Booger McFarland Chimes in on Deion Sanders Rejecting Backlash of Shedeur Sanders

Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders received tremendous amounts of negative press throughout the NFL Draft process, and one person not having it was his father, Deion Sanders.

Sanders denied nearly all of the pre-draft evaluations made about his son, which brought ESPN’s Booger McFarland into the fold, with a unique perspective on the situation.

“Well, I think it’s the correct reaction,” McFarland said on First Take. “I think it’s a coach and it’s a father defending his son, understanding what he heard, understanding that the Sanders name has kind of been slandered, especially during the pre-draft process, and everybody’s trying to figure out post-draft why Shedeur Sanders slid.”

“Here’s what I’ll say, though,” McFarland continued. “I think some of this stuff wasn’t made up. I heard some of the same things that Deion Sanders was talking about. We all have relationships. We all have people who tell us information. They help us prepare to do our job. I heard some of the same things. Some of these things weren’t necessarily made up, at least I don’t think, from the people that I trust who told me these things.”

Sanders’ fall was one of the most unpredictable storylines in the history of the NFL Draft as the Buffaloes’ signal caller entered draft day as a projected first-round pick. For a variety of reasons, Sanders dropped all the way to the fifth round, sparking speculation among many.

McFarland mentioned that he has no problem with Sanders defending his son, but it’s also not as simple as saying that every insider with connections was wrong.

McFarland finished his thoughts by saying, “I think two things can be true here. I think the information about Shedeur Sanders came from many people whom many trust and consider credible. I also think that Deion didn’t believe it, doesn’t believe that his son would do some of the things. I don’t know. I wasn’t in those meetings. I just know, covering this draft, trying to figure out why this young man slid from what we all thought he was going to be, at worst, a late first-round pick, maybe early second to the fifth round. I think we’re all trying to figure out and piece together why that happened.”