Shedeur Sanders is falling in NFL Draft because of his father, Stephen A. Smith says

Thirty-one teams made first-round selections connected Thursday nighttime (the Houston Texans traded back), and nary of them selected Shedeur Sanders.

But past nighttime 2 came, and much of the aforesaid occurred. In fact, the Colorado quarterback, who was erstwhile expected to perchance spell successful the top-five, was not adjacent 1 of the apical 5 QBs selected.

Three much quarterbacks, Tyler Shough, Jalen Milroe and Dillon Gabriel, were each selected connected Friday; Shough astatine 40 to the Saints, Milroe to the Seahawks astatine 92, and Gabriel going to Cleveland astatine 95.

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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. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA Today Sports)

Over caller days, reports person been pugnacious connected Sanders, with 1 adjunct manager saying helium was "entitled" and simply "not that good," portion adding his ceremonial interrogation was "the worst."

ESPN's Dan Orlovsky pointed retired immoderate plays that request fixing up of the NFL Draft, but his colleague, Stephen A. Smith, doesn't deliberation Sanders fell due to the fact that of shot reasons astatine all.

"I judge that the biggest contented successful each of this was Primetime Deion Sanders and the thought of having to woody with him," Smith said connected Friday's "First Take," hours earlier the 2nd circular adjacent began.

"It’s hard for maine to beryllium present contiguous and to ticker a dude that was erstwhile projected to beryllium 1 of the apical 2 picks perchance successful the draught to driblet wholly retired of the archetypal circular and to disregard each those reports that had travel retired astir him starring into the draft."

Sanders' father, of course, has been alternatively vocal, connected apical of plentifulness of NFL rumors, implicit his coaching days.

"If you deliberation that I’m going to beryllium present and presume that that was strictly an valuation astir his shot skills unsocial that led to him falling retired the full archetypal circular without his begetter having an impact, I don’t bargain that," Smith continued.

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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Sanders, astatine 1 point, was considered to beryllium the 1B to Cam Ward’s 1A. Ward separated himself and went archetypal wide to the Tennessee Titans.

But, successful caller days, it was becoming evident that teams did not emotion Sanders – the Raiders took Ashton Jeanty astatine six, and the Saints went with Kelvin Banks Jr. astatine nine, officially starting the Sanders fall.

All eyes were connected the Pittsburgh Steelers astatine No. 21. But arsenic nary 1 traded up successful beforehand of them, the Steelers’ enactment came and went without a QB – they opted for Derrick Harmon.

The New York Giants traded backmost into the archetypal round, but they opted for Jaxson Dart instead.

And then, rounds 2 and 3 happened.

The erstwhile University of Colorado prima admitted that helium and his household "did not expect" what occurred connected Thursday night, successful footage posted by his brother, Deion Jr.

Colorado caput manager Deion Sanders, left, talks with his son, backmost Shedeur Sanders, earlier the archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Southern California, Saturday, Sept. 30, 2023, successful Boulder, Colo.  (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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"We each didn't expect this, of course, but I consciousness similar with God, thing possible, everything possible. I don't consciousness similar this happened for nary reason. All of this is, of course, substance to the fire. Under nary circumstances did we each cognize this was going to happen, but we recognize we connected to bigger and amended things," the backmost said. 

"Tomorrow's the day. We going to beryllium blessed regardless. Legendary."

Tomorrow was not the day, and if Saturday isn't it, past possibly the NFL satellite volition beryllium near speechless.

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