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Denver Broncos’ head coach Sean Payton has never needed a quarter-back entering the NFL 2025 draft, which is always a good place to be.
Bo Nix, the choice of team draft in 2024, showed a huge promise as a recruit, helping to lead Denver in the playoffs of a difficult western division of the AFC.
But that did not mean that Payton did not assess the quarters available in this year’s draft class, in particular Shedeur Sanders, who played on the Boulder road for the Colorado Buffaloes in the last two seasons.
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Denver Broncos’ head coach Sean Payton leaves the field after an NFL football match against Bengals from Cincinnati in Cincinnati, on Saturday December 28, 2024. (APPO PHOTO / CAROLYN KASTER)
Sanders resumed the scenarios of the NFL draft, while he slipped into the fifth round before the Browns of Cleveland finally took him with the choice n ° 144. Due to the unexpected fall of the Board of Directors, Payton issued a warning to the NFL teams about the prospect he had very well known.
“I saw [Shedeur] When he was in high school, then I saw him in high school, then I saw him when he was a second year student in high school when they were on the way to Florida, “said Payton, via ESPN.” He will, as there will be this chip on his shoulder, and beware because this guy will play in this league. “”
Payton was one of the many coaches who attended the professional day of Colorado, or, as DEION called “the premium coach” called him, “we have no trouble finding the window”.
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Payton left very impressed by what Sanders had put on the training field.
“We sat there. I looked right behind him … He had an exceptional professional day,” he said. “I think we are all surprised, and yet talent – Holy Cow, if you are a team that needs a quarter.”
Now Payton and the Sanders Sanders have a solid relationship, which was presented on the latter when he published a photo of them during the professional day smiling.
The quarter-arre of Colorado Buffaloes Shemer Sanders (2) famous after defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils at the Mountain America Stadium, domicile of the Sun Devils Asu. (Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY SPORTS)
But Payton was not only surprised because he knows the Sanders family well. Many others could not believe that he had slipped so far, to the point where the director general of Browns Andrew Berry admitted that they had taken it because he had been the best prospect available to “the most important position”.
“It’s surprising. We have evaluated it,” said Eliot Wolf, executive vice-president of the New England Patriots, Eliot Wolf, said after day 2, via ESPN. “I had the opportunity to watch him play against Oklahoma State this year … It was interesting to see that he is always available, and I’m sure there will be an overview for him tomorrow.”
Jerry Jones, the owner of the Dallas Cowboys who knows very well Deion Sanders, given his time with the organization, added: “I watched two or three games of ball with [Shedeur]. So, with my knowledge, I know where the character is, and my boy, he is a great character. He is an incredible competition of competition for sport. ALL RIGHT? And so I can tell you that. “”
Sheder Sanders admitted that “was not the plan”, especially given the first round notes that many had given him. And although there is probably no one who will not give an answer explained to explain why he slipped the dashboard, reports said he had bad meetings in the pre-project process with several teams, and maybe they were a factor.
Denver Broncos’ head coach Sean Payton takes out the tunnel before the match against the Saints of New Orleans in Caesars Superdome. (Images Stephen Lew-Imagn)
Anyway, Sanders celebrated at his home in Texas when the Browns finally took his name from the draft swimming pool. He is ready to go to work in a overcrowded quarter room, which includes his colleague recruited from the NFL Dillon Gabriel, which Cleveland took in the third round on Sanders, Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and Deshaun Watson, although his status for 2025 is in the air due to an injury.
“The time we spent with Sheder and what he did throughout his university career is impressive,” said Berry. “He is an impressive young man. He is a very good quarter-arre.”
