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Former NFL star Robert Griffin III offered his acquisition of Susede Sanders situation on Saturday when the former college star fell in the fifth round to Cleveland Browns.
Sanders had questionable interviews with teams during the draft process, according to several reports. It seemed to inhibit any perception that he was chosen in the first round, so much smaller rounds two to four.
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April 27, 2024; Boulder, CO: Colorado Buffaloes Quarterback Shedeur Sanders (2) during a spring game event at Folsom Field. (Ron Chenoy -usa Today Sports)
Griffin said on his podcast with his wife, Grete, that there was a major message sent to the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders.
“Skyeseur Sanders shouldn’t have fallen out of the first three rounds of the NFL draft. He fell out of the first three rounds of the NFL draft because it’s 100% personal,” Griffin said via terrible advertising. “NFL GMS, scouts and NFL in the big
“A lesson that they did not teach in Manning when Eli said he would not play in San Diego, a lesson that they did not teach Andrew Luck and his family when he was the perennial No. 1 draft of the time he was a newborner in College, a lesson that they did not learn Baker Mayfield when he came out of Oklahoma, Joe Burrow when he came out of LSU.
August 29, 2024; Boulder, Colorado: Colorado Buffaloes Quarterback Shedeur Sanders (2) Before the Game Against North Dakota State Bison at Folsom Field. (Ron Chenoy -usa Today Sports)
Sheds Sanders Draft
Browns’ selection of Sanders was the second quarterback the team chose during the draft. They chose Dillon Gabriel, out of Oregon, before choosing Sanders.
The former Colorado Buffaloes star took High Road when he spoke with journalists.
“Nothing really affected me for the past few days,” Sanders journalists told Saturday. “I’m preferred, I’m blessed. Besides it’s not really something that changed. The love of the game is still the love of the game. When you get on the field, there wasn’t too much negativity that was said. I know I have to clean up some things in my game for me to be in my best, but that’s what I take every season once and fix it.
A screen shows the Colorado Quarterback Shedeur Sanders after being selected by Cleveland Browns with the 144th gathered election during the third day of the NFL football draft, Saturday 26 April 2025, in Green Bay, Wis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
“The most important thing I just prove – Coach (Kevin) Stefanski and (General Manager Andrew) Berry – that they are right. That’s it. They’re right to choose me. I’m a good decision. I’m a good draft of them to be able to get in there and do what I have to do.”
