Shedeur Sanders will not work out for teams at combine (13 Viewers)

[No2DC]

I'd bet he will go in the top 10 if not the top 5, but that's probably more a reflection of the value of QBs and the lack of QBs in this class. I'd take Ward over Sanders by a good bit.

Plus, most places think that both Ward and Sanders would be ranked behind the top 6 QBs taken in the draft last year so both would rank somewhere between Nix at #12 in the 1st round and Rattler at #150 in the 5th. So while Sanders likely will go top 5, he probably shouldn't and wouldn't if this were a better draft class for QBs. I'm guessing that last year he would have been a late first or early second round pick.

I've heard he would have been after the top 3 last year, so before Nix or Penix. It's funny how some folks were talking about the perceived age issue with Nix now have nothing to say. I still think he would have been a first round guy just on the significance of the position.

 

[St. Widge]

I've heard he would have been after the top 3 last year, so before Nix or Penix. It's funny how some folks were talking about the perceived age issue with Nix now have nothing to say. I still think he would have been a first round guy just on the significance of the position.

I do think he likely would have gone in the lower first last year if for no other reason teams want the 5th year option on a young QB. Anway, obviously evaluations will vary from team to team. I might actually take him over Penix, but probably not over Nix. But, I also thought Atlanta took Penix too high last year.

 

[3ParStillDriver]

I really don't get the hype with this dude. If his last name wasn't Sanders, he would not even be considered a first-round pick let alone top 2 pick IMO.
Jaxson Dart has a very good opportunity to further showcase what he can do while at the combine. He will jump into the top 10 if he has a successful time there.

I kind of do and kind of don't as well. It's mostly media hype from Prime Time coaching Colorado and his son being the starting QB. In truth, its dumbfounding that Colorado even finished the season ranked and was nothing short of favoritism. They lost to KU AND KState. Those two games alone should've knocked them out of the rankings for the entire season. Throw in the loss to Nebraska, and its only much worse and more apparently favoritism.

On top of that, if you watch those two games, Sanders looked like raw butt cheeks. Almost as if he "was too good for these teams" yet ends up losing. He didn't look great either. 2019 LSU or any Saban year led Alabama team would've decimated all 3 of those teams and made em look like high school teams.

Also, if you look around and do some digging, you find out that a lot of teams aren't buying into the hype and some (maybe even many) don't even have a first round grade on Sanders. In that aspect, it appears the hype may be mostly media driven.

If you don't believe it, and think he is great. good for you. I just remember watching those games (my wife is an avid KU fan and celebrated when they beat Colorado), and Sanders was dog water. If he truly was a NFL caliber starting QB he would've utterly dismantled Nebraska, KU and KState. But he didn't. He got by and still lost.

Keep in mind. KU, KState and Nebraska have some Day 3 talent and are utterly swamped in UDFA talent that would get cut in training camp. And I'm expected to believe a QB that not only fails to dominate them but loses to them, is supposed to find success in the NFL?

G-u-l-l-i-b-l-e is written in the clouds

 

[TribuneUK]

We'll see but I doubt it. I don't have a horse in this race but this isn't Aaron or even the more recent Levis or Malik Willis situation. He has been on scouts radar for a while now. Cam and Sanders will probably go in the top six picks and that's not just me saying that.
Also, people may not think much of him but QB is still a premium position and there are several QB needy teams in the top 6 including LV ,Cleveland, Tennessee and the Giants. Unless, Stafford and Cousins are traded I doubt those guys slide past six.

I think everything you've said is the more likely outcome, just pointing out that a highly rated QB that the media expected to go early in rd 1 went much later than expected, so it could feasibly happen, regardless of those media props.

 

[SoggyBottomBoy]

If players opt out of working out in the combine, does that open the door for players that didn't make the cut to attend?

It would nice, if so.

 

[Hubig]

The combine isn't and hasn't been about top prospects in a long while. This is now for the more unknowns to make a name for themselves. The top prospects are being heavily advised by their agents or their representation at this point.