More information on Shedeur Sanders’ visit with Raiders comes to light

There was once a time when it felt like destiny that Shedeur Sanders would wind up as a Las Vegas Raider.

The Raiders needed to undergo a massive overhaul of their quarterback room, and Sanders was linking himself nonstop to the team in ways both plain and cryptic. With Sanders already having a positive relationship with Raiders minority owner Tom Brady, it felt like a matter of when, not if, the team would draft the Colorado star. In a shocking twist, however, the Raiders would trade for Geno Smith in March and draft North Dakota State product Cam Miller in the sixth round, while Sanders would watch his stock collapse until the Cleveland Browns swooped in to pick him up in the fifth round.

Rumors swirled shortly before the draft that suggested Sanders had bombed his pre-draft interviews with multiple teams, and more information has surfaced on what happened.

Sanders’s attitude possibly played a role in the Raiders passing on him.

According to Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio, Sanders came in to his pre-draft interviews completely unprepared, treating them way differently than most other prospects did.

“…credible sources have explained the perception that Shedeur was behaving as if he was being recruited, not interviewed. With other quarterbacks creating a much different impression, Shedeur’s draft stock suffered relative to his competition,” wrote Florio.

With the Raiders bringing in Sanders for a top-30 draft visit, it is likely they were one of the teams put off by the quarterback. They would not have been the only team, as Sanders had a well-documented poor outing during his visit with the New York Giants.

As far as the Raiders go, it sounds as though they are more than happy with the way things turned out in the end.

“We got Geno bro,”Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby said about his new quarterback during an episode of his podcast “The Rush with Maxx Crosby.” “Hell yeah (he is the long-term solution). I mean, he’s 34, but quarterbacks, their age is different. He’s going to be here for a while.”

Crosby’s comments, as well as the Raiders passing on Sanders multiple times, suggest a definitive end to this chapter of the Raiders’ quarterback situation.