Deion Sanders is urging critics of his family to 'stop lying'' while also citing the case of legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady as an example that son Shedeur will follow.

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Deion Sanders is urging critics of his family to 'stop lying'' while also citing the case of legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady as an example that son Shedeur will follow. originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Pro Football Hall of Famer is putting the NFL on blast for creating "foolish'' lies that he claims negatively impacted his son Shedeur's draft status.
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'They want to create these narratives and create these stories and then attach them to a kid that ain't never done nothing wrong,' said Deion, a legendary Dallas Cowboys icon who is now the coach at the University of Colorado, where his son Shedeur starred as a QB. 'It did hurt.
"It did hurt.'
Deion means it "hurt'' emotionally as he is now loudly disputing assertions that Shedeur acted arrogantly and unprofessionally in pre-draft interviews with NFL teams.
'When you sit up there and say something like he went into a meeting unprepared, like dude, Shedeur Sanders, who's had six different coordinators?' Deion Sanders said on a podcast on Friday with former NFL cornerback Asante Samuel, adding that Shedeur is a 'dawg' who would 'rise to the top.'
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Shedeur was eventually drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round after having previously been projected by some experts as a first-round pick.
'When you sit up there and say something like he went into a meeting unprepared, like dude, Shedeur Sanders, who's had six different coordinators?' Deion Sanders said on the podcast. 'You gonna tell me he had on headphones, Shedeur? Anybody know my son understand he's a professional. Like he's gonna go into a meeting with headphones on?'
Shedeur himself has suggested that there are some things about his handling of the process that he would do differently. He's presently one of five QBs on the Browns roster, with third-round rookie Dillon Gabriel among those who could be ahead of him presently on the depth chart.
Deion is urging critics of his family to 'stop lying'' while also citing the case of legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady as an example that Shedeur will follow.
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Brady was selected in the sixth round of the draft in 2000 but went on to become the winningest Super Bowl QB of all time.
'The Bible says God uses the foolish things to confound the wise, so it was some foolish stuff that went on, but you know what? That gave them something that they needed ... like that edge that Tom had,' Sanders said.
This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jun 2, 2025, where it first appeared.