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Who are you rooting for in Super Bowl 60?

  • New England Patriots

    Votes: 11 22.0%

  • Seattle Seahawks

    Votes: 25 50.0%

  • Team State Farm

    Votes: 1 2.0%

  • The Meteor

    Votes: 13 26.0%
  • Total voters
    50
  • Poll closed .
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Absolutego said:
There's a fifth thing to consider that you left out:
Any coach/GM duo drafting Shadeur with an intention of starting him at any point has to worry about Coach Prime coming for their jobs.
Remember, he was saying he was going to stay coaching Jackson State all of a week before he announced he was going to Colorado and taking all his favorite players with him. His word now that he doesn't want to move up to the professional level means fuck all. And there are absolutely owners in the NFL stupid enough to sign up for the Deion show if it'll sell tickets.
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I could not imagine the absolute disaster of Neon Deion being a HC in the NFL. While I can appreciate someone running their own program in a very personalized way, the drawbacks will eventually present themselves. The drawbacks from how he does things are somewhat manageable in college due to young players, the NIL, and general culture/atmosphere at that level, but I simply can't fathom how it'd go at the professional level.

TBH, it's still TBD how it'll work long-term at the collegiate level. I'm REALLY excited how year 5 compares to year 2 (assuming he is at Colorado that long) because I think the logical conclusion is a programmatic implosion. It's only vaguely working now because the NIL and friendly media allows Colorado to hotswap players and coaches, but I want to see what happens when the upward momentum stagnates. Especially whenever that stagnation's lifecycle goes from tiny blip to "Houston, we've got a real problem that we can't fix by the transfer portal". I imagine it'll go downhill REAL FAST.
Count Grishnackh said:
Blah, blah, blah. If he's so good, why wasn't he drafted in the first 2 days?
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This shit is so stupid and illustrates the fake hype surrounding Shedeur even more. Not that 3rd round picks are throwaway, but if any of these clowns really believed that, he'd be gone already instead of still being available in the middle of the 4th. This is the area where players have glaring holes but potential upside. One of the knocks on Shedeur was his limited upside as far as athleticism.
Absolutego said:
Not every athlete snubbed during the draft is Tom Brady. In fact, I would guess a kid who didn't constantly have to compete for his spot in college, has had his famous father as his only coach, and (again) has been handed every career accolade that isn't directly linked to on field performance will have the most healthy response to sliding like this.
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Unironically, his success and draft day(s) experience stem from this. Most of the perceived issues would have been mitigated if he didn't play for his daddeh since high school, but he wouldn't have had nearly as many opportunities or implicit catering if he went elsewhere. I think that's why his fall is so fascinating. It's the perfect storm and perfect position to have such high expectations and such a low reality.
 
Pure Soap said:
What would be funnier/cause more Coach Primate seethe?

He goes undrafted
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The funniest thing of all would be some team thinking there's actually something worthwhile with Shilo and drafting him in the late sixth round while Shadeur remained undrafted.

Won't happen, since Shilo couldn't cover receivers at the collegiate level and was a liability every time he stepped on the field, but if there was somehow, some way to pull that one off, that would still be funny AF.
 
Dragged Into Sunlight said:
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No one tells them to be humble because they all actually accomplished something. The younger Sanders had never won anything of significance--not even a bowl game.

Deion, while being an incredible distraction, was probably in the top five of most physically gifted players in NFL history, and he had an insane work ethic. There are stories of him buying one of the first portable DVD players and thousands of dollars worth of batteries to be able to watch more film on the team plane.
 
The Mel Kiper spaghetti spilling has permeated the nfl network broadcast with Rich Eisen getting in on the action.

There must have been something in the water in Bristol with all of the soapbox antics these current and former espn employees display. Maybe they feel a kinship with Shedeur; they're all arrogant and entitled blowhards.
 
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It's hilarious. I was listening to Chad Johnson talk about how teams are afraid of a "free black man from a free black family" and rolled my eyes. I like Chad Johnson. I understand the point he's trying to make, but teams do not give a shit about that if:
- He was uber talented
- He could lead the locker room

We're at the point where teams simply don't believe he'd mesh well in the locker room (at best), or be a cancer and bring a toxic culture (at worst). Shedeur, very obviously, managed to convince teams that he is not someone they want to have a meaningful presence in the locker room. It's crazy because there is a line where there's enough talent to justify the risk regardless, but that line has yet to be found. I can't really comprehend how his pre-draft process could have been this much of a historic, monumental disaster, but it was...And still is.
Count Grishnackh said:
Since Shedeur will be drafted late(hopefully not at all), he'll probably try to use a Tom Brady comparison. :roll:
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God, I hope he had a wakeup call from this and doesn't come out of it with that expectation. I get playing the "chip on my shoulder card", but it doesn't help in this instance. There was so much gloating and condescension that it will not work here. I can understand needing confidence and strong ego to be successful in the NFL, but this shit isn't some guy who fell 10-20 picks (Aaron Rodgers, Brady Quinn, Josh Rosen). It's not some unknown who became a star (Tom Brady, Russell Wilson, Dak Prescott, Brock Purdy). It's a guy who was showboating about being a top 10 pick and still remaining available at the end of the 4th round.

On a related note, it's hilarious that one of Shedeur's "positives" was his close relationship with Tom Brady. The Raiders have skipped on him several times and they are in an ideal position to develop a QB for a few years.
 
OJ Simpson said:
The Mel Kiper spaghetti spilling has permeated the nfl network broadcast with Rich Eisen getting in on the action.

There must have been something in the water in Bristol with all of the soapbox antics these current and former espn employees display. Maybe they feel a kinship with Shedeur; they're all arrogant and entitled blowhards.
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Maybe because I generally like Rich Eisen and haven't seen what, if anything, he's saying today, but what he said last night wasn't terrible. He even wanted to push back on the idea that Shedeur's slide was meant to send a message to the Sanders family.
 
OJ Simpson said:
all of the soapbox antics these current and former espn employees display. Maybe they feel a kinship with Shedeur; they're all arrogant and entitled blowhards.
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Disney owns 80% of ESPN. Arrogant, entitled, and FUCKING CLUELESS blowhards are unfortunately par for the course.
Round 4 has just concluded. Round 5 starts with the Vikings who, despite their well-earned reputation for shooting themselves in the foot, won't take Sanders.
 
W00K #17 said:

Shedeur Sanders was prank called during the draft on Friday night​

Published April 26, 2025 07:24 AM


The excruciating free fall of Shedeur Sanders has been streamed live. Those watching last night may have believed the plunge was over.



Shedeur believed it, too.

Via Christian Arnold of the New York Post, someone prank called Sanders on Friday, leading him to believe he was about to be drafted.

“Been waiting on you,” Shedeur says.

The caller eventually says that he’s going to “have to wait a little longer.”

Shedeur pulls the phone away and says, “What does that mean?”

He was stunned due in large part to his belief that no one had the number.

Even more stunning was that Sanders hasn’t been picked through three rounds and 102 selections. The process resumes at noon ET on Saturday.
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Shedeur's POV:

Source (Archive)

Pranksters' POV:

Source (Archive)
 
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DSP's Tax Lawyer said:
With the 257th and final pick of the NFL 2025 draft, the Kansas City Chiefs select Shedeur Sanders
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I know you're joking, but the thought of them drafting him actually did briefly cross my mind last night. It's not like a media circus is foreign to them considering all of the Taylor Swift stuff as well as the run they've been on. Sanders would know immediately that he's going to be their backup at best, but he'd basically be in the best position possible to learn his trade; should that happen as well as some growth regarding his ego and maturity, it's not crazy to think that some desperate team would throw them a third round pick in a few years.

It's kind of silly, but it's also the NFL.
 
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