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The future of Shedeur Sanders is still up in the air with the NFL Draft not until next month and his reputation seemingly taking a bit of a hit.
The Colorado Buffaloes star's decision to miss part of the NFL Combine really ruffled feathers within the sport and he could be drafted later in the process than initially expected.
NFL Network insider Peter Schrager has spoken about how that Combine decision was taken by the NFL community.
"His point at the combine, and it rubbed people wrong, the way he had some bravado at it, is that he changes places when he gets there," Schrager said on the "Bill Simmons Podcast" on Tuesday.
"So Jackson State, obviously, went from this HBCU that had no resources to suddenly being a national name. And then he goes to Colorado and we had one week where 'Big Noon Kickoff' from Fox and 'GameDay' were there, Week 2, vying for real estate in Boulder. It happens. Shedeur has never wavered that he's a leader and those guys do respect him."
Confidence or arrogance from Sanders?
The Combine was a chance for Sanders to meet with representatives from different teams and also speak to the press about his ambitions.
"We went from Jackson State to Colorado and changed two programs back-to-back," Sanders said, with the "we" referencing his father coaching him at both schools. "You don't think I could come to an NFL franchise and change a program again? It's history. It's always going to repeat itself."
Some people took those comments as crossing the line between confidence and arrogance.
Veteran NFL reporter Josina Anderson said a quarterbacks coach from a team drafting in the first seven slots said Sanders came across "brash" and "arrogant."
"I'm just sharing that this coach's personal assessment is the direct opposite from how Sanders came across to many reporters in his press conference with the media at the combine," Anderson, formerly of ESPN, posted on X.
"Sanders appeared to go out of his way to acknowledge multiple media , regardless if they were recognizable or not. He seemed cordial, polite, witty, thoughtful along with being confident (as many athletes are). Alternately, these observations were distinctly different from how another QB prospect came off to some in the media last year in Indy."