Two-time Super Bowl champion and former Colorado tight end Christian Fauria lambasted coach Deion Sanders for how he’s run the football program at Colorado, saying he’s not “very bright” and that “brainwashed” people support him “regardless of how stupid he is sometimes.”
Fauria, 54, made these comments this week when asked about Sanders on “The Zach Gelb Show.” Fauria played at Colorado from 1990 to 1994 under coach Bill McCartney before moving on to the NFL, where he won two Super Bowls as a member of the New England Patriots. Fauria’s son Caleb also was on the Colorado team when Sanders was hired in December 2022 but then transferred to Delaware for the 2024 season.
“I'm just not a fan of the coach,” Fauria said on the podcast. “I'm not. I'll never be a fan of the coach. I love the school. And this isn't me picking on Deion Sanders, because I pick on (former NFL coach) Joe Gibbs. The worst coach I've ever had was Joe Gibbs (with the Washington NFL team), so me picking on Deion Sanders is nothing. I just don't like the way he coaches football. I don't think he's very bright. I don't think he can manage a game. I think there's a lot of flash, but I think there's no substance, you know. And he's got a lot of people, like, brainwashed.”
