The Denver Post

It’s not often that the 144th overall pick is the biggest story of the NFL draft. But Shedeur Sanders was not the usual 144th pick and his situation transcended football. The narrative around Sanders blurred lines between sports, race and culture. The former University of Colorado quarterback was the center of a three-day spectacle of cringe that will live in football lore for … [Read more...] about Deciphering the reasons behind Shedeur Sanders’ stunning free fall in the NFL draft

Throw the phone book at him. At all of them. If the NFL doesn’t levy suspensions against the Atlanta Falcons and their loose-lipped defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, then the fines for their role in the Shedeur Sanders incident had best be legendary. And don’t tell us to lighten up, Francis. Let’s run this scenario, and you tell me how it plays out at the end in 98% of … [Read more...] about Keeler: Shedeur Sanders phone prank should lead to fines, suspensions for Atlanta Falcons coach

Man, it Shoughed to be Shedeur Sanders Friday night. Wait. You haven’t heard of Tyler Shough? Welcome to the party. The last name is pronounced “Shuck,” by the way. He’s 25 years old, a strapping 6-foot-4 dude from Chandler, Ariz. Shough played college ball for seven seasons and three schools, a road that weaved through Oregon, Texas Tech and Louisville. He only appeared in … [Read more...] about Keeler: Shedeur Sanders’ draft slide proves there’s one game Deion Sanders can’t change: The NFL

NFL scouts are worried Shedeur Sanders is gonna get killed. If not by opposing linebackers, then by his own teammates. “His dad being his coach (for so long) … love it or hate it, everything he’s done has been under a microscope,” Ourlads.com analyst Dave Syvertsen told me earlier in the week. “The postgames where you’re throwing your teammates under the bus — that wouldn’t fly … [Read more...] about Keeler: Shedeur Sanders will be better NFL QB than Jaxson Dart, first-round slide or not

The hang-up isn’t that Shedeur Sanders reminds him too much of Shedeur’s dad. It’s that he reminds Dave Syvertsen too much of Russell Wilson. As in an older, Broncos-era Russell Wilson. “He will not outrun NFL defensive ends,” Syvertsen, an analyst with the Ourlads scouting service, told me as we discussed the former CU Buffs quarterback earlier this week. “There’s a slowness … [Read more...] about Keeler: Why is CU Buffs QB Shedeur Sanders’ NFL draft stock all over the place? It’s less about Deion Sanders than some might think.