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Truth or Fiction: Shedeur Sanders Draft Stock | Awkward and Contentious Combine?
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Jun 29, 2025
Confused about where Shedeur Sanders will land in the NFL Draft? You're not alone. Reports have been all over the place—some say he's a Top 10 pick, others say he's sliding. Damon Amendolara sits down with CBS Sports draft insider Chris Trapasso to clear up the confusion. 🏈 Are teams truly sold on Sanders as a franchise QB? 📊 What's real vs. what's just pre-draft smokescreens? 📍 Could the Jets, Steelers, or another surprise team snag him? Trapasso shares what he's hearing directly from front offices and gives the most accurate read yet on how NFL GMs really feel about Shedeur. Don’t miss this breakdown if you want clarity before the draft chaos begins. #ShedeurSanders #NFLDraft #ChrisTrapasso #DamonAmendolara #WatchDALive #ColoradoFootball #NFLDraftRumors #Jets #Steelers #DeionSanders --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✅ Subscribe! ✅ https://www.youtube.com/@damonamendo 🙌 “Watch D.A. Live” airs Sunday nights on YouTube 🙌 ✅ Follow D.A. on Social! ✅ ☑️ D.A. on Twitter: / DamonAmendo ☑️
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everybody is wondering what's real on
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Shador Sanders is he the second best
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quarterback in this draft and destined
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to go high in the draft and it's all
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smokec screen that he's going to go two
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to the Browns or three to the Giants or
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are all of these reports true and that
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NFL executives are really unimpressed by
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Shadore and that he's actually might not
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even be the second best quarterback in
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the draft where do you stand on what is
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real with Shadore well DA I'll say this
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that if Shadur Sanders is the second
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overall pick like you're suggesting is a
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possibility or he goes well within the
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top five it will be the best kept secret
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in that I've seen during the pre-draft
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process in a long time because from the
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combine where everyone gets together
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there's scouts there's media members out
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in Indianapolis at night really
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gossiping uh spreading rumors maybe some
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are true some aren't all the way up
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until now there have not been a lot of
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people that I've spoken to that feel
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like this is a a topflight quarterback
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prospect who is destined to be a top
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five pick so I think Jackson Dart is hot
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on his tail and it wouldn't be
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surprising if Shadur Sanders drops i
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think the ultimate uh turning point for
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him and really the entire first round is
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number nine overall with the New Orleans
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Saints we heard the news this week about
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Derek Carr that his 2025 season might be
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in jeopardy because of injury if the
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Saints pass on Shadur Sanders at nine
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and you could maybe even throw in the
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Jets at seven we could see him fall
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maybe all the way to the Pittsburgh
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Steelers at number 21 overall are you
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buying that some people are suggesting
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that Jackson Dart could be the second
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quarterback selected in this draft ahead
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of Shador i think that's a distinct
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possibility i don't think it's a slam
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dunk but it'll be interesting to see
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what the betting markets show uh over
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the next 10 days until we get to the
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draft in Green Bay on the 24th but he is
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a former big-time recruit three-year
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starter with the former NFL coach in
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Lane Keifin at Old Miss and he doesn't
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come with any of the baggage doesn't
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have Deion Sanders as a father which I
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think helped get Shadur Sanders on the
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map in terms of going from Jackson State
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to Colorado and then becoming a top tier
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quarterback prospect in this class but
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Jackson Dart is plenty talented too and
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everything that I had heard from his
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interviews at the combine they went a
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lot better and they there wasn't as much
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awkwardness or contentiousness as Shador
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Sanders interviews in Indie
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so that's a real thing that some
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executives some executives were put off
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that that it could get contentious
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because of Shador's bravado or
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confidence or what have you yeah and I
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don't know if that's totally fair to him
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i mean Baker Mayfield is one of those
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scrappy quarterbacks who really rose in
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the 2018 draft to be the number one
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overall pick and we really applaud Baker
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Mayfield in this resurgence that he's
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had in Tampa Bay for being someone
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that's that's brimming with confidence
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and has that bravado but it's just
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rubbed a few people in the NFL the wrong
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way but we know in the first round all
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it takes is one team to have the owner
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sign off the coach sign off and say
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"We're going to welcome what is probably
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going to be a lot of attention you could
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maybe even call it a media circus." It's
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not that Sanders is a bad prospect but
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he's not so good like a Trevor Lawrence
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or a Caleb Williams or a Joe Burrow
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where owners and GMs would just really
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push any of the off-field stuff to the
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side so more so with other top tier
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prospects the maturity the bravado is
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more of an issue than it is normally
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so the Steelers are caught in no man's
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land because of Aaron Rodgers and they
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brought in Shadore for a workout is it
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plausible that Shadore is available to
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the Steelers at 21 they draft Shador and
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they don't have to do business with
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Aaron Rogers 100% and I think Mike
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Tomlin's history dealing with a variety
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of personalities from Le'Veon Bell to
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Antonio Brown George Pickkins has
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certainly had his moments there they
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trade for DK Metaf they need a
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quarterback it's a distinct possibility
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again if he if Shadur Sanders is not
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picked at nine i think Mike Tomlin and
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that very stable Pittsburgh Steelers
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organization might actually be the best
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landing spot for Shador Sanders he
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wouldn't have to come in and throw 50
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touchdowns as a rookie for this team to
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be respectable we know that Mike
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Tomlin's never had a losing record in
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Pittsburgh so I I feel like that is one
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of the better landing spots Pittsburgh
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or in Los Angeles with the Rams and
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Shawn McY to be the air apparent to
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Matthew Stafford with the Rams
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in terms of where you think the draft
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gets real interesting that there's kind
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of a dividing line and we don't know
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what's going to happen after this pick
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where would you put that line pretty
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close to where we were mentioning before
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with the Saints at nine but I'll start a
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few picks before that uh six seven and
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eight that six with the Las Vegas
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Raiders there's a whole new regime there
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tom Brady part owner is said to be
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really calling the shots uh you have
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Chip Kelly as the offensive coordinator
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Pete Carroll as the head coach do they
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go running back do they maybe pick
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someone to be the air parent to Gino
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Smith and then no one really knows what
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the Jets are going to do another team
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that picks at seven new head coach with
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Aaron Glenn new GM we don't know they
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could be the Shador Sanders team or
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maybe they're the Jackson Dart team so I
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think six seven eight and then nine with
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the Saints that is really the turning
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point of this draft whether it's Shador
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Sanders or just other big-time prospects
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we're not really sure what any of those
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teams will do because they have new
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pieces in place in the front office and
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a coaching staff speaking of Shadore
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then you have the Jets snapping them up
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at number seven now this is fascinating
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because Shadore and New York whoa that
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feels combustible but also you have a
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head coach in Aaron Glenn who kind of
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dismissed the Aaron Rogers circus
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doesn't want it told him take a hike
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shador comes with some circus some you
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know some attention for for sure we know
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Woody would like that attention not sure
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if his coaching staff would so what
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makes you feel like Shador to the Jets
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could be a a a marriage so it feels like
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everything that you just laid out is
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completely true with what Aaron Glenn
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said at the owner meetings uh down there
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in South Florida i feel like that could
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be a little bit of a smoke screen that
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they don't want anyone to really know
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and they want people to be off the scent
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that they love Shadur Sanders that's not
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to say that I know it's going to
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ultimately happen but that's my
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prediction right now i'm drawing a
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comparison from Shadur Sanders to Jared
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Goff and although he was the defensive
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coordinator in Detroit with the Lions
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the fact that Aaron Glenn was coaching
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against Jared Goff every single day in
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practice a pocket passer that knows
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where to go with the football not super
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mobile but he's accurate and really
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resurrected his career in Detroit i
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could see Aaron Glenn new coaching staff
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new GM saying "Look we're going to bring
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him here he is the right uh personality
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to be in New York he would probably love
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to be with the Jets and be in this media
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market he can handle it he's been in the
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spotlight even from Jackson State all
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the way to Colorado a big spotlight his
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entire career um uh leading up to this
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point that it wouldn't necessarily be
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where Shadur Sanders has to start right
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away because they have Justin Fields on
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the roster and the Jared Goff
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comparisons I could see them ultimately
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drawing those and having that be the
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ultimate reason why they pick Shadur
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Sanders at
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