Shedeur Sanders Puts NFL Teams on Notice After Steelers Visit: ‘Make That Mistake’
Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders gave a blunt message to NFL teams who are considering passing on him in the 2025 NFL Draft. He’ll make note of it if he ends up falling to the Pittsburgh Steelers at No. 21 overall.
“That’s on the people,” Sanders said to Kay Adams on Up & Adams. “That’s on the other franchises that could make that mistake of letting me go there.”
Sanders said he is always going to be himself even though he knows that might rub some teams the wrong way.
“When I go visit these coaches and when I go to all these different franchises, I ask them truly what I think and how I feel,” Sanders said on the NFL Network’s The Insiders. “Some get offended, some like it, some don’t. Make some people uncomfortable, some people invite that. They know what type of person and what type of player they’re gonna get out of me, so I just have to make sure, you know, what type of culture or what type of dynamic I’m going to have with them also.”
The Steelers welcomed Sanders to the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex on Thursday, ahead of the 2025 NFL Draft in two weeks.
“I enjoyed my time here in Pittsburgh. I think I connected well with all the coaches, and it was real fun,” he said on Up & Adams.
When asked for a grade on the visit, he gave it a 10.
“I understand the mindset and why they win a lot,” he said.
He attributed that to the franchise’s culture and said that Mike Tomlin has a lot to do with it.
“What he preaches from his staff down is similar to my dad,” he said.
Shedeur’s father Deion was his head coach throughout college at Jackson State and Colorado. He’s also in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and considered one of the best cornerbacks in the history of the NFL.
Coach Prime also was known to play with a lot of swagger. And Shedeur Sanders certainly has that same kind of self-confidence.