Shedeur Sanders
Draft Collusion Principle ‘Nonsense’
… Leigh Steinberg Says
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Pack up the tin foil hats and UFO paraphernalia … NFL agent Leigh Steinberg tells TMZ Sports activities the conspiracy principle that homeowners blackballed Shedeur Sanders throughout final weekend’s draft is “nonsense.”
The previous Univ. of Colorado signal-caller, in fact, was largely anticipated to be a first-round decide … however tumbled all the best way 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 means that really occurred.
“As a result of groups wish to add to their roster gamers that give them an opportunity to win,” he defined. “And that want to have the most effective gamers overruns some other conspiracy principle. Groups would draft a participant who’s obtained nice expertise on the sector — he simply did not discover a match within the course of.”
As an alternative, Steinberg — Patrick Mahomes‘ agent — mentioned if folks wish 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 getting ready sufficiently for interviews with normal managers — had been large causes for his slide.
He additionally mentioned the QB’s 13-12 file with the Buffaloes — and his well-known father’s giant shadow — seemingly performed a task as nicely.
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Nonetheless, Steinberg informed us it might 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 instantly.
“He can nonetheless be a dominant participant,” Steinberg mentioned, “it is only a slower path.”
