SI.com's Breer: An honest discussion about Shedeur Sanders
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https://www.si.com/nfl/nfl-draft-takeaways-honest-discussion-about-shedeur-sanders
Well said. Of course he's an entitled player with overinflated self worth, this is what people have been telling him. And he's got some real holes in his game that don't appear a great match for NFL play. Some excerpts:
"We do have a couple of examples:
A lot of times in combine meetings, teams will have a player’s worst plays ready for him when he enters the room and, along those lines, one had a particularly rough interception teed up for Sanders in Indianapolis. When asked to explain it, Sanders didn’t take blame. And as they dove deeper into it, and how it might relate to the NFL level, Sanders simply concluded that maybe he and the staff he was talking to might not be a match.
Ahead of another visit, he got an install with mistakes intentionally planted in it—done to see if a quarterback would catch them. Sanders didn’t catch them. A coach called him on it, and the resulting exchange wasn’t pretty. And I think this is why teams saw Sanders carrying out what his father, Colorado coach Deion Sanders, said he would in trying to steer himself away from certain places. The idea, for a top pick, isn’t the worst concept. It’s something Eli Manning did a generation ago. The problem is that Sanders wasn’t considered the prospect he was built up to be by the people who matter—the ones who were doing the picking over the weekend."
Well said. Of course he's an entitled player with overinflated self worth, this is what people have been telling him. And he's got some real holes in his game that don't appear a great match for NFL play. Some excerpts:
"We do have a couple of examples:
A lot of times in combine meetings, teams will have a player’s worst plays ready for him when he enters the room and, along those lines, one had a particularly rough interception teed up for Sanders in Indianapolis. When asked to explain it, Sanders didn’t take blame. And as they dove deeper into it, and how it might relate to the NFL level, Sanders simply concluded that maybe he and the staff he was talking to might not be a match.
Ahead of another visit, he got an install with mistakes intentionally planted in it—done to see if a quarterback would catch them. Sanders didn’t catch them. A coach called him on it, and the resulting exchange wasn’t pretty. And I think this is why teams saw Sanders carrying out what his father, Colorado coach Deion Sanders, said he would in trying to steer himself away from certain places. The idea, for a top pick, isn’t the worst concept. It’s something Eli Manning did a generation ago. The problem is that Sanders wasn’t considered the prospect he was built up to be by the people who matter—the ones who were doing the picking over the weekend."
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p.s. And he's got an uphill battle to even make the Browns and be on the team come September. Cleveland really likes Dillon Gabriel and expect them to be way more invested in his development than Sanders.
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lol, yeah I also heard about the personal Zoom call he took during a NFL interview. Mind blowing.
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Bunsen82 wrote:
It reeks immaturity and a lack of focus. Will that change? Odds are no. If it does, you might have something there. When the talent isn't the issue, its the between the ears issue, you are hoping maturity kicks in and you see a change in behavior.
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This stuff isn't fiction, its fact. And Sanders isn't denying it. Cleveland had zero business drafting Sanders, they just took Gabriel a few rounds before. This reeks of a Goodell call to Haslam saying do me a solid please....
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Bunsen82 wrote:
Stickier, so are you stating he shouldn't have been drafted in any round or even as a UDFA? You think the teams should have colluded to keep him out of the NFL? At what point is the talent worth taking a chance the immaturity improves or that you can minimize the circus implications is a worthwhile investment?
Talent is in the eye of the beholder. Sanders is a late round talent, he's much worse than that from a mental perspective. Entitled. Why is the maturity going to improve? He made almost $5 million in NIL last year. I mean, have you read what is being said about him? Have you seen his social media accounts? Why would teams need to collude on anything? If teams thought they could help them win, he'd have gone long before round 5. Where is all this talent you speak of?
https://x.com/KyleBrandt/status/1916837925460840615
https://x.com/WFAN660/status/1916866241769386362
https://x.com/NFL_DovKleiman/status/1916888892206186821
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JustInTime wrote:
Speaking of Zoom calls. I’ve had exactly ONE interview since the end of the year. This was with a regional energy company. I’d be speaking with a director level manager and if that went well two other managers/directors later if I made it past the first round.
I’ve been doing Zoom/phone call interviews for about 10 years so I’m pretty comfortable with the process. I always check with the recruiter to confirm dress code, get the interviewers LinkedIn profile, do my due diligence on the company, yada yada yada.
Call into Zoom 5 minutes early. Scheduled time comes and goes. This is not outside the norm so I wait for 5 minutes and then text the recruiter. Turns out the invite was CT not ET, so I’m an hour early. No biggie.
Hour later I’m on the phone. Standard questions, my standard answers things all look good. The interviewer was kind of stumbling over her questions, was distracted at one point by an incoming call from her boss, and wasn’t really able to answer my questions but some people are just uncomfortable interviewing.
Following morning I hear from the recruiter. She thought you were a very knowledgeable candidate answered all her questions thoroughly etc etc but she didn’t seem to think I took the process seriously because I used a phone for the interview and not a laptop.
I haven’t owned a laptop for about 10 years because each contract I’ve ever had provided one. I’ve interviewed on a cell phone for Price Waterhouse, GE, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and a few other Fortune 100 companies and landed jobs, but this was a non-starter for a regional energy company.
The funniest part of this? The woman I was interviewing with was wearing a sweatshirt and looked like her hair hadn’t seen a comb in 3 weeks.
But I didn’t take the interview serious enough. :dodgy:
Corporate America and HR departments have lost their minds. SO glad that shit is behind me. Its non-sensical, counter productive micro managing horseshit. Hang in there, man.
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All this media created angst for a guy that will never start in the NFL. Kiper went on his old man rant that the NFL doesnt know how to pick QBs....really? Overwhelmingly, 1st round draft picks are starting NFL QBs. In a huge way. Jalen Hurts was a 2nd rounder. Go down each NFL team's roster this season and see who's starting and they are 1st round draft picks by the vast majority. Cowherd hit on this today and I agree. Are there 1st round QB busts?? We all know there are. Its not an exact science. But you need blue chip talent to succeed at QB in the NFL. Yes, I know....Brock Purdy. Not saying there aren't exceptions but they are very, very limited.
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lol.
https://x.com/ItsGiantsSzn/status/1917541413723476216
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