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Shedeur Sanders dealt with a boatload of criticism this year heading into the NFL Draft, and he is on a mission to prove his doubters wrong as he begins his career with the Cleveland Browns. He already turned heads at Cleveland's rookie minicamp when he outplayed fellow quarterback Dillon Gabriel in their rookie competition.
The former Colorado football star recently commented on the hate he has received from fans and analysts over the last few months. In a May 11 interview with CNN’s Thomas Schlachter, Sanders sent a major message to his haters.
“Other people’s opinion of you is gonna be based off their own,” Sanders said. “Ninety-nine percent of hatred is towards pops and then I’m just his son, so it really just comes from that. And I’ve told him that too.”
Sanders isn’t wrong about his father, Deion, attracting plenty of controversial attention for the 23-year-old talent. From Deion retiring Shedeur’s college jersey with his son still in attendance at Colorado to the negative pre-draft reports on the fifth-round rookie’s combine interviews, Cleveland’s newest signal-caller saw the odds stack against him in real time as he suffered one of the most historic draft slides ever.
From a projected top-five pick to a Day 3 draftee, Shedeur has endured a humbling introduction to the league. The leaguewide refusal to take an earlier chance on Shedeur will only motivate him to show the world what he can do with the football in his hands.
Shedeur also addressed the online vitriol toward him and his father, firing shots at older fans and media members.
“It’s the older generation that do it to me rather than the younger people because when I come in person there’s no negativity I see,” Shedeur said. “But it’s all over online.”
While Shedeur acknowledged his haters, his main goal is not to prove them wrong. With Cleveland, he simply wants to become the player he believes he can become.
"My job here isn't to prove people wrong, it's to prove myself right."
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