Shedeur Sanders was drafted in the 5th round of the 2025 NFL Draft. His unexpected fall surprised many, with even a Hall of Famer claiming that teams were told not to select the quarterback.
Eric Dickerson, one of the greatest running backs in NFL history, believes the league did Shedeur Sanders wrong during the 2025 draft. The 6-time Pro Bowler even claims that all 32 teams were instructed not to pick the former Colorado standout.
“I tell you this much, what I heard from someone that’s in the NFL, that the NFL told [teams] don’t draft him, do not draft him,” Eric Dickerson said on the Roggin and Rodney Show, via Christian Arnold of the New York Post. “We’re going to make an example out of him. And this came from a very good source, a very good source.”
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