Star NY Giants Player Lashes Out at NFL Teams over Shedeur Sanders Draft Position Discrepancy: "Can't Treat Someone Like That"
Unfiltered Take: The NFL world's still abuzz about Shedeur Sanders after getting drafted in round five, despite his hopes of being a first-round pick.
Hot take alert: Malik Nabers, NY Giants' wide receiver, recently spilled some tea about the Sanders situation on a podcast. He's livid about NFL teams letting Sanders drop beyond his perceived talent. Nabers thinks the league treated Sanders unfairly, saying teams can't knock his talent.
On the "7PM in Brooklyn" podcast with Carmelo Anthony and The Kid Mero, Nabers defended Sanders against criticisms. He talked about Sanders' ability to make accurate throws under pressure and even shared clips of him escaping multiple tackles and throwing downfield.
Nabers also dismissed off-field concerns about Sanders, arguing that we shouldn't let feelings about his personality affect our judgment of his football skills. He even defended Deion, saying the NFL's decision to pass on Sanders wasn't Deion's fault but just a power play to show who's boss.
It's clear from Nabers' statements that he's got Sanders' back. But, let's face it, the NFL frequently drafts players with character issues and arrests. Sanders' perceived off-field issues didn't seem to be the main reason for the draft slide. But with so many teams skipping over him, there's obviously something throwing critics off.
Enrichment Gems:
- NFL teams potentially felt Sanders and his camp overestimated his draft position, hindering constructive feedback from evaluators.
- Analysis suggests Sanders was questionably viewed as overrated as a player relative to draft-class peers, with teams doubting his readiness due to less polished collegiate performance.
- Teams perceived Sanders' pre-draft interactions as arrogant, which damaged his stock, with one analyst stating, "the NFL will humble anyone" during evaluations.
- The unique QB situation in Cleveland might have influenced their selection of Sanders at No. 144, as they needed developmental depth behind Kenny Pickett and Joe Flacco.
- Malik Nabers, the NY Giants' wide receiver, has expressed frustration over Shedeur Sanders being drafted in the fifth round, believing it was unfair as he believed Sanders should have been a first-round pick.
- On a podcast with Carmelo Anthony and The Kid Mero, Nabers defended Sanders against criticisms, sharing clips of his exceptional play under pressure and his ability to evade tackles and throw downfield.
- Nabers further dismissed off-field concerns about Sanders, stating that evaluators should not let personal feelings about his personality affect their judgment of his football skills.
- Analysis suggests that some NFL teams may have viewed Sanders as overrated compared to his draft-class peers, doubting his readiness based on a less polished collegiate performance and finding his pre-draft interactions to be arrogant, which may have affected his draft position.
