Colorado coach Deion Sanders says he is not attempting to steer Shedeur Sanders to any particular vacation spot in subsequent month’s draft and could be completely satisfied wherever his star quarterback son is chosen.
“Shedeur has informed me, he is talked to me intently about all of the visits he is had with all of the groups, so I do know the place his coronary heart is, I do know the place he needs to go,” Sanders mentioned in an interview with “The Skip Bayless Present,” in a video that was posted Wednesday. “If it is New York, it is New York, if it is Tennessee, if it is Cleveland, if it is nonetheless the Raiders, if it is New Orleans, if it is any of these groups which might be searching for a quarterback, I am proud of it, man. As a result of I do know what he’ll do to the group.”
Deion Sanders’ feedback to Bayless are in distinction to feedback he made final March, when he mentioned on the “Million Dollaz Price of Recreation” podcast that, “it is sure cities that ain’t going to occur. It may be an Eli.”
“Eli” is in reference to two-time Tremendous Bowl-winning quarterback Eli Manning, who was chosen with the primary total decide in 2004 by the Chargers, for whom he mentioned he would not play. One hour later, San Diego traded Manning to the New York Giants, and the remainder is historical past.
Bayless adopted up by asking particularly if Sanders would attempt to “orchestrate” the place Shedeur Sanders is drafted.
“No, no, no,” he mentioned. “As a result of that is not God’s will proper now. I need Shedeur to do what he is constantly executed — excel towards all odds. I just like the hating, I just like the naysaying, I just like the ignorance as a result of it makes us really feel higher about what we do and it offers him one other chip on his shoulder.”
Shedeur Sanders is extensively anticipated to be chosen within the first spherical. ESPN draft analyst Matt Miller has Sanders being chosen No. 3 total by the Giants in his seven-round mock draft, which was revealed Thursday.
