I need Shedeur Sanders<\/a> to succeed. There, I mentioned it.
I consider Sanders has been held to brutal and unfair requirements by the NFL<\/a> and a few followers. I believe he is paying for the “sins” of his father, Deion Sanders<\/a>, who some coaches and entrance workplaces within the league don’t love as a result of Deion is so flamboyant.
This isn’t breaking information. I’ve heard this. Talked about this. Others have. The league needed to show Shedeur (and his father) a lesson, they usually did simply that with the draft.
When Eric Dickerson said this recently<\/a>, it was dismissed by some as a cranky outdated man yelling at clouds. It is not that I consider Dickerson, it is that that is the NFL. You cowl the NFL lengthy sufficient and you know the way the league works. They’re Weyland-Yutani<\/a> from “Alien.” They’re The Firm. With the league, all is feasible.
“I let you know this a lot,” Dickerson mentioned, “what I heard from somebody that is within the NFL that the NFL informed [teams], ‘Do not draft him, don’t draft him. We’ll make an instance out of him.’ And this got here from an excellent supply, an excellent supply.”
Dickerson added: “He mentioned that \u2013 I will not say who \u2013 any individual referred to as the\u00a0Cleveland Browns<\/a>\u00a0and mentioned, ‘Do not do this, draft him,'” Dickerson mentioned. “As a result of they weren’t going to draft him both. … They have been compelled into drafting him as a result of any individual made a name to them.”
This all appears like conspiratorial nonsense, however once more, we’re speaking about Weyland-Yutani right here.
I purchase at the least a few of it.
Nonetheless. Having mentioned that.
There’s an unmistakable fact about what we saw with Sanders on Saturday against the Rams<\/a>. Sanders was horrible. Simply completely terrible. It was genuinely surprising to see.
This was a different Sanders than we saw in his game against Carolina<\/a> a number of weeks in the past. Then he accomplished 14 of 23 passes for 138 yards and two touchdowns. He was fluid, dynamic and expert. He appeared like a participant who might push for the beginning job. Sanders was that good.
Then got here this sport. It was the oppo-Sanders. He was 3 of 6 for 14 yards in 5 drives. Sanders was additionally sacked 5 instances. A few of these sacks weren’t his fault. A few of them have been. However he appeared completely misplaced.
Possibly he was nonetheless hurting from an indirect harm that sidelined him for a number of days. We additionally do not know the whole lot concerning the gamers who have been on the sphere round him. Possibly they weren’t excellent. However what’s sure is that neither was he.
His unhealthy outing additionally comes on the day that Dillon Gabriel looked good<\/a>. Gabriel appeared so good that the battle between him and Sanders got here to an apparent finish. Gabriel received. Gabriel received as a result of total he was extra constant. Not spectacular. However good and constant. He appears dependable, and that is what an NFL head coach needs from his quarterback.
What Sanders’ outing will do is trigger folks to say: we informed you so. We informed you he was overrated. There was no conspiracy, you lunkheads. He was a media creation (I want I had this sort of energy.)
And proper now, sitting right here \u2013 and it is painful to confess \u2013 Sanders’ critics look extra proper than the individuals who wish to see him succeed. And, once more, I am the latter.
That is what you may hear and perhaps that’s appropriate. Possibly Sanders is overrated and groups knew one thing about his skillset that we did not. I do not consider this. I might wish to see extra from Sanders earlier than coming to that conclusion, however that is what will probably be mentioned about him. And to be clear it is not unfair.
It is flawed, but it surely’s not unfair.
Sanders has proven flashes of expertise, and if I have been the Browns<\/a>, I might hold him on the roster, and see all that is there. That appears to be the possible conclusion, however who the hell is aware of.
I need Sanders to succeed …
… however this present day was unhealthy.<\/p>\n