Shedeur Sanders' Online Nonsense Hints At Disaster Waiting To Happen In Colorado | Barrett Sallee
The Colorado Buffaloes have been under the microscope since December 2022, when former NFL and college football superstar Deion Sanders took over a one-win team and injected hope for the first time in a generation. His son, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, came with him to lead an offense that needed a massive spark.
Shedeur Sanders did that, as he threw for 3,230 yards, 27 touchdowns and only three interceptions despite having an offensive line that looked more like a colander than a functional unit. That success has led him into consideration to become the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, according to multiple sportsbooks. In fact, he was favored to be selected first earlier this week by BetOnline, but dropped behind Georgia’s Carson Beck and Texas’ Quinn Ewers on Wednesday morning.
Why? Because one remarkably irresponsible post on X has put a spotlight on Shedeur and — more specifically — his maturity.
Shedeur Sanders' Maturity Is In Question
Former Buffaloes defensive back Xavier Smith was critical of Deion Sanders in a story on The Athletic, saying that the head coach never tried to get to know him prior to Smith’s transfer. Shedeur Sanders commented on the quote on Tuesday in a post on X.
"Ion even remember him tbh. Bro had to be very mid at best," he wrote.
Later on Tuesday, he hosted a Twitter/X "Space" that, in part, included comments defending the program. The discussion referenced Smith multiple times, including at the 6-minute mark where Sanders and a few other "speakers" asked if he played, looked up stats and referenced that the writer of the piece from The Athletic is from Nebraska (presumably insinuating bias in the reporting).
This comes just two weeks after Shedeur Sanders commented on the departure of several players including former five-star defensive back Cormani McClain and running back Alton McCaskill IV.
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"If you’re not playing here, that just means you’re doing something wrong," he said (via: Denver Sports). "If you’re not playing here that means you’re doing something — not listening to the coaches or something."
Is it too much to just wish players the best on the way out? Players have a wide variety of reasons for leaving any program, and there’s no way that anybody can — or should — lump all of them into one group.
Colorado Program Doesn't Shy From Spotlight
The last week of Shedeur Sanders’ shenanigans have shed a spotlight on a program littered with entitlements, including from its starting quarterback. If Spencer Rattler can get knocked down multiple rounds in the NFL Draft because of his attitude in a Netflix reality show that he starred in while he was in high school, you can bet your mortgage on scouts using the last week of nonsense against him next offseason.
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In the short-term, this doesn’t bode well for Colorado either. Not only does this call into question his relationships with his current teammates, but it makes it very difficult for future Colorado players to trust what Deion Sanders is selling on the recruiting trail. After all, Shedeur Sanders has been coached by Deion for all 22 years of his life and doesn’t take the high road. What will happen when the starting quarterback doesn’t carry the family name.
The culture at Colorado is showing cracks all over the place, and Shedeur Sanders’ nonsense online this week is another example of what could be a disaster waiting to happen.