Eric Manginini sends worried message on Shedeur Sanders being away from Colorado Buffaloes football coach Deion Sanders for the first time on Browns

Former Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini doesn’t see Colorado Buffaloes football legend Shedeur Sanders’ recent speeding ticket in Strongsville, Ohio, as a death knell to his hopes of becoming the team’s starting quarterback.

Colin Cowherd does. Mangini set the record straight on Cowherd’s show as a man in the know, but he did reveal one concern about Sanders’ NFL career in Cleveland:

His father, Deion Sanders, isn’t running the show.

“This is, in fairness to Shedeur, the first time he's been outside his dad's overview, his dad's house. I think he was his high school, then his college coach ... This is like any kid who's away from home for the first time. There's gonna be a couple hiccups here and there,” Mangini said.

“I don't love it from a fifth-round draft pick. I don't love that it's happened multiple times. I do think this is the first time he's away from his dad and there's going to be some growing pains. Would I sell my stock on it like you are? No, because of a couple speeding tickets, especially in the light of the problems the Browns quarterback room had had to deal with legally in the last few years. This is nothing.”

Some don’t believe Coach Prime will stay away from coaching his son for long, though.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter claimed that Deion will have standing in Shedeur’s employer.

“Short of Pittsburgh’s Mike Tomlin, any other coach who drafts Sanders better be comfortable with his standing within the organization. Because if that team struggles and the fan base is calling for a coaching change, speculation will start to swirl about Sanders’ father taking over,” Schefter wrote.

Browns coach Kevin Stefanski went on the record and claimed he has no relationship with Coach Prime.

Cleveland plans on keeping their relationship with Shedeur, but that won’t be the case forever if his behavior continues to inspire the opposite of confidence.