Days earlier than Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders shockingly slid all the way in which to the fifth spherical of the 2025 NFL Draft, a story shared feedback from an unnamed “longtime NFL assistant coach” who mentioned Sanders is “so entitled” and was accountable for “the worst formal interview” that coach had skilled.
That very same piece quoted a “longtime AFC govt” who mentioned Sanders “makes you’re feeling small” and “desires to dictate what he’ll do and what’s greatest for him.”
On the newest version of the “New Heights” podcast, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs star tight finish Travis Kelce used loads of not-safe-for-work language to problem these nameless sources to “say who they had been.”
“That’s so f—— lame,” Kelce added, per Matt Ehalt of the New York Submit. “I simply really feel like there’s no validity to it.”
NFL Media character Kyle Brandt, a “high-level NFL executive” and a Colorado reporter ripped the nameless sources earlier than the draft opened on April 24. Nonetheless, multiple reports have since detailed how Sanders allegedly bombed predraft interviews with groups, maybe in an try to find out his touchdown spot.
The Cleveland Browns finally traded up to draft Sanders with decide No. 144.
“What I noticed of the movie, I assumed he was a manner greater decide, and that’s all I feel ought to matter. It doesn’t appear to be he’s a horrible individual,” Kelce added about Sanders. “…I really feel like that is going to be such a recent begin for him. I can see him working his a– off and turning into the beginning quarterback in Cleveland in some unspecified time in the future, for certain.”
Podcast co-host and former Philadelphia Eagles heart Jason Kelce identified that groups merely didn’t “assume the potential of Shedeur Sanders panning out on the subsequent stage is excessive sufficient to warrant an earlier decide.” The Kelce brothers are initially from Cleveland Heights, and Jason famous that he is “rooting for” Sanders to show doubters improper.
“I really like this for Cleveland,” Travis Kelce mentioned about Sanders ending up with the Browns. “God, I really like this for Cleveland. I actually do, man. The Browns fan deep down in my coronary heart is like, ‘F— yeah.’ You get a swag champ that works his a– off that has one thing to show now — not that he didn’t earlier than, however he’s obtained that chip on his shoulder, I’m certain, due to how a lot he dropped.”
Reporters and analysts beforehand questioned how veteran gamers would react to a big-name rookie corresponding to Sanders becoming a member of their locker room. It might be fascinating to see if present members of the Browns echo Travis’ phrases as Sanders competes with Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett and fellow rookie Dillon Gabriel for Cleveland’s beginning quarterback job this summer season.
