{"id":77206,"date":"2025-06-24T13:47:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=77206"},"modified":"2025-06-24T13:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:47:01","slug":"deion-sanders-faces-growing-criticism-over-mishandling-sons-nfl-draft-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/deion-sanders-faces-growing-criticism-over-mishandling-sons-nfl-draft-journey\/77206\/","title":{"rendered":"Deion Sanders faces growing criticism over mishandling son\u2019s NFL draft journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-8\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"5e29d804-a165-448f-b99a-cddd08d33073\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark\">\n<p data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"468\">Deion Sanders quickly turned Colorado\u2019s struggling football program into a team people started to take seriously, going from one of the worst in college football to a potential Big 12 contender in just two years. With the team winning twice as many games and Travis Hunter winning the Heisman Trophy under his coaching, things should have been going great for Deion and the Buffaloes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"470\" data-end=\"540\">But then, problems started again, and this time, it involved his son.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"978\">Shedeur Sanders, Deion\u2019s son and Colorado\u2019s star quarterback, saw his NFL draft stock fall unexpectedly. Some fans blamed conspiracy theories, but the real issue seems to be how poorly Shedeur handled the time leading up to the draft. Reports pointed to his limited football knowledge and lack of understanding about where he truly ranked as a draft prospect. Many believe this falls on Deion\u2019s shoulders for not preparing him properly.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"980\" data-end=\"1354\">Despite this, Deion hasn\u2019t faced much criticism, at least not from national media. One football analyst, Lance Zierlein, recently said on the \u201cMaggie and Perloff\u201d show that many in the media are scared to speak out against Deion. According to Zierlein, TV reporters and national outlets are afraid of the backlash they\u2019ll get online if they say anything negative about him.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1356\" data-end=\"1645\">This fear of online outrage has helped Deion avoid tough questions about how he\u2019s handled things, especially his role in Shedeur\u2019s struggles with the NFL draft process. Critics argue that reporters who won\u2019t speak the truth are acting more like Deion\u2019s supporters than actual journalists.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1647\" data-end=\"1813\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Now, with the hype around Deion fading and no clear path to a top coaching job elsewhere, a rough season at Colorado could put him and the program in serious trouble.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deion Sanders quickly turned Colorado\u2019s struggling football program into a team people started to take seriously, going from one of\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":77207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2576],"class_list":["post-77206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-deion-sanders"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}