Shedeur Sanders
Draft Collusion Idea ‘Nonsense’
… Leigh Steinberg Says
Revealed
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Pack up the tin foil hats and UFO paraphernalia … NFL agent Leigh Steinberg tells TMZ Sports activities the conspiracy principle that homeowners blackballed Shedeur Sanders throughout final weekend’s draft is “nonsense.”
The previous Univ. of Colorado signal-caller, in fact, was largely anticipated to be a first-round choose … however tumbled all the way in which to the fifth spherical on Saturday — which had folks racing to social media to accuse franchises of colluding with each other to maintain Deion‘s son down.
Steinberg, although, instructed us this week there’s simply no method that really occurred.
“Because teams want to add to their roster players that give them a chance to win,” he defined. “And that desire to have the best players overruns any other conspiracy theory. Teams would draft a player who’s got great talent on the field — he just didn’t find a match in the process.”
As an alternative, Steinberg — Patrick Mahomes‘ agent — mentioned if folks wish to level the finger someplace … they need to begin with Shedeur’s pre-draft course of.
Steinberg instructed us he believes not throwing on the mix — plus not making ready sufficiently for interviews with basic managers — have been large causes for his slide.
He additionally mentioned the QB’s 13-12 file with the Buffaloes — and his well-known father’s giant shadow — seemingly performed a job as nicely.
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Nonetheless, Steinberg instructed us it might all be “a really good thing” for the younger Sanders’ profession — pointing on the market’s now no stress for the 23-year-old to start out instantly.
“He can still be a dominant player,” Steinberg mentioned, “it’s just a slower path.”
