NFL tries to send message to Shedeur Sanders, father with draft slide, ex-NFL star says

Former NFL prima Robert Griffin III offered his instrumentality connected the Shedeur Sanders concern connected Saturday arsenic the erstwhile assemblage prima fell into the 5th circular to the Cleveland Browns.

Sanders had questionable interviews with teams during the draught process, according to aggregate reports. That appeared to hamper immoderate conception of him being selected successful the archetypal round, fto unsocial rounds 2 done four.

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April 27, 2024; Boulder, CO: Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders (2) during a outpouring crippled lawsuit astatine Folsom Field. (Ron Chenoy-USA Today Sports)

Griffin said connected his podcast, with his wife, Grete, that determination was a bigger connection being sent to the lad of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders.

"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. 

"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 thatch 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."

Aug. 29, 2024; Boulder, Colorado: Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders (2) earlier the crippled against the North Dakota State Bison astatine Folsom Field. (Ron Chenoy-USA Today Sports)

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The Browns’ enactment of Sanders was the 2nd backmost the squad chose implicit the people of the draft. They picked Dillon Gabriel, retired of Oregon, earlier they chose Sanders.

The erstwhile Colorado Buffaloes prima took the precocious roadworthy erstwhile helium spoke to reporters.

"Nothing truly affected maine the past mates of days," Sanders told reporters Saturday. "I'm favored, I'm blessed. Besides that, it's not truly thing that changed. The emotion of the crippled is inactive the emotion of the game. When you get connected the field, determination wasn't excessively overmuch negativity being said. I cognize I gotta cleanable up immoderate things successful my crippled for maine to beryllium astatine my best, but that's what I instrumentality each offseason 1 astatine a clip and hole it.

A surface shows Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders aft being chosen by the Cleveland Browns with the 144th wide prime during the 3rd time of the NFL shot draft, Saturday, April 26, 2025, successful Green Bay, Wis.  (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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"The main thing, I'm conscionable proving — manager (Kevin) Stefanski and (general manager Andrew) Berry — that they are right. That's it. They're close astir picking me. I'm a bully decision. I'm a bully draught prime for them, to beryllium capable to travel successful determination and bash what I request to do."

Fox News’ Jackson Thompson contributed to this report.

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