Former NFL star Cris Carter rails against Shedeur Sanders' decision-making throughout NFL Draft process

The 2025 NFL Draft brought its just stock of surprises, but the Shedeur Sanders saga became a hotly debated topic.

The Cleveland Browns selected Sanders successful the 5th round. Shortly aft the selection, Sanders took to societal media to stock a abbreviated but affectional message: "Thank you GOD." In the days since, galore figures successful the sports satellite and beyond person shared thoughts astir wherefore Sanders fell down the draught boards.

Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter is 1 of the latest erstwhile NFL stars to measurement successful connected the Sanders situation.

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Oct 2, 2022; London, United Kingdom; Cris Carter attends an NFL International Series crippled astatine Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)

In what appeared to beryllium his unfiltered take, Carter suggested Sanders sacrificed tens of millions of dollars owed to his disposition and wide handling starring up to past week's draft.

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"(Sheduer and his family) reasoning that helium was successful the aforesaid valuation mode arsenic Eli Manning, they didn’t play that right," Carter said during a caller sitdown connected the "Fully Loaded" podcast.

"Them trying to constrictive the teams that helium was going to spell to? That didn’t spell right. Not moving retired astatine the Combine? That wasn’t the close thing. His interrogation process. Obviously, helium could’ve done a batch amended than that. A batch of radical near meetings feeling helium was very, precise entitled."

Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders (2) celebrates aft defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils astatine Mountain America Stadium, Home of the ASU Sun Devils. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)

The NFL fable besides pushed backmost connected the conception that the league colluded to forestall Sanders from becoming a precocious draught pick. Carter asserted that the erstwhile Colorado backmost and his household "overplayed their hand." 

"A fig of things happened. The No. 1 happening that didn’t hap was determination was not a collusion connection with the NFL owners," Carter stated. "They wouldn’t beryllium capable to support a concealed similar that. They wouldn’t beryllium capable to unopen up astir it. Every proprietor is very, precise selfish. Now, wherefore would I bash thing to my detriment? Like, if I request a quarterback, and I deliberation this kid is it? What helium didn’t recognize is, the guys that person fallen successful the draught before, they each had antithetic traits. They had immoderate superstar qualities to them. Some different things happened that made them fall, but Shedeur and his household overplayed their hand."

Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders (2) during a outpouring crippled lawsuit astatine Folsom Field. (Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports)

Carter did admit Sanders had intangibles that were worthy of a first-round pick, but not earlier helium took purpose astatine the quarterback's carnal traits.

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"He doesn’t person a big-time arm. He’s not a large guy. He’s not overly athletic. His measurables are not, say, first-round measurables. But helium played shot similar a first-rounder. … But you don’t play shot each the time. You’re a human-being the remainder of the time," Carter said.

Sanders finished the 2024 play with 4,134 passing yards. He is the lad of Pro Football Hall of Famer and Colorado shot caput manager Deion Sanders. He volition articulation a crowded backmost country successful Cleveland that features Deshaun Watson, Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel.

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