Shedeur Sanders reveals how some NFL teams get ‘offended’ by confident visits

Shedeur Sanders has been coming successful basking and heavy.

The erstwhile Colorado backmost has each eyes connected him arsenic a apical NFL draught prospect, but he has been candidly pointing nan attraction backmost to nan teams he visits, including nan Steelers this week.

Some person welcomed nan honesty.

Shedeur Sanders looks connected during nan NFL Scouting Combine astatine Lucas Oil Stadium connected March 1, 2025 successful Indianapolis. Getty Images

Others person been “offended” by Sanders deficiency of a filter.

“When I spell sojourn these coaches and erstwhile I spell to each these different franchises, I inquire them genuinely what I deliberation and really I feel,” nan boy of Colorado caput coach Deion Sanders said connected NFL Network’s “The Insiders” connected Thursday.

“Some get offended, immoderate for illustration it, immoderate don’t. Make immoderate group uncomfortable, immoderate group induce that. They cognize what type of personification and what type of subordinate they’re gonna get retired of me, truthful I conscionable person to make sure, you know, what type of civilization aliases what type of move I’m going to person pinch them also.”

Sanders isn’t 1 to awkward distant from a challenge.

He boasts assurance and has spoken often astir his plans to alteration nan franchise that chooses him successful 2 weeks.

“When I talk to immoderate team, I understand nan activity it’s gonna return and I spot nan move of everybody that’s around, truthful I cognize really I attack different situations and what I’m gonna person to do to beryllium successful successful different franchises,” he said. “So, I’m conscionable sitting backmost observing, watching everything and each of what’s gonna return to alteration nan franchise for nan better.”

For nan past fewer months since nan NFL scouting combine, Sanders has fluctuated successful nan draught prognostications.

Shedeur Sanders takes portion successful passing drills during nan team’s NFL shot pro time Friday, April 4, 2025. AP

Miami’s Cam Ward and Sanders are expected to beryllium nan apical 2 quarterbacks taken, it’s conscionable a matter of when.

Last week, new Jets information Andre Cisco and others raised interest complete Sanders’ patting nan shot tendency and really that could effect his crippled successful nan NFL.

In ESPN’s Mel Kiper’s latest mock draft, Sanders is slated to spell arsenic nan ninth wide prime to nan Saints.

Nevertheless, nan 2024 Big 12 Offensive Player of nan Year isn’t excessively concerned astir his stock.

“It’s highly fun. It’s conscionable funny to spot what they travel up pinch next,” Sanders said. “At first it was that his limb wasn’t beardown — I had a batch of touchdowns successful my assemblage career. Then it was I pat nan shot — that wasn’t a point earlier pro day. So, I don’t get successful problem disconnected nan field, truthful it’s benignant of difficult for them to create storylines for nan media. Keep that [energy] going, though. It’s conscionable gonna beryllium nosy pinch nan adjacent story.”

In his elder year, Sanders threw for 4,134 and 37 touchdowns against 10 interceptions for Colorado.