{"id":321532,"date":"2025-04-30T04:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T09:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/shedeur-sanders-draft-collusion-theory-is-nonsense-nfl-agent-leigh-steinberg-says"},"modified":"2025-04-30T04:35:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T09:35:16","slug":"shedeur-sanders-draft-collusion-theory-is-nonsense-nfl-agent-leigh-steinberg-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/shedeur-sanders-draft-collusion-theory-is-nonsense-nfl-agent-leigh-steinberg-says","title":{"rendered":"Shedeur Sanders Draft Collusion Concept Is &#039;Nonsense,&#039; NFL Agent Leigh Steinberg Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Shedeur Sanders<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Draft Collusion Theory &#8216;Nonsense&#8217;<\/span><br \/>\n             <span class=\"article__header--hf3 text-titlecase h2\">&#8230; Leigh Steinberg Says<\/span><br \/>\n           <\/h2>\n<p>    <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n            Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-04-30T00:30:23-07:00\">April 30, 2025 12:30 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"45.7309090909\">\n<section id=\"cb-f543c57a8c44d74cd1ca3b4f3d7c42b5\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-ab56432d-33b9-42bc-b4ec-ef9dcf48a401-1541046916-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-ab56432d-33b9-42bc-b4ec-ef9dcf48a401-1541046916-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Colorado\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/e4\/16by9\/2025\/04\/29\/e4712dbb5b954eceb1e75dc193b3b650_md.jpg\" alt=\"leigh-steinberg-shadeur-blackballed-kal-04-29-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f543c57a8c44d74cd1ca3b4f3d7c42b5--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-def69988c05a9c0915d1f5810c95e4a1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"23.7788944724\">\n<p>Pack up the tin foil hats and UFO paraphernalia &#8230; NFL agent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/leigh-steinberg\/\"><strong>Leigh Steinberg<\/strong><\/a> tells <strong>TMZ Sports<\/strong> the conspiracy theory that owners blackballed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/shedeur-sanders\/\"><strong>Shedeur Sanders<\/strong><\/a> during last weekend&#8217;s draft is &#8220;nonsense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-def69988c05a9c0915d1f5810c95e4a1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b0d0368ea5be8654c3196bdb459d89a9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30.4444444444\">\n<p>The former Univ. of Colorado signal-caller, of course, was largely expected to be a first-round pick &#8230; but tumbled all the way to the fifth round on Saturday &#8212; which had people racing to social media to accuse franchises of colluding with one another to keep <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/deion-sanders\/\"><strong>Deion<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s son down.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b0d0368ea5be8654c3196bdb459d89a9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b8ca7d2f3d4b1da7589e828040dc61d1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b8ca7d2f3d4b1da7589e828040dc61d1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-489dca6f1911bc7a399a63b3348dd3e7\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Steinberg, though, told us this week there&#8217;s just no way that actually happened.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-489dca6f1911bc7a399a63b3348dd3e7--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-f1d254c81bc7bf50f9988afe94f717ef\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>&#8220;Because teams want to add to their roster players that give them a chance to win,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;And that desire to have the best players overruns any other conspiracy theory. Teams would draft a player who&#8217;s got great talent on the field &#8212; he just didn&#8217;t find a match in the process.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-f1d254c81bc7bf50f9988afe94f717ef--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-0886a0abfd3b3143324bfe271a2c9762\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n         <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250429_c60de7ae47a94ad4ae2a9cdf2f45f656\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:9e62a6f6-07af-48a4-976d-33511569beb9\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c6\/4by3\/2025\/04\/29\/c60de7ae47a94ad4ae2a9cdf2f45f656_md.jpg\" alt=\"leigh steinberg patrick mahomes nfl sub getty swipe\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n        <\/div>\n<p>         <\/a>\n   <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0886a0abfd3b3143324bfe271a2c9762--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c60a5e779200d32f58b606d945e91a49\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"26.1568627451\">\n<p>Instead, Steinberg &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/patrick-mahomes\/\"><strong>Patrick Mahomes<\/strong><\/a>&#8216; agent &#8212; said if people want to point the finger somewhere &#8230; they should start with Shedeur&#8217;s pre-draft process.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c60a5e779200d32f58b606d945e91a49--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-58fe29ea8e9bcc686dc96486f2a8c2cb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Steinberg told us he believes not throwing at the combine &#8212; plus not preparing sufficiently for interviews with general managers &#8212; were big reasons for his slide.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-58fe29ea8e9bcc686dc96486f2a8c2cb--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-adea58ebe3ed47f83ed379336572bc93\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>He also said the QB&#8217;s 13-12 record with the Buffaloes &#8212; and his famous father&#8217;s large shadow &#8212; likely played a role as well.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-adea58ebe3ed47f83ed379336572bc93--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b3d51506f5679cc29f062894263b8cb0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-80156168-bed7-4e6f-8a01-eb6eaab3ba96-23091041-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n     <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-80156168-bed7-4e6f-8a01-eb6eaab3ba96-23091041-play-btn\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n     <\/button><br \/>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/1a\/16by9\/2025\/04\/29\/1a6169839c09455c8221563f011017ef_md.jpg\" alt=\"leigh-steinberg-shadeur-high-expectations-kal-04-29-2025\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n         <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>          <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZSports.com<\/span>\n     <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b3d51506f5679cc29f062894263b8cb0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-186a3d612ed527a184b2a2ea234f95a1\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>Nonetheless, Steinberg told us it could all be &#8220;a really good thing&#8221; for the young Sanders&#8217; career &#8212; pointing out there&#8217;s now no pressure for the 23-year-old to start right away.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-186a3d612ed527a184b2a2ea234f95a1--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-780f290b1a98f04e74f7634a8ddf8ffd\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29\">\n<p>&#8220;He can still be a dominant player,&#8221; Steinberg said, &#8220;it&#8217;s just a slower path.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-780f290b1a98f04e74f7634a8ddf8ffd--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/04\/30\/shedeur-sanders-draft-theory-nonsense-leigh-steinberg\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shedeur Sanders Draft Collusion Theory &#8216;Nonsense&#8217; &#8230; Leigh Steinberg Says Published April 30, 2025 12:30 AM PDT Play video content TMZSports.com Pack up the tin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321532"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321534,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321532\/revisions\/321534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}