Shedeur Sanders Draft Slide Timeline: Nfl Executives Cause Media Meltdown By Rejecting Polarizing Prospect

The Shedeur Sanders media instrumentality arrived successful nan NFL pinch a resounding thud this weekend.

Sanders' illness from imaginable No. 1 wide prime to 144th marked an unprecedented infinitesimal successful NFL Draft history, and rocked nan nation.

President Donald Trump called for Sanders to beryllium "picked IMMEDIATELY" connected Friday, conscionable earlier nan 2nd round. 

But an NFL squad did not prime Sanders until Saturday afternoon, precocious successful nan 5th round. The Cleveland Browns ended nan historical descent precocious successful nan 5th round, but by then, nan nationalist outrage had tally its course.

Viral sermon connected nan taxable ranged successful taxable from belief to racial. 

Here's really it each went down: 

Tuesday, April 22: Trouble is revealed

Tuesday earlier nan draft, NFL Media released a summary of nan apical 18 prospects successful this year's class. 

Sanders' conception included grounds from an anonymous adjunct coach, who said that Sanders was "The worst general question and reply I've ever been successful in my life. He's truthful entitled. He takes unnecessary sacks. He ne'er plays connected time. He has horrible assemblage language. He blames teammates. . . . But nan biggest point is, he's not that good."

An anonymous longtime executive added, "It didn't spell awesome successful our interview. He wants to dictate what he's going to do and what's champion for him. He makes you consciousness small."

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The quotes went viral, feeding into earlier rumors that Sanders had slid importantly down draught boards. 

But now, nan conception that he could autumn retired of nan first information had go wide acknowledged. Eventually, astir betting platforms had Sanders astatine moreover likelihood to beryllium a first-rounder. 

Wednesday, April 23: Insider suggests imaginable first-round drop

The nighttime earlier information one, CBS Sports' Jonathan Jones said connected his network's air, "I deliberation that there's a very bully chance that [Shedeur Sanders] is not selected connected Thursday night."

Draft Day morning: Stephen A. Smith "sounds alarm" connected first-round drop, arsenic Shedeur prepares for "whatever" 

Stephen A. Smith acknowledged nan anticipation of Sanders falling from nan first information during nan draught greeting section of ESPN's "First Take" and called nan conception "appalling."

"I'm trying to fig retired is what nan hellhole is nan precipitous driblet each about?" Smith said connected ESPN's "First Take" Thursday. 

"We cognize this relative tin play. We cognize astir whether he doesn't person nan top centrifugal aliases nan top arm. The accuracy is there. The poise is there. The pedigree is there. We spot each of these things on pinch his accomplishment group and what he's been capable to do connected nan collegiate level, and present we are now wondering if this feline is going to beryllium a second-round pick. I find this very appalling and very alarming and very disturbing."

Smith sent a informing to nan mainstream sports nationalist that greeting complete imaginable outrage that could look if each 32 teams were to walk connected Shedeur Sanders that night. 

Later that afternoon, Sanders wrote connected X, "I’m built for immoderate coming whitethorn bring."

Deion Sanders pinch his sons Shedeur Sanders (left) and Deion Sanders Jr. (right) connected nan reddish carpet earlier Super Bowl LIX NFL Honors astatine Saenger Theatre.  (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

Draft Night, 9:08 p.m. EST: Saints walk connected Shedeur, arsenic family gets concerned

Sanders was initially projected arsenic a campaigner for each of nan apical 3 teams (Titans, Browns and Saints) early successful nan draught process, pinch nan Raiders astatine six and nan Saints astatine 11 arsenic candidates, if Sanders were to autumn retired of nan apical three. 

But by nan 9 o'clock hr connected Draft Night, each of those possibilities had officially passed him by, aft nan Saints took violative tackle Kelvin Banks Jr., retired of Texas. 

The federation watched ESPN and NFL Network broadcast shots of nan wrong of nan Sanders family house, showing an full support covered pinch each 32 NFL caps truthful he could propulsion 1 retired and deterioration it for his large moment. 

At 1 constituent during nan first round, his different brother, NFL information imaginable Shilo Sanders, insisted "something is going on" pinch Shedeur not being selected. 

Draft Night, 11:00 p.m. EST: Steelers and Giants walk connected Shedeur, enraging ESPN expert

The Steelers became nan squad to which Sanders was astir powerfully linked toward nan extremity of nan draught process. Some experts, including NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah, believed that Pittsburgh could beryllium Sanders' level successful nan first information astatine 21. 

But Pittsburgh passed connected Sanders, taking protect tackle Derrick Harmon, retired of Oregon. 

That move near nan backmost pinch nary clear way to beryllium chosen successful nan first round, arsenic nan reality of falling to nan adjacent time came into attraction for him and his family. 

Just 4 picks later, nan Giants traded up pinch nan Texans to get nan 25th pick, for a quarterback, but it wasn't Sanders. The Giants took Jaxson Dart, retired of Ole Miss, who had been projected to spell overmuch later than Sanders successful first draught boards.

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And it seemed arsenic nan nighttime sewage later, famed ESPN expert Mel Kiper Jr. sewage progressively and noticeably much irritated erstwhile Sanders wasn't chosen. Mocking Kiper's progressive irritation. 

Kiper's irritation and affection for Sanders became 1 of nan astir mockingly discussed topics connected societal media passim nan draft, and was moreover pointed retired by nan societal media relationship of nan NBC-owned Pro Football Talk. 

Draft Night, 11:43 p.m. EST: Sanders officially falls retired of nan first round, NFL fans buzz pinch debate

It became charismatic aft nan Chiefs utilized nan 32nd and last prime connected violative Josh Simmons retired of Ohio State; Sanders would not beryllium a first-round pick. 

The 23-year-old backmost took it upon himself to springiness a reside on-camera aft that to admit that it wasn't what he aliases his family had expected. 

"We each didn't expect this," Sanders said, but expressed assurance that he would spell connected Day 2. 

Viral arguments began to dispersed quickly crossed societal media, arsenic shot fans fought connected behalf of aliases against nan validity of Sanders arsenic a first-round prospect. 

Day 2, nan greeting after: The speech turns racial

The greeting aft Sanders fell past nan first information marked nan commencement of a nationalist obsession complete nan mobility arsenic to why. 

The taxable led each mainstream sports talk show crossed nan nation, and nan speech began to branch retired of conscionable football.

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USA Today published a column titled, "Shedeur Sanders' melodramatic NFL draught descent seems deeper than axenic football," which claimed that nan quarterback's autumn from nan first information "feels weird."

Then, erstwhile Democrat congressman Jamaal Bowman amplified nan statement that Sanders had fallen successful nan draught owed to group reasons, posting a 10-minute video rant and stating, "America continues to fearfulness beardown achromatic men." Bowman's video was later organization noted to constituent retired really galore Black quarterbacks person been taken No. 1 wide successful caller years, including this year's pinch Cam Ward. 

Meanwhile, Shedeur's begetter and assemblage coach Deion Sanders collapsed his soundlessness connected nan daze of his boy slipping retired of nan 3rd information successful a station connected X. 

Day 2, 4:52 p.m. EST: Trump calls retired "stupid" NFL owners for passing connected Shedeur

President Trump expanded nan standard of nan contention pinch a elemental societal media station connected Friday afternoon. 

Hours earlier nan commencement of nan 2nd round, Trump weighed successful connected Sanders' slide, supporting nan backmost and calling for him to beryllium picked "IMMEDIETELY." 

"What is incorrect pinch NFL owners, are they STUPID? Deion Sanders was a awesome assemblage shot player, and was moreover greater successful nan NFL. He’s besides a very bully coach, streetwise and smart! Therefore, Shedeur, his backmost son, has PHENOMENAL GENES, and is each group for Greatness. He should beryllium 'picked IMMEDIATELY by a squad that wants to WIN. Good luck Shedeur, and opportunity hullo to your awesome father!" Trump wrote connected Truth Social. 

Some successful Sanders' family, including his relative Deion Jr., shared nan president's message, arsenic it thrust nan full business into nan governmental sphere. 

Day 2, 7:44 p.m. EST: Saints walk connected Shedeur again, leaving galore experts confused

With Ward and Dart taken, nan anticipation became that Sanders would beryllium nan 3rd backmost picked and apt spell precocious successful nan 2nd round. No different imaginable disposable astatine that constituent was realistically projected up of Sanders. 

But past nan Saints made a very telling determination early successful nan 2nd information pinch nan 40th pick, needing a quarterback, they took Tyler Shough, retired of Louisville. 

The 25-year-old Shough was obscurity adjacent Sanders successful early scouting reports. 

The shot world was starting to recognize they were seeing thing unprecedented. 

Day 2, 9:30 p.m. EST: Shedeur suffers a ‘cruel' joke aft falling past nan 2nd round

The 2nd information came and went without Sanders getting picked, truthful he waited successful nan third. The family's draught acquisition was broadcast connected Twitch, and astatine 1 point, Sanders was seen answering a telephone telephone that he assumed was from a wide head making nan determination to draught him. 

The backmost had a large grin connected his look arsenic he answered and greeted nan caller, pinch friends and family crowding astir him. 

"I'm good, been waiting connected you," he said. 

But nan imposter connected nan different broadside told nan eager young jock that he would "have to hold a small longer," arsenic Sanders' grin quickly faded.

The caller was attempting to impersonate Saints wide head Mickey Loomis, a video posted by Deion Jr. later showed. 

The telephone near Shedeur and nan full family confused. 

"Nobody has that number but coaches, strictly for that reason. Why get mad? They want you to person a definite type of guidance to it," He told his relative connected nan video. "They want you to consciousness bad. But I ain’t trippin’."

Day 2, 11:20 p.m. EST: Round 3 ends pinch 2 much quarterbacks taken, arsenic Shedeur's descent becomes "unprecedented"

When nan 3rd information ended Friday night, ESPN's Adam Schefter called Sanders' draught descent "unprecedented." 

Superstar backmost Patrick Mahomes moreover appeared to measurement successful connected nan contention pinch a elemental tweet precocious Friday evening. 

The federation simply couldn't judge that Sanders would be, astatine nan earliest, nan sixth backmost taken successful nan draft, aft Jalen Milroe retired of Alabama went to nan Seahawks astatine 92 and Dillon Gabriel went to nan Browns astatine 94. 

Kiper said of nan development. "I deliberation it's disgusting. I don't understand what nan heck's going connected pinch this," Kiper said connected ESPN. 

Meanwhile, Stephen A. Smith had already begun to comparison nan business to Colin Kaepernick being retired of nan NFL since 2016 aft his infamous kneels during nan nationalist anthem. 

Day 3, morning: A federation connected edge, a family astatine ease

The Sanders family ne'er succumbed to negativity successful nan nationalist passim nan historical descent and sadistic prank.

Shedeur himself thanked God respective times, contempt everything that was going connected aft falling past nan 3rd round. 

Deion Jr. made 5 X posts citing Bible verses making love backmost to Thursday, and was often re-sharing them arsenic his relative fell successful nan draft. 

But extracurricular nan Sanders family home, nan remainder of nan state was tearing itself isolated complete Sanders' slide.

ESPN’s Booger McFarland had already succumbed to nan statement that "It’s gotta beryllium astir much than football," while NFL Network's Joel Klatt pointed nan digit astatine nan narratives that were built astir Sanders during nan pre-draft process. 

"Shedeur represents everything I dislike astir nan NFL Draft, and it’s only 1 thing: It’s narratives. It’s narratives that are built up, lazy, and rather frankly, trash," Klatt said. 

And nan statement raged good beyond sports. 

Bartsool laminitis Dave Portnoy amped up online group arguments complete Sanders' descent by responding to Smith's Kaepernick comparisons connected X.

ESPN power big Peter Rosenberg posted a long-ranging thread connected X, arguing that title had been a facet successful Sanders' draught slide. 

Conservative filmmaker Matt Walsh moreover sewage successful connected nan discussion, scrutinizing Sanders and agreeing pinch his slide. 

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Day 3, 2:15 p.m. EST: The descent ends, but nan statement has only begun

Sanders was yet taken pinch nan 144th prime connected Saturday day erstwhile nan Browns ended nan slide. 

Sanders' family celebrated nan prime pinch nan aforesaid grade of enthusiasm had it occurred successful nan first round, streaming a boisterous group ceremony connected Twitch erstwhile nan prime was announced. 

However, Kiper, Smith and countless different salient mainstream sports media figures spent plentifulness of clip aft that continuing to passionately statement nan slide. 

The group conversations astir nan business haven't died down crossed societal media. 

The Shedeur Sanders era is judge to beryllium rife pinch nationalist speech for years to come. 

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