Who’s guilty for Shedeur Sanders’ plummet to the fifth spherical of the 2025 NFL Draft?
Corridor of Fame large receiver Cris Carter thinks it’s easy: Sanders has nobody guilty however himself.
“You’re going for a job interview,” Carter mentioned in regards to the pre-draft course of throughout an episode of the “Fully Loaded” podcast launched Monday. “So, for his job interview, he was so involved about what his outfit was, his necklace was over 100 grand. Like, he hadn’t even satisfied individuals that you simply’re the face of our franchise.
“Matter of fact, he had convinced people that they were better off going in a different direction, even with people who had lesser talent. That’s the rub he put onto people.”
If Sanders had gone within the prime three like he and plenty of round him anticipated, he would have been in line to make far more cash than he’ll now make after being chosen by the Browns within the fifth spherical.
5 quarterbacks have been drafted forward of him.
“He threw away at least 30 to 50 million dollars,” Carter mentioned.
Carter additionally talked about how the younger quarterback’s father, Colorado head coach Deion Sanders, might have been a part of the issue, too.
Deion went so far as to say a yr in the past that Shedeur would possibly refuse to play for a franchise that the household noticed as undesirable.
“Shedeur and his family, they overplayed their hand,” Carter mentioned. “Them thinking that he was in the same evaluation mode as Eli Manning, they didn’t play that right. Them trying to narrow the teams that he was going to go to, that didn’t do right.”
Sanders additionally didn’t work out on the mix and didn’t completely blow scouts away at his professional day.
“Not working out at the combine, that wasn’t the right thing,” Carter added. “His interview process — obviously, he could have done a lot better in that. A lot of people left that meeting and felt he was very, very entitled.”
Whereas Sanders and his household had excessive hopes and expectations, the younger QB’s precise draft inventory from NFL groups didn’t utterly align.
He now should battle for enjoying time and a roster spot, for that matter.
“Let me tell you what he understands today,” Carter mentioned. “He ain’t running s–t. OK? Let me tell you what, they taught him a great lesson. You don’t have this figured out. Your dad don’t have this figured out.”
