A Lot of Hype on Shedeur Sanders Before the NFL Draft
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- Created: Saturday, 01 February 2025 11:56
Not every National Football draft has a generational quarterback. Joe Burrow, Trevor Lawrence, and Caleb Williams were not one. Even Patrick Mahomes is not considered as one. However, there’s a lot of talk about Shedeur Sanders before this year’s NFL draft.
Despite playing for two transitional college teams, he's a phenomenal thrower who has posted absurd statistics and repeatedly proven that he can lead his team to victory. According to bookie PPH experts, the Titans would be naive not to select him with the top pick in the NFL draft; he deserves that honor.
However, he is not a game-changing, show-stopping, plug-and-play player. A dirty little secret about the draft is that nobody is. Neither was Mahomes, and neither was Tom Brady. Josh Allen and Lamar Jackson were underdogs, but Jackson is now on the verge of winning MVP for the third time in six seasons.
You will, however, spend the better part of three months listening to draught experts, ex-coaches, and general managers on television gushing over Sanders as that player of a generation. Sanders and his father, Deion Sanders, who coaches in Colorado, will say it.
Hype on Shedeur Sanders
Shedeur had an impressive 134-to-27 touchdown-interception ratio while throwing for almost 14,000 yards at Colorado and Jackson State. His résumé is practically perfect. You can guarantee that the Titans will include "generational" in their selection of Sanders if they choose him first overall. And here's secret number two about the NFL draft: a generational tag gives NFL staff a way out if they mess up the selection.
According to a preferred sportsbook, every team would have chosen (insert legendary QB here). There is no ambiguity. Everyone, this is serious. Titans VP of Football Operations Chad Brinker recently assured reporters during a season postmortem news conference that the team will not pass on a generational star.
Those on Team Sanders desire excitement that spans generations. That generational fervor is essential, not because it will result in a larger NFL contract salary (the first round is slotted money) but because it will enhance Shedeur's early NFL career by providing more stability and flexibility, leading to the second round, which is generational money.
You can’t trade, cut, or bench a generational quarterback. It will not be the rookie QB’s fault if the team keeps losing games.
Generational Talents
Take Lawrence as an example. He recently completed his fourth season with the NFL and has played in 60 games, scoring 83 touchdowns and 68 interceptions. The Jacksonville Jaguars had only one postseason victory under his watch in the anomalous 2022 season, and he'll be starting his fifth season with his third coach. Lawrence inked a second deal last summer for $275 million.
We’re curious why Deion Sanders is so set on doing an "Eli" if this draft fails. It is unfair to put a quarterback from a different generation on a team that has struggled to compete in the NFL.
As Eli Manning and his dad Archie did in 2004 before the Chargers caved and traded with the Giants, Deion is trying to circumvent the system and give his son even more security by threatening to sit out if the proper club doesn't choose Shedeur.
While playing with the Giants, Manning won two Super Bowls and qualified to be nominated for the Professional Football Hall of Fame this year. There is precedent. Deion (and Shedeur) undoubtedly desire their generational cake and wish to partake in it.
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