Shedeur Sanders had an awful draft weekend.
After getting a prank call telling him that he’d be drafted by the New Orleans Saints with the ninth overall pick, Sanders fell all the way to the fifth round before ultimately being taken by the Cleveland Browns with the No. 144 pick. Once a near-consensus first-round pick, Sanders’s slide to Day 3 will cost him nearly $40 million over the course of his rookie contract.
While that sucks for Shedeur, a fan of his college team – Colorado – is taking the draft fall very seriously. As referenced in a post from RedditCFB on X/Twitter, it appears that an anonymous Colorado Buffaloes fan by the name of John Doe is suing the NFL for $100 million due to “emotional distress” caused by his fall to Round 5.
Here’s a look:
In the complaint, which you can read in full here, the fan is also asking for the following:
- A retraction of the slanderous statements made about Shedeur Sanders, along with an apology for any harm caused to his reputation.
- Implementation of fairer practices in the drafting process to ensure that talented players are recognized and given opportunities based on merit.
- Any additional remedies the Court deems appropriate, including compensatory damages.
Good luck with that.
Despite putting up elite passing numbers during his time at Colorado and winning the Big 12’s Offensive Player of the Year Award in 2024, Sanders was the sixth quarterback taken off the board in this year’s draft. Many have suggested that it didn’t have as much to do with his talent as it did with his demeanor off the field.
The rookie was assigned his jersey number in Cleveland on Monday, and will be given the opportunity to compete with Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, and fellow draftee Dillion Gabriel for the starting job while Deshaun Watson recovers from Achilles surgery.
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