Shedeur Sanders places blame on media, says perceived drop in NFL Draft stock is 'fool's gold'

Former Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders opted retired of throwing passes astatine past week's NFL Scouting Combine. He did, however, question to Indianapolis and conducted meetings with respective teams.

Sanders besides fielded questions from the media. While it remains unclear whether thing from the scouting harvester volition impact wherever helium falls successful adjacent month's NFL Draft, immoderate anonymous disapproval has surfaced. 

NFL Insider Josina Anderson reported that astatine slightest 1 adjunct manager of "a squad drafting successful the apical seven" described Sanders arsenic "brash" and "arrogant."

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Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders speaks during a quality league astatine the NFL Scouting Combine Feb. 28, 2025, successful Indianapolis. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

"I’m purposely not naming the team, arsenic not to straight telephone the squad out. I’m conscionable sharing that this coach’s idiosyncratic appraisal is the nonstop other from however Sanders came crossed to galore reporters successful his property league with the media astatine the Combine," Anderson wrote connected X.

In a video precocious posted to societal media, Sanders dismissed immoderate conception that his draught banal was plummeting, describing it arsenic "fool's gold." 

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"I'm a Raider fan," the camera relation responded to an enquiry from Sanders astir his attire. "I'm praying for you, baby. I privation you to spell to the Raiders truthful bad. I anticipation to God they commercialized up for you."

"Well, everybody trying to marque my banal driblet close now, truthful who knows, man?" Sanders said. "You cognize conscionable however beingness get. But it is what it is. It’s fool's gold. It ain’t real. Don’t judge (the) media."

Quarterback Shedeur Sanders of the Colorado Buffaloes celebrates arsenic helium walks disconnected the tract aft a crippled against the Arizona State Sun Devils astatine Mountain America Stadium Oct. 7, 2023, successful Tempe, Ariz. (Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

Sanders has been linked to the Las Vegas Raiders owed to his narration with Tom Brady, who holds a number involvement successful the franchise. Las Vegas holds the No. 6 prime successful this year's draft.

Sanders and erstwhile Miami prima Cam Ward are projected to beryllium the archetypal 2 quarterbacks selected successful April's draft. 

Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders watches a drill astatine the NFL Scouting Combine successful Indianapolis March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders coached sons Shedeur and Shilo astatine Jackson State and astatine Colorado. The Buffaloes caput manager said helium would lone see leaving Colorado for an NFL occupation if helium could manager some of his sons.

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"The lone mode I would see [coaching successful the NFL] is to manager my sons," Sanders told "Good Morning America" successful January.

Shedeur finished his last assemblage shot play with 4,134 passing yards, 37 touchdowns and 10 interceptions.

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