What would lead you to believe that Shedeur will not respond to NFL coaching?
When guys come into the league dependent on their physical skills those are the guys who don't improve with pro level coaching. I earlier used the example of Paxton Lynch with the Broncos. He was the combine prototype, big, fast, strong arm, above average accuracy in drills. What he didn't do was study the offense he was in and the defenses he faced, he didn't work to make the adjustments he needed to make.
The offenses Shedeur ran at Jackson and at CU were obviously built around him because it would have been dumb not to take advantage of an elite talent, and especially at CU because other than Shedeur the elite talent CU had was at the WR positions. Even there though, and
@#1 pick can go deeper into this than I because he watched him closely at Jackson State, Shedeur both adapted to adjustments and changes in the offense and made leaps in his abilities to read and attack defenses.
The hardest thing to build at the major college level is an offensive line. You not only have to fill five positions but you have to get those five to play in unison, as a single unit. If a receiving corps is lacking talent at one position or has a guy who doesn't meet the mental demands of the position you can go elsewhere. I.E. the Buffs never found a TE who was really a P4 level multi-dimensional threat. Compared to the Dorrell years the OL has made huge leaps but it was still grossly imcomplete. If your OL has one or more weaknesses quality DCs will see them and attack them.
As a result of all of this the reality was that if CU was going to win it wasn't going to be with a running game and a quick passing game. They had no choice but to put their fortunes on the ability of Shedeur and his WRs to make game breaking plays with the deep passing game. Result an offense that ask him to play hero ball holding the ball until he could find big plays deep.
In the pros he will be trained to more often go to his quick read, find and go to the shorter breaking receiver, to use his TEs and his slot WR instead of depending on waiting for somebody to get open deep. He has already shown clearly he can make those throws and even his critics acknowledge that he has above average intelligence as a QB.
He will have to improve his footwork in the pocket and learn to trust his early reads, those are things that plenty of young QBs have had to do. Zero reason to believe that Shedeur can't or won't do the same.
The media people who are talking about him falling out of the 1st round are making stuff up for clicks, that isn't happening. He may fall some in part because the teams that are at the top of the draft are frequently teams that have a history of making mistakes.
This isn't just Buffs fan talking but I believe he is a better pro prospect than Cam Ward. He isn't as good as some of the highly drafted guys in recent years drafts but he is a first round worthy QB and QB is far and away the most valuable position in the game. He will go high. Travis may be the best football player in the draft in a number of years but not being a QB and the confusion about exactly how to use him will likely drop him a few spots.
