I want Shedeur Sanders to succeed. There, I said it.
I believe Sanders has been held to brutal and unfair standards by the NFL and some fans. I think he's paying for the "sins" of his father, Deion Sanders, who some coaches and front offices in the league don't like because Deion is so flamboyant.
This is not breaking news. I've heard this. Talked about this. Others have. The league wanted to teach Shedeur (and his father) a lesson, and they did with that with the draft.
When Eric Dickerson said this recently, it was dismissed by some as a cranky old man yelling at clouds. It's not that I believe Dickerson, it's that this is the NFL. You cover the NFL long enough and you know how the league works. They are Weyland-Yutani from "Alien." They are The Company. With the league, all is possible.
"I tell you this much," Dickerson said, "what I heard from someone that's in the NFL that the NFL told [teams], 'Don't draft him, do not draft him. We're going to make an example out of him.' And this came from a very good source, a very good source."
