Boomer Esiason Drops Bombshell: Shedeur Sanders’ ‘Entitled’ Attitude Cost Him NFL Draft Spots

When the Cleveland Browns finally announced Shedeur Sanders’ name in the fifth round, jaws around the league collectively dropped. Here’s a quarterback from Colorado, brimming with talent and pedigree, slipping way further than anyone expected. You could almost hear the tick-tock of analysts’ watches, counting how long it would take for someone – anyone – to bite. Spoiler: For some teams, that moment never even arrived. Rumors swirled that Sanders was axed from multiple draft boards, allegedly over an “entitled” attitude – a plague no front office wants lurking in its locker room. Toss in the shadow of his famous father, NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, whose own comments about steering his son’s destination rubbed some owners the wrong way, and you’ve got a recipe for a fall from grace that was as swift as it was puzzling. Talent alone had scouts penciling him in as a first-round pick, yet here we are. Was it all a colossal miscalculation, or did off-field dynamics tip the scales? While the draft might have dimmed his spotlight, Shedeur’s got the perfect stage now — a chance to silence his doubters, earn his stripes, and maybe rewrite this draft day narrative entirely. LEARN MORE

In the lead up to the 2025 NFL Draft, Sanders was ripped by anonymous evaluators for the way he handled the interview process with teams. One NFL assistant called Sanders the “worst formal interview” that assistant ever experienced.Esiason said both Shedeur and his father, NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, played a role in that decision. Esiason claimed Shedeur’s comments about changing a team’s culture turned off some owners. It didn’t help that Deion made comments suggesting he would try and control where Shedeur went in the 2025 NFL Draft. Deion eventually reversed course, but the damage was already done.Advertisement

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So when Sanders was not selected during the first two days of the draft, questions emerged about his fall. Was his talent completely misjudged, or were other factors at play?While the fall was unexpected, Shedeur handled it well publicly. It will now be up to him to prove his skeptics wrong, and make the Browns look smart for taking a player many believed should have gone much earlier.