“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows.” — Galatians 6:7.
Nor can football be mocked.
Shedeur Sanders reportedly botched the predraft process. He displayed his entitlement and arrogance during interviews, interrupting one to take a personal FaceTime call. Sanders was referred to as a ticking time bomb. His talent, overrated by the media and his father, made picking Sanders not worth the risk.
Everything that happened to Sanders after was just desserts.
He and his father reaped what they sowed.
It’s hilarious.
Sanders has been a jerk his whole life. His father has been an jerk his whole life. (“Where McCarver at?”)
We shouldn’t get into our feels when bad people get their comeuppances. Sanders is not a victim of anything but his own hubris.
An infamous prank call got perpetrated by Jax Ulbrich, the son of Atlanta’s defensive coordinator. Ulbrich got Sanders’ NFL-only number via his father’s iPad.
Sanders was told he’d been drafted by New Orleans but oops, maybe not. HAW, HAW, HAW, HAW!
Sanders wasn’t hospitalized. He’s not in therapy, though that seems a good idea. This isn’t some terrible thing. Sanders just got punk’d, and was a deserving target.
Jax Ulbrich, don’t ever change. What you did wasn’t a “tremendous mistake,” liked your mandated apology said. It was just tremendous. It was legendary. I wish I’d done it.
A lot of jokes have been made at Sanders’ expense. They’re all funny. “His draft room cost more than a fifth-round pick makes.” HAW, HAW, HAW, HAW!
Sanders deserves to look stupid. Daddy Deion deserves to look stupid.
Now Shedeur is in Cleveland, where he will get plenty of opportunity to further look stupid.
Shedeur vs. Kenny Pickett: The quarterback battle we didn’t know we needed. (Pickett is favored to start for the Browns at -110. Shedeur is 175. I’ll take Joe Flacco at 1200. Value for money.)
The Browns made a mistake picking Sanders at all.
To the Sanders family, this is not a cautionary tale. They got screwed, Shedeur should start immediately, Deion will think he can bully that into happening. Deion will want to replace Kevin Stefanski as head coach and the Browns’ owners might be dumb enough to do that.
Lots of people look like dipsticks.
ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. got unhinged defending his proclamation of Shedeur as a top-five pick. Shedeur was Kiper’s “best available” for 41 hours and 30 minutes. HAW, HAW, HAW, HAW!
Kiper’s ranting had passion but went too far. Now Kiper’s past mistakes — and they are many — are being reviewed and ridiculed. At 63 and looking like a death mask of himself, perhaps his usefulness to ESPN is nearing its end.
ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith suggested league-wide collusion, with racial implications made clear. (Smith has long since lapsed into self-parody.)
Cui bono? How does anybody benefit from a collusion to keep Shedeur out of the NFL, or to drop him down the draft? What’s gained, and by who?
The first pick overall was a Black quarterback, like Sanders. He wasn’t the only African-American drafted this year, either.
Ex-NBA player Stephen Jackson said, “When you Black and you confident, they hate it.”
Does Cam Ward lack confidence? Do other African Americans drafted lack confidence?
Barstool Sports nutjob Dave Portnoy nailed it: “All these race takes are insane.” Imagine Portnoy as the voice of reason.
The sports media lied about Shedeur’s ability during his college career. Many continue to do so. This situation illustrates how the sports media is broken.
Thank heaven the Steelers didn’t take Shedeur despite the usual suspects clamoring.
Aaron Rodgers and Shedeur in the same quarterback room with Deion hovering: What could possibly go wrong?
What business would feel obligated to take on a massive headache when the potential upside doesn’t justify? That is a legitimate similarity between Shedeur’s situation and Colin Kaepernick’s.
Jax Ulbrich might have a future in radio. Phony phone calls helped make Howard Stern rich. “I see O.J. …”