Shedeur Sanders
Draft Collusion Idea ‘Nonsense’
… Leigh Steinberg Says
Revealed
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Pack up the tin foil hats and UFO paraphernalia … NFL agent Leigh Steinberg tells TMZ Sports activities the conspiracy concept that homeowners blackballed Shedeur Sanders throughout final weekend’s draft is “nonsense.”
The previous Univ. of Colorado signal-caller, after all, was largely anticipated to be a first-round choose … however tumbled all the way in which to the fifth spherical on Saturday — which had folks racing to social media to accuse franchises of colluding with each other to maintain Deion‘s son down.
Steinberg, although, informed us this week there’s simply no manner that really occurred.
“As a result of groups need to add to their roster gamers that give them an opportunity to win,” he defined. “And that want to have the perfect gamers overruns every other conspiracy concept. Groups would draft a participant who’s obtained nice expertise on the sphere — he simply did not discover a match within the course of.”
As a substitute, Steinberg — Patrick Mahomes‘ agent — stated if folks need to level the finger someplace … they need to begin with Shedeur’s pre-draft course of.
Steinberg informed us he believes not throwing on the mix — plus not making ready sufficiently for interviews with normal managers — have been massive causes for his slide.
He additionally stated the QB’s 13-12 file with the Buffaloes — and his well-known father’s massive shadow — seemingly performed a task as effectively.
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Nonetheless, Steinberg informed us it may all be “a very good factor” for the younger Sanders’ profession — pointing on the market’s now no strain for the 23-year-old to start out immediately.
“He can nonetheless be a dominant participant,” Steinberg stated, “it is only a slower path.”
