Shedeur Sanders passed on by Saints for Tyler Shough in 2nd round of NFL Draft as stunning slide continues

Shedeur Sanders' draught tumble continues. 

After falling past the archetypal circular of the NFL Draft connected Thursday, Sanders wasn't adjacent the archetypal backmost taken successful the 2nd circular connected Friday.

The New Orleans Saints, with the 40th wide pick, chose erstwhile Louisville backmost Tyler Shough.

Sanders was projected by immoderate to contend for the No. 1 wide prime this year. Shough was projected arsenic the 5th champion backmost successful the draft.

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So Sanders continues to wait, portion the NFL's owners and wide managers research different options. 

Earlier connected Friday, President Donald Trump ripped "stupid" NFL owners for passing connected the prima Colorado backmost and letting him autumn into the 2nd round.

"What is incorrect with NFL owners, are they STUPID? Deion Sanders was a large assemblage shot player, and was adjacent greater successful the NFL. He’s besides a precise bully coach, streetwise and smart! Therefore, Shedeur, his backmost son, has PHENOMENAL GENES, and is each acceptable for Greatness," Trump wrote successful a Truth Social post. 

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"He should beryllium "picked" IMMEDIATELY by a squad that wants to WIN. Good luck Shedeur, and accidental hullo to your fantastic father!"

Meanwhile, Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman joined the statement Friday, suggesting the crushed Sanders slid was due to the fact that "America continues to fearfulness beardown achromatic men."

"The NFL doesn’t similar [Shedeur]Sanders due to the fact that helium wears golden chains and talks similar a rapper. They don’t attraction that he’s a leader, intelligent, pugnacious and completed 77% of his passes with nary O-line and nary moving game. He’s entitled but Eli Manning wasn’t entitled erstwhile helium refused to beryllium drafted by San Diego?" Bowman wrote connected X. 

"He’s not athletic, but that didn’t halt Joe Montana, Drew Brees oregon Tom Brady. America continues to fearfulness beardown achromatic men who travel from means and person a beardown consciousness of themselves without submitting to the 'dominant' culture."

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College Football: Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders (2) successful action, looks connected vs Arizona astatine Folsom Field. Boulder, CO 11/11/2023 (Jamie Schwaberow/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

In footage posted by In footage posted by Sanders' member Deion Sanders Jr. connected Thursday night, Shedeur addressed not being taken successful a code to his household erstwhile the archetypal nighttime of the draught was over.

"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."

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