumn successful the draught that "he volition person to enactment connected successful [the] NFL."

An X idiosyncratic replied to Orlovsky, saying helium "turned into a hater." 

Deion Sanders shared that station and replied, "Yes helium did! Wow."

Colorado caput manager Deion Sanders, left, talks with his son, backmost Shedeur Sanders, earlier a crippled against Southern California Sept. 30, 2023, successful Boulder, Colo.  (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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There was erstwhile a clip erstwhile Shedeur was successful information for the No. 1 pick, but Ward has separated himself from the pack.

Sanders threw for 4,314 yards and 37 touchdowns with 10 interceptions past season, helping lead the Buffaloes to a 9-4 grounds and a vessel crippled appearance. In his 50 assemblage games, Sanders threw for 14,347 yards and 134 touchdowns with 27 interceptions. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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