Broncos head coach Sean Payton tells teams to “beware” in regards to Shedeur Sanders

The Denver Broncos have selected four players in the NFL Draft but that is not the story and neither are any of the 102 players that have already been selected. All anyone wants to talk about, and all anyone is going to talk about, is the incredible slide down the board being experienced by Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders.

Once viewed as a top-10 pick in this year’s class, Sanders has been passed over multiple times, by teams in need of a quarterback, and is still on the board entering round four. The ultimate insult may have come late in the third round when the Cleveland Browns selected Dillon Gabriel, a player with a sixth-round grade on him, in favor of Sanders.

It is a situation that everyone is talking about and most of the comments you read on social media are completely out of hand as there is a general dislike for Sanders and his father, Deion Sanders. Broncos head coach Sean Payton was asked about it during his address of the media following the third round.

Payton said, “There will be a chip on his shoulder, and beware, because this guy’s gonna play in this league”.

Payton spoke highly of Sanders during his nearly two-minute answer of the question, but you have to wonder if he needed a quarterback in this draft, if he would select him.

Thinking Shedeur Sanders should not be a first round pick is no crime, but celebrating him falling in the draft is just weird, very weird behavior.

— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) April 25, 2025

The Browns have Kenny Pickett and the aging Joe Flacco and they want Dillon Gabriel? The only quarterbacks on the roster of the Pittsburgh Steelers are Mason Rudolph and Skyler Thompson. They may be waiting on Aaron Rodgers to sign, but it’s incredible that no one has taken Sanders.

Which makes you wonder if anyone will. Could he actually go undrafted? It could become the all-time story in the NFL Draft.

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