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The 2025 NFL Draft brought its fair share of surprises, but the Shedeur Sanders saga became a hotly debated topic.
The Cleveland Browns selected Sanders in the fifth round. Shortly after the selection, Sanders took to social media to share a short but emotional message: โThank you GOD.โ In the days since, many figures in the sports world and beyond have shared thoughts about why Sanders fell down the draft boards.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter is one of the latest former NFL stars to weigh in on the Sanders situation.
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In what appeared to be his unfiltered take, Carter suggested Sanders sacrificed tens of millions of dollars due to his disposition and overall handling leading up to last weekโs draft.
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"(Sheduer and his family) thinking that he was in the same evaluation mode as Eli Manning, they didnโt play that right," Carter said during a recent sitdown on the โFully Loadedโ podcast.
"Them trying to narrow the teams that he was going to go to? That didnโt go right. Not working out at the Combine? That wasnโt the right thing. His interview process. Obviously, he couldโve done a lot better than that. A lot of people left meetings feeling he was very, very entitled."
The NFL legend also pushed back on the notion that the league colluded to prevent Sanders from becoming a high draft pick. Carter asserted that the former Colorado quarterback and his family โoverplayed their hand.โ
"A number of things happened. The No. 1 thing that didnโt happen was there was not a collusion message with the NFL owners," Carter stated. "They wouldnโt be able to keep a secret like that. They wouldnโt be able to shut up about it. Every owner is very, very selfish. Now, why would I do something to my detriment? Like, if I need a quarterback, and I think this kid is it? What he didnโt realize is, the guys that have fallen in the draft before, they all had unusual traits. They had some superstar qualities to them. Some other things happened that made them fall, but Shedeur and his family overplayed their hand."
Carter did admit Sanders had intangibles that were worthy of a first-round pick, but not before he took aim at the quarterback's physical traits.
"He doesnโt have a big-time arm. Heโs not a big guy. Heโs not overly athletic. His measurables are not, say, first-round measurables. But he played football like a first-rounder. โฆ But you donโt play football all the time. Youโre a human-being the rest of the time," Carter said.
Sanders finished the 2024 season with 4,134 passing yards. He is the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer and Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders. He will join a crowded quarterback room in Cleveland that features Deshaun Watson, Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and Dillon Gabriel.
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