Projected: round 1-2
The offensive player of the year of the Big 12 Conference, the winner of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm and the second team AP All-American QB as a senior last fall, Sanders launched a touchdown of 64 records in two seasons while playing for his professional professional football, deion, to boulder after having spent a few years together at FCS Jackson State. His style of play in a free wheel and his unique pedigree make him one of the most fascinating and polarizing assessments – of the whole project. “Sheder is a really talented passer,” said a quarter of the NFC. “Not the strength of the arms of the elite, but I do not think that it will be something that will bother you. Obviously, he worked with Pat (Shurmur, a longtime coach of the NFL who is currently an offensive coordinator of Colorado), so he knows NFL stuff. He will have to learn to take out the ball and play with the timing you need to play in this league. drop.” An assistant coach of the NFC said: “He has the possibility of launching at three levels. He is good on the game of ball passes, can move. Exceptional, but they were not always the fault of the line.
In 50 university departures (26 at Jackson State, 24 in Colorado), Sanders completed 70.1% of its passes for 14,347 yards and 134 affected with 27 interceptions. Ten of these interceptions occurred last season, when he also led the FBS with a completion rate of 74% while ranking second with 353 achievements and 37 Touché passes – a school record, just like his 4,134 yards by the pass. “If you look at Just ‘Wow’ throws, he probably has the best collection of people on the whole harvest,” said a framework for the NFC. “It’s just the other things. This is the possibility of doing things in the structure, in the pocket, examination, easy gims. But if you just want to isolate the high level, a high degree of difficulties, then for me, there is a difference between him and the other guys.” A Colorado program which was 1-11 in 2022 improved at 4-8 and 9-4 in the two seasons of Sanders under the center (although the Buffaloes are 1-7 against the opponents classified in this period). Sanders ran for 17 affected during four university seasons. But most often, he rushed to throw, not run. “His collegiate band looked like Caleb Williams without the talent of the physical arm elite,” said a coordinator of the NFC. “I’m sorry: you can’t play this game at this level. (Murray).
The size of Sanders (6-1 1/2, 212) and a surprisingly limited sporting profile (given its potential genetic advantages) help to explain why certain scouts and coaches do not have a first-round note on him. “If someone is open, he will hit him. So you don’t want to discredit how precise it is,” said another NFC coordinator. “There is just a lack of ton of juice in his arm. He is not incredibly athletic. He holds the ball. A quarter of the AFC has said:” I think he must be in a specific system which addresses his skills set, which brings the ball out quickly. I think he has a lot of arms in the intermediate field. If you can make it work the same zip. Quickly and bring the ball to the good guys in the manner of timing, I think it’s the best approach with him. “An AFC scout compared Sanders to Geno Smith with a little less arm.” There are lightnings from this child with a certain understanding of the game, covers, which gives you a little hope. “Said the scout.” The characters are also something that factors. From what I have seen and the Sanctuary is and combine, there is certainly a special right and treatment that it awaits. There could be some growth with this. NFL is always a meritocracy and you have to do it. “
Regarding Sanders makeup, it is a unique case study in many ways. Few recovery prospects grow up as the son of one of the largest and most in view of his generation. Even less have been trained almost exclusively by their legendary father; Deion was also the offensive coordinator of Shedeur at Trinity Christian in Texas before taking the head coaching at Jackson State (and overthrowing his son’s initial commitment to Florida Atlantic). “The guy only played for his father. When things go wrong, it is not his fault. He takes a bag, he blames line O,” said an AFC coordinator. “He can make the throws. He has good precision. But he locks on n ° 1 and is he on him? And does the offensive suit him to read it?” DEION SANDERS did not hesitate to use social networks and press conferences to shoot the light or perceived that he heard that he heard of Sheder during the pre-project process. “You can’t ask your father to say, “I’m going to come and put a quarter coach on Blast who said you were arrogant.” So he can’t be criticized? “Said a veteran director of the NFC.” It seems that his (teammates) like him. They support it, even with all the stuff of the ramp and going to another car of the game. It seems that they support it more. “”
A NFC scouting director who has done vast substantive work on Sanders summed it up in this way: “When you hear all the anecdotal stories about the person, it is not that he is a bad child. Walk in one of these buildings (NFL), nobody goes on this subject. Volumeur, you make some of these decisions, you get Ripped so badly.” From four months after Sanders played its last university match, Colorado withdrew the number of winners of the Heisman Travis Hunter and Sanders trophy, with the inclusion of the quarter-arre and the unusually rapid movement leading to a reaction, including former Buffalo players.
The closest comparison with the history of Sanders could be that of the ancient quarter of NFL Brian Brohm, which was trained by his father by the high school, then his brother in Louisville. In the middle of his university career, Brohm was discussed as a potential choice of first round. Once the 2008 project, the signaleur slipped in the second round (56th in total) before the packers save him, making a calculated bet, he would benefit from leaving the family environment. Instead, Brohm collapsed. At least once, his brother, Jeff, sent an email to a local beat journalist to complain about negative practice reports and accuse the media in bias. The choice of seventh round Matt Flynn won the QB n ° 2 position against Brohm, which was cut the following year and started a total of two NFL games in Buffalo before being out of the league. This does not mean that Sanders will have a similar result, but this is an example of the unknown. “It is the whole ball. But the program is just different,” said another CEO of the AFC. “You blame him? He is his father. It will be different from all the other circumstances because of his father and who is his father. But you would like to think (things will be different) once he will get out. I don’t think it will be a problem.
A longtime assistant coach of the NFL said that his time with Sanders was “the worst official interview in which I have ever been in my life. He is so right. He takes unnecessary bags. He never plays in time. He has horrible body language. He blame his teammates. But the biggest is so good.” A longtime leader of the AFC said: “It did not go well in our interview. He wants to dictate what he is going to do and what is best for him. He makes you feel little.” Even some of Sanders fans expressed their disappointment not to make a bigger step as a senior. “I loved it the previous year,” said a GM NFC. “They changed the coordinators. It was just different. It was less athletic, less arm talent – everything seemed less. If you were talking about this year’s cassette against (Jaxson) Dart and Sheder, I don’t think it’s particularly close.”
However, there are not enough quarters, and Sanders remains the second best in this class for many coaches and scouts. For some football minds, such as my colleague and former scout of the NFL Bucky Brooks, Sanders is the QB1 of this year’s group. Meanwhile, another colleague, Charles Davis, considers the criticisms of the characters leveled in Sanders as excessive and not relevant compared to his “talent and determination”. As holders of the choice of draft n ° 1, the titans only made only four players for visits – and Sanders was one. Coach Brian Callahan called him one of the elite players in this project. The Browns, which repel n ° 2, also visited Sanders. The Giants, who wrote the third, developed Sanders in private last Thursday as part of their last -week QB screening tour. The raiders (sixth in the general classification) and the Steelers (21st), who have long -term QB questions, also addressed Sanders for visits. “Shemer, guy, you just have to love him,” said a managing director who spoke with Sanders. “It’s the same thing in each building – I don’t think you can get a 100% consensus on him. I always think giants can take it.”
