Should Cowboys' Jerry Jones Draft Shedeur Sanders?

FRISCO - Once we peel back the hype, Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders needed to be evaluated as a prospect for the NFL Draft. That evaluation should have nothing to do with his fame or his name.

And at this moment, Deion Sanders' son is embroiled in an embarrassing controversy as Shedeur has been passed over by all 32 teams ... three times.

Now we get to Saturday's Day 3 and Rounds 4 through 7.

Is there any reason to add another layer of hype by connecting him to the Dallas Cowboys?

Here's what Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said on Sanders not having been drafted in the first three rounds ...

“We thought and evaluated him extremely high in this draft ... He has got a winner in his bloodline. I know what character is there. And, boy, it is great character. It is an unbelievable competitive winning character for sports.''

That, of course, is all about Deion, the Cowboys legend who has a close relationship with Jerry.

But should a team draft a kid because the owner is friends with his dad?

Nope.

Can we make an argument that Day 3 is such a dice roll that Dallas should obviously take Sanders - even though Dak Prescott is here and even though Joe Milton was just acquired via trade?

Sure.

Of course, that's unlikely to happen today in the fourth round ... because presently, Dallas doesn't have a fourth-round pick, as that was spent in the trade to get receiver Jonathan Mingo.

But could the Cowboys easily package some low-round picks to move up?

Sure.

Dak is going to be 32 this year. There is an escape hatch from his $240 million contract in two years. QBs mean everything.

If the Cowboys thought it was a good idea to use a late-round pick on Ben DiNucci ... doing the same thing here would be an even better idea.

We are convinced that Shedeur's dad is part of teams' problems with the kid. There is a sense of entitlement evidenced by Shedeur's decisions (his dad's decisions) to pass on workouts and to tell some NFL teams that he simply wouldn't play for them.

Deion and Shedeur acted like the interview process was being run by them, not by the interviewers.

Sanders isn't very big (6-1) and he isn't off-the-charts athletic. He finished eighth in Heisman voting this year after leading the nation with a 74-percent completion percentage, and leading the Big 12 in passing completions, attempts, yards and touchdowns.

There are scouting concerns about Sanders' pocket presence (Sanders was sacked 152 times in his career, 94 of them coming in the last two seasons) and his arm strength and his decision-making (Sanders threw a career high 10 interceptions this season at Colorado).

But that sort of thing can be the case with any number of prospects. ... especially Day 3 prospects.

Is there a franchise that can absorb or endure or even thrive by employing Shedeur Sanders? Yes. Dallas could do that.

But if Jerry decides to make a move for Shedeur?

It needs to be a football move, driven by the belief that Sanders is a prospect.

Not a marketing move, driven by thoughts of "bloodline,'' friendship or marketing.