Because the 2025 NFL Draft crawls ever nearer, it’s time for groups to second guess the athletes projected to go within the high half of the primary spherical.
Seemingly yearly because the calendar turns to April, information breaks from “NFL Insiders” that sure franchises are having second ideas concerning precisely who can be chosen, particularly within the high ten.
Certain sufficient, lately there was chatter that Colorado quarterback, Shedeur Sanders, has some critical query marks.
Sanders, whose father, Deion Sanders, was his faculty coach and is a member of the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame, has been mocked to go as excessive as one general to Tennessee and presumably at two to Cleveland.
Among the many complaints by professional personnel who’ve watched him, the extremely touted QB pats the ball earlier than he throws it, an enormous no-no of their eyes.
Just lately, former first-round choose, Robert Griffin III, who performed quarterback within the NFL for eight years, said on X that the grievance is utter nonsense.
“Some NFL Media- ‘Shedeur Sanders patting the ball earlier than he throws is a MASSIVE downside.’ Folks with Widespread Sense- ‘Tom Brady patted the ball earlier than he threw it.’ Some NFL Media- “……..” Cease the hate already,” wrote Griffin.
Some NFL Media- “Shedeur Sanders patting the ball earlier than he throws is a MASSIVE downside.”
Folks with Widespread Sense- “Tom Brady patted the ball earlier than he threw it.”
Some NFL Media- “……..”
Cease the hate already.
— Robert Griffin III (@RGIII) April 5, 2025
Patting the ball earlier than a signal-caller throws it has been a scorching subject amongst soccer coaches and personnel members for years.
For some, resembling Griffin, the additional movement doesn’t matter in any respect.
To others, nonetheless, a QB patting the ball raises purple flags resembling poor throwing mechanics, unhealthy throwing movement, decreased accuracy and a sluggish launch, amongst different points.
Present professional DBs have additionally shared that quarterbacks patting the ball can sign the place they will throw.
Because of his surname, and the expertise he displayed as a Buffalo, it’s not possible that Sanders’s ‘inform’ will trigger him to slip too far within the draft.
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