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Deion Sanders Viral Video Exposes Anti Browns Draft Desire

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Richie Whitt | Last updated May 3, 2025 2:48 PM ET

Anyone that has followed him or his career throughout the years won't be shocked to hear this, but turns out - yet again - Deion Sanders and his hypocritical "preaching" from his pulpit have been caught in a lie.

In a March interview that surfaced this week, the father of new Cleveland Browns' rookie Shedeur Sanders emphatically said that he wants - and is steadfastly praying for - his son to be drafted by not the Browns but rather the New York Giants.

As a keynote speaker at the March 19 conference, Deion was asked by an interview moderator what team he wanted to draft Shedeur.

Interviewer: "Cleveland?"

Deion: "What'd you say?"

Interviewer: "Cleveland?"

Deion: Chuckles (The entire audience then laughs with him)

Deion: "We are praying for the Giants right now. Yes we are."

Praying for the Giants.

Deion Sander on where he wanted Shedeur Sanders to be drafted:

“Cleveland?”

“What did you say?”

“Cleveland?”

“… We are praying for the Giants right now, yes we are.” https://t.co/YJIGlBZ5vp pic.twitter.com/CbEqhyJn4w
— Marshall Green (@MarshallGreen_) April 29, 2025

Of course a month later Shedeur was passed by the Giants - in part because he reportedly was ill-prepared and arrogant during a pre-draft meeting with New York - multiple times before sliding out of the first round all the way to the Browns in the fifth round.

Immediately after the draft, Deion - and all of "Team Sanders" - pretended to be thrilled that the quarterback was taken by the Browns. Wrote Deion on his social media in response to a fan asking his thoughts about Shedeur going to Cleveland, he wrote:

"God is good."

So you tell a conference you're "praying for the Giants" but then tell the world "God is good" when your son instead goes to the Browns, who laughingly mocked a month earlier.

The fraudulent foundation of Deion Sanders marches on.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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