Shedeur Sanders has his own quarterback coach and assistant general manager with the power to create a disruption large enough to get a Coach and GM fired. So no wonder no one wanted to draft him.
So how could Shedeur Sanders possibly slide to the fifth round? And why is it a good move to draft him in Round 5 if the Browns had already drafted Dillon Gabriel in Round 3?
Once you realize that the GM who would draft Shedeur in Round 1 would surely be fired, the answer is obvious. Deion Sanders has too much political power and the team cannot afford to blow a Round 1 draft pick. Deion had said explicitly in the weeks and months leading up to the draft that there were a few teams that he would not allow his son to play for. That is, USAToday on January 10, 2025 reported as follows: "Colorado coach Deion Sanders issued another reminder that he will intervene if his quarterback son Shedeur is drafted by an NFL team he doesn’t like and said there are a 'couple of teams that I won’t allow him to play for.'"
So.....Okay.....Suppose you are an NFL GM. How does this impact your choice in the first round? Well, if you draft Shedeur and find out that Prime does not like your team, he demands a trade, and you have very little leverage. Prime is a multimillionaire and his family does not really need the money. Shedeur can stay out of the game or play in the UFL or something, generate fan gear money or other notoriety-based income and force you to trade him. You, the GM, are humiliated and run the great risk of being fired for wasting a first round draft pick.
Or what if he plays and hits a rough patch, throws several interceptions? If you bench the kid, Good Lord! All Hell breaks loose! Here again, if you started out on the Sanders "Good List," you just got demoted to the "Bad List."
It's obvious that this is much more negative risk than any other prospect in football. This guy could get you FIRED. Browns fans know this only too well, having suffered through the Johnny Manziel debacle as well as the Deshaun Watson Mega-mess-up. We believe that meddling ownership was behind both of these deals.
Now, the dynamic changes completely if Shedeur is a fifth-round pick in a competition with three other credible candidates. Deion can say, "Start my kid or he is going to quit the team!" and Andrew Berry is going to say, "Good! That helps us figure out which three guys we are going to keep! Bur you're still under contract and we are not trading your rights for nothing!"
Losing a fifth round pick is a tolerable ar
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