Deion Sanders Fires Off Cryptic Message After Son's Nfl Draft Fiasco

Deion Sanders has yet to afloat stock his opinions connected his boy Shedeur’s descent successful nan draught from being a projected first-round prime to nan eventual fifth-round pick he was.

On Monday, nan play astir nan Cleveland Browns draught prime began to subside slightly, and nan Pro Football Hall of Famer fired disconnected a cryptic societal media station connected X.

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Colorado Buffaloes caput coach Deion Sanders pinch boy and backmost Shedeur Sanders, #2, against nan Arizona State Sun Devils astatine Mountain America Stadium successful Tempe, Arizona, connected Oct. 7, 2023. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports)

"A dishonesty don’t attraction who tells it aliases repeats it. Its extremity is to beryllium heard. The truth could beryllium opinionated correct successful beforehand of u consistently for years but u don’t spot it because a dishonesty is successful your mind," he wrote. "The Truth whitethorn not beryllium arsenic celebrated arsenic a dishonesty but nan Truth wins successful nan end."

Sanders did not elaborate further, and it was not precisely clear what he meant by "a lie."

The theories complete why Sanders fell to nan first information ranged from teams not liking him because he is simply a "strong Black man" to "Kaepernick-like collusion" from teams. At slightest 2 NFL players chimed successful pinch what they believed was a connection from teams to Sanders.

ESPN NFL expert Damien Woody gave a elemental reason arsenic to why Sanders slid connected "Get Up."

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Colorado Buffaloes caput coach Deion Sanders against nan Arizona Wildcats astatine Arizona Stadium connected Oct. 19, 2024. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

"I deliberation nan NFL sent a message, saying you’re not that dude. Honestly. The overwhelming connection I saw erstwhile Shedeur slid to nan 5th round, nan NFL was fundamentally saying you’re not that guy. You’re bully but you’re not that guy," nan two-time Super Bowl champion said. 

"I’m present to show everyone retired there, everyone who watches nan NFL Draft, who loves nan NFL, spot maine erstwhile I show you this, if you’re that guy, they’re gonna prime you successful nan first information because nan NFL and each these teams are successful nan winning business. If you tin thief a squad win, they are going to prime you. 

"The NFL intelligibly felt that Shedeur Sanders was a bully prospect, but he wasn’t what nan young group call, he wasn’t him. And then, connected apical of that, you facet successful each nan personage and everything that comes pinch Shedeur Sanders. … And I’m not nan 1 that’s downplaying. It’s nan NFL who yet said, you cognize what, erstwhile you harvester that truth that we don’t deliberation you are him, and you person each this personage and everything that comes pinch you, that is nan eventual look for why you recovered yourself successful nan 5th round."

Former No. 2 wide prime Robert Griffin III besides weighed in.

"Shedeur Sanders should not person dropped retired of nan first 3 rounds of nan NFL draft. He dropped retired of nan first 3 rounds of nan NFL Draft because it’s 100% personal," Griffin said, via Awful Announcing. "NFL GMs, scouts, and nan NFL astatine ample are trying to thatch Deion Sanders and Shedeur Sanders a lesson. 

Colorado caput coach Deion Sanders, left, talks pinch backmost Shedeur Sanders, #2, during a timeout successful nan 2nd half of an NCAA assemblage shot crippled against Central Florida connected Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 successful Orlando, Florida. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

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"A instruction that they didn’t thatch nan Mannings erstwhile Eli said he wasn’t going to play successful San Diego, a instruction that they did not teach Andrew Luck and his family erstwhile he was nan perennial No. 1 draught prime from nan clip he was a freshman successful college, a instruction that they did not thatch Baker Mayfield erstwhile he came retired of Oklahoma, and a connection that they did not thatch Joe Burrow erstwhile he came retired of LSU. So what do I mean by each of that? What I mean is that each of these guys had nan confidence, galore of them had nan bravado that is akin to what Shedeur Sanders has. But nary of them were punished successful nan measurement he’s been punished."

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