Shedeur Sanders says of things he did that seemed right, 'I could have went about in a different way'

The questions astir Shedeur Sanders' NFL draught acquisition implicit the past 3 days that volition spell a agelong mode toward determining his aboriginal are: Has helium learned anything? And tin helium usage that to improve?

In that regard, the newest summation to the Cleveland Browns backmost country seems to beryllium connected the close path. Sanders, drafted successful the 5th circular (144th overall) connected Saturday, seems to beryllium reaching for perspective.

Regrets, No, Lesson Learned, Yes

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Feb. 6, 2025; New Orleans, LA: Deion Sanders (right) with his lad Shedeur Sanders connected the reddish carpet earlier Super Bowl LIX NFL Honors astatine Saenger Theatre. (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

"Do I person immoderate regrets?" Sanders asked, repeating a question during his archetypal media availability since the draught began. "I consciousness similar successful life, it’s ever a mode I tin improve. So, it’s ever successful antithetic areas I’m capable to improve. 

"And immoderate things that I could person done astatine the clip that seemed close astatine the clip I could person went astir successful a antithetic way, and that was similar much during the play and worldly similar that."

Sanders not lone slid successful the draft. He rode an avalanche down the board, really. 

So, however did that feel? What effect did that person connected his mindset?

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Sanders Trusts God ‘Had Me’

"No, thing truly affected maine the past mates of days," Sanders said. "You know, to conscionable truly propulsion having religion and understanding, you know, God truly had me, and 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. 

"So I deliberation that was conscionable extracurricular of shot getting successful the way. But, therefore, I person an accidental now. We’re astir to get connected writer truly soon."

Sanders said that proposal helium got from his begetter and Colorado manager Deion Sanders amid the melodramatic descent successful the draught helped. And helium besides shared his feelings passim that time.

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

Deion Sanders Offered Advice

"He said, ‘God got us.’ So that’s what it is. I look astatine what went connected and everything arsenic a shot game, you know, you whitethorn not travel retired aboriginal hot, you know, that whitethorn not happen. But you know, erstwhile it’s down to the last 2 minutes of the game, past you recognize the level of seriousness raises the stakes. All the stakes raised, and that’s wherefore I thrive successful those high-pressure moments. So, I ne'er felt immoderate benignant of way, I ne'er felt immoderate benignant of way. I understood, ‘OK, this is the route,’ and that’s it."

Sanders has been portrayed arsenic entitled. And possibly arrogant. That snapshot of him is not inaccurate, depending connected the moment.

But that's not however helium would person everyone judge he'll beryllium erstwhile helium arrives astatine the Browns' installation successful Berea, Ohio.

Job 1: Handle Business With Respect

"Get determination and grip my business, bash what I person to do, immoderate relation that is, I’m conscionable thankful for the opportunity. So that’s each I could inquire for. The remainder is connected me.

"I cognize I’m going to acceptable successful perfectly. I consciousness similar it’s archetypal getting in, showing respect to the vets, showing them I’m present acceptable to work. Show the coaches and person them understand, I’m present acceptable to work. So they could really recognize the existent me. That’s what I’m genuinely thankful to have, is the accidental for radical to really spot the existent maine and not beryllium capable to spot worldly that could beryllium existent oregon not."

It's evident that Sanders doesn't hold with what happened erstwhile helium was passed implicit by each 32 teams aggregate times until the 5th circular arrived. But astatine slightest he's astute capable – astatine slightest connected this time – to not travel disconnected arsenic victimized by it all.

Colorado Buffaloes backmost Shedeur Sanders (2) earlier the crippled against the Oklahoma State Cowboys astatine Folsom Field.  (Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images)

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Sanders Avoids Embracing Victimhood

That would beryllium a atrocious look.

"I consciousness similar endowment is everyplace passim the draft," helium said. "It’s astir conscionable being picked and who sees your value. That’s beauteous overmuch it. Because it’s a batch of invaluable players that spell successful the rounds aft the archetypal and second. So, I’m a merchandise of 1 of those. 

"And I recognize you can’t truly categorize, I’ll accidental my talent, I conscionable got to beryllium and amusement what I’m susceptible of. But what fuels maine is my intent successful beingness and knowing the way that we’re gonna person to take. Understanding that I was capable to get an accidental erstwhile a batch of radical didn’t privation to springiness maine an opportunity. So that’s what I’m genuinely thankful for."

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