You know what they say: Talent recognizes talent. Let’s talk about Shedeur Sanders for a moment. Yeah, the Buffs couldn’t get a Big 12 title game ticket or a playoff one, and that is fine. What truly matters is that we watched the Shedeur Sanders chapter come full circle. He was joked about before this season. “The most sacked quarterback.” Now? It feels like yesterday that he grabbed the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm award. This wasn’t handed to him because he is a “Sanders.” With almost 4k yards and 35 touchdowns, Shedeur Sanders earned that award. Now, what’s left to see is which NFL roster gets to use his talents in the big leagues.
And if you ask us? We might’ve found the perfect pick, but there is always a catch. Charles Robinson had some interesting things to say about the $6.7 billion worth of Raiders and Mark Davis‘ next QB pick. “What Tom will say about quarterback, I’d bet you that’s what goes… But I think who Tom Likes, Mark Davis likes,” Robinson pointed out. The Raiders and Davis are in a QB crisis. They lost Gardner Minshew to a shoulder injury and then it was reported that backup QB Aidan O’Connell is possibly out as well. Now it doesn’t take a genius to guess how all of this is linked with Shedeur, but did you know that Davis grabbing Shedeur on the draft is purely dependent on what Tom Brady thinks? “Brady has trained, counseled, and repeatedly had glowing reviews of Shedeur Sanders’ talent,” Robinson added.
Boy, oh boy, is the draft going to get spicy. Shedeur is the perfect pick, if Davis wants to fix the QB worries the Raiders have been facing. Going into the next season, they will need someone younger and faster, and well, you don’t have to look further than this.
Now listen, we understand that there is a lot of “criticism” around Shedeur Sanders. Which QB doesn’t have that? But you have to understand that the amount of improvement this QB showed us all after Deion Sanders brought on Pat Shurmur only points towards a bright future.
Imagine if this is how Shedeur performs with just a touch of NFL coaching experience, then how well he can do when he gets access to all the knowledge of the Raiders coaching staff and HC Antonio Pierce? But then again, the road will not be easy. If you thought the Raiders could just sweep in and take away Shedeur, then you are mistaken because 2 other factors are in play that could change his NFL trajectory.
Deion Sanders and the Cowboys
Coach Prime has been very vocal about “pulling an Eli” if Shedeur or any of his boys get drafted to the wrong team. This could be a disaster for Davis. Now, we ain’t saying Deion Sanders hates Raiders or something. Way back during Big 12 Media Days, he was very vocal about Antonio Pierce being a good coach.
However, it is this hands-on approach he has with Shedeur’s career that could end up being a bane. Even an AFC executive had said, “I hope for Shedeur that [Deion Sanders doesn’t coach him in the NFL]” And this speaks volumes.
