Colorado Buffaloes football legend Shedeur Sanders left Giants, Raiders, Browns ‘stunned’ by how little he knew in draft meetings

The media covered Shedeur Sanders' draft slide like a mystery and allowed the general football audience a chance to theorize why teams "suddenly" soured on the Colorado product. 

Fans and pundits floated out every possible scenario, ranging from the owners colluding against him to Deion's helicopter parenting scaring away front offices.

The conversation has moved into Shedeur's place on the Cleveland Browns depth chart and his likelihood to be the squad's starting quarterback this season. Based on numerous reports, he's been a model citizen as a pro, yet no one was able to uncover the real reason he fell until the fifth round, until perhaps now.

During a recent radio interview with Cleveland's "92.3 The Fan," NFL insider Albert Breer shed some insight into Shedeur's current standing with the Browns and why many franchises might've soured on him.

"I think Shedeur—and this isn't any fault of his own—had a lot more ground to cover than Dillon Gabriel," Breer said. "He had a bigger learning curve than Dillon Gabriel. There were teams that were stunned by how little Shedeur knew relative to what they thought. He was pretty far behind."

The fact that Breer didn't blame Shedeur for his lack of intricate knowledge of the game felt like a direct slight at Deion and the staff in Boulder.

It insinuates that he didn't know because he was never taught, which is stunning considering the amount of former pro talent around the Buffs' program.

No matter how solid Shedeur looks against backups without pads, if he can't read NFL-level defenses, he won't be under center.

It sounds like the rookie has a long way to go before getting handed the keys to the offense.