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It looks as though Colorado’s QB isn’t headed to Vegas or New York anymore.
Even though the college football season has come to an end for the Colorado Buffaloes, a hectic offseason is only getting starting for CU’s best.
Two Buffs are projected to be picked in the top-five of the NFL Draft, as Buffs quarterback Shedeur Sanders is projected to be a top-three pick when the draft rolls around in April. Sanders is currently projected as the heavy favorite to be the first overall pick, but after some recent wins and losses around the league, everything may be up in the air for him.
Up until the last ten days ago or so, it seemed like a sure thing that Shedeur was destined to be either a Las Vegas Raider or a New York Giant. The hype surrounding Shedeur becoming a Raider started a while ago now, but within the last month, Shedeur has played his own role in feeding into the narratives surrounding him being both a Raider and a Giant.
First, Shedeur posted a video to his Instagram story of the Las Vegas Raiders Stadium and titled it with his trademarked “Legendary” phrase.
More recently, Sanders has teased interest in becoming a New York Giant, with many fans noticing Giant’s cleats in his locker at the Alamo Bowl this past Saturday.
These antics are fun and all, but the unfortunate thing for Shedeur is that these teams are no longer likely to have the top picks in the draft and some other QB-needy teams have leaped ahead of them now in the draft order. With the Raiders and Giants both winning this past Sunday, these teams will likely now hold the eighth and fourth picks respectively. The teams suspected of needing a quarterback that have jumped ahead of New York and Las Vegas are the Tennessee Titans and the Cleveland Browns with the third and second picks.
It isn’t a stretch to think that Shedeur may be less enthused with these locations, as Cleveland and Nashville can struggle to provide to sparkle and media spotlight of bigger cities like Las Vegas and New York. Historically, there is a precedent set for quarterbacks to refuse to play somewhere if they don’t feel like they’ll have success, like Eli Manning and John Elway.
Manning and Elway may have never won their two super bowls had they not done everything he could to get out of playing in San Diego and Baltimore, althrough there’s nothing alluding to the fact that Sanders will take the same route. This year shaping up to be one of the most interesting top 5 draft picks in recent memory, as the Patriots hold the rights to the number one pick right now and are mocked to pick fellow Buffalo Travis Hunter. If the Giants or Raiders decide to come up in the draft order for the quarterback despreately need, they’ll need to strike a bargain with the Pats and likely pay a hefty price.
Be sure to tune into the action this Sunday, as we will find out the draft order for the top 18 picks. This order could change dramatically this weekend and could have a dramatic effect on the future of Sanders’ NFL career.
Weigh-in down below, where do you guys think Shedeur will be heading?
by Jacob.Thompson
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