Shedeur Sanders Passed On By Saints For Tyler Shough In 2nd Round Of Nfl Draft As Stunning Slide Continues

Shedeur Sanders' draft tumble continues. 

After falling past nan first information of nan NFL Draft connected Thursday, Sanders wasn't moreover nan first backmost taken successful nan 2nd information connected Friday.

The New Orleans Saints, pinch nan 40th wide pick, chose erstwhile Louisville backmost Tyler Shough.

Sanders was projected by immoderate to contend for nan No. 1 wide prime this year. Shough was projected arsenic nan 5th champion backmost successful nan draft.

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So Sanders continues to wait, while nan NFL's owners and wide managers research different options. 

Earlier connected Friday, President Donald Trump ripped "stupid" NFL owners for passing connected nan prima Colorado backmost and letting him autumn into nan 2nd round.

"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," Trump wrote successful a Truth Social post. 

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"He should beryllium "picked" IMMEDIATELY by a squad that wants to WIN. Good luck Shedeur, and opportunity hullo to your awesome father!"

Meanwhile, Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman joined nan statement Friday, suggesting nan logic Sanders slid was because "America continues to fearfulness beardown achromatic men."

"The NFL doesn’t for illustration [Shedeur]Sanders because he wears golden chains and talks for illustration a rapper. They don’t attraction that he’s a leader, intelligent, reliable and completed 77% of his passes pinch nary O-line and nary moving game. He’s entitled but Eli Manning wasn’t entitled erstwhile he refused to beryllium drafted by San Diego?" Bowman wrote connected X. 

"He’s not athletic, but that didn’t extremity Joe Montana, Drew Brees aliases Tom Brady. America continues to fearfulness beardown achromatic men who travel from intends and person a beardown consciousness of themselves without submitting to nan 'dominant' culture."

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College Football: Colorado backmost Shedeur Sanders (2) successful action, looks connected vs Arizona astatine Folsom Field. Boulder, CO 11/11/2023 (Jamie Schwaberow/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

In footage posted by In footage posted by Sanders' relative Deion Sanders Jr. connected Thursday night, Shedeur addressed not being taken successful a reside to his family erstwhile nan first nighttime of nan draught was over.

"We each didn't expect this, of course, but I consciousness for illustration pinch God, thing possible, everything possible. I don't consciousness for illustration this happened for nary reason. All of this is, of course, substance to nan fire. Under nary circumstances did we each cognize this was going to happen, but we understand we connected to bigger and amended things," nan quarterback said. 

"Tomorrow's nan day. We going to beryllium happy regardless. Legendary."

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