Colorado Buffaloes football legend Shedeur Sanders reduced to ‘low-hanging punchline’ by Shilo after speeding tickets

Colorado Buffaloes football legend Shedeur Sanders was once the golden child of “Prime Time,” and his brother, Buccaneers safety and the man Ric Flair declared "The Man" in Tampa, Shilo Sanders, was the butt of jokes – mainly for losing his cool too often and being seen as the odd man out between himself, Shedeur, and Travis Hunter when it came to Deion Sanders’ “favorite kid.”

Now, with the two in the NFL, it’s Shilo who’s making jokes about Shedeur after the “Grown QB” was pulled over and ticketed for speeding twice in recent weeks.

“I know we out here in Tampa we got to be careful crossing the street, especially if Shedeur is out here,” Shilo said.

Shilo’s got jokes. And Shedeur is the punchline.

Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio believes Shedeur’s actions have made his particular brand of punchline a “low-hanging” one.

“While Shilo was joking, it shows how Shedeur’s behavior has quickly become a low-hanging punchline. It’s not what he needs at a time when he’s still reeling from draft-weekend free fall, and when he’s (by all appearances) sitting at No. 4 on the Browns’ depth chart with training camp looming,” Florio wrote.

“The best strategy for the next months is simple. Don’t speed.”

This narrative is damning for Shedeur.

In the 21st century, narratives stick to struggling young pro athletes like the air on a humid summer day. Shedeur grew up in a generation where one viral incident can define you. Gen Z has lived life with cameras recording their every move.

Getting caught speeding once is one thing. But twice in a short period, to where he didn’t even pay off the first one, is going to make casual football fans – the bulk of the NFL-viewing audience – see him as reckless.

That’s not QB1 behavior. Especially not in Berea, where the Cleveland Browns have dealt with multiple superstar signal-callers who couldn’t stay out of trouble off the field in the last decade.

If there’s anyone who has proven capable of rising from the ashes, it’s Shedeur. He led the Buffs to their best season in eight years and helped Travis Hunter bring the Heisman Trophy home to Boulder. He’s got the “Prime Time” machine behind him.

It’d be quite the comeback, though. Shedeur was already QB4 in Cleveland before these incidents. He can’t move down the depth chart any further, but he did distance himself from the trust Kevin Stefanski and Andrew Berry may need from their offensive leader.