Donald Trump slams ‘stupid’ NFL owners for Shedeur Sanders snub

United States President Donald Trump has delivered a scathing rant on social media after NFL owners snubbed a young star.

United States President Donald Trump has weighed in on the biggest shock of the ongoing NFL Draft.

Shedeur Sanders was widely expected to be selected in the first round of the draft, but jaws were left on the floor when team after team continued to pass on picking him.

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The first round snub left Trump fuming as he took to Truth Social to praise the youngster’s father, football great Deion Sanders, and call out the NFL owners who overlooked the prospect.

“What is wrong with NFL owners, are they STUPID?” he wrote. “Deion Sanders was a great college football player, and was even greater in the NFL. He’s also a very good coach, streetwise and smart! Therefore, Shedeur, his quarterback son, has PHENOMENAL GENES, and is all set for Greatness. He should be “picked” IMMEDIATELY by a team that wants to WIN. Good luck Shedeur, and say hello to your wonderful father!”

Sanders falling out of the first round was a shock, but nobody saw him remaining available after the opening three rounds.

Donald Trump slams NFL owners

The situation has left fans across the league scratching their heads with the youngster being continually overlooked.

The Colorado quarterback was even the victim of a cruel prank call, with the person on the other end of the line telling him he would “have to wait a little longer”.

Earlier in the day, ESPN’s Adam Schefter even threw out a wild hypothesis that Sanders could end up with the Cowboys, Cardinals or Seahawks — none of whom have been connected to Sanders and all of which look set at the quarterback position.

“When we look at the teams that would consider him, I think the Giants obviously preferred Jaxson Dart. I think the Browns preferred Jaxson Dart. I think the Saints absolutely preferred Jaxson Dart,” Schefter said on ESPN ahead of the second round.

“[Louisville product] Tyler Shough is gonna figure in there tonight and I won’t be surprised if Tyler Shough goes ahead of Shedeur Sanders tonight. Can you imagine if Jaxson Dart and Tyler Shough both end up being drafted ahead of Shadeur Sanders?

“I think there are not a lot of teams that love the idea of drafting Shedeur. And I think now we’re at the point where unless he goes in the third round, No. 83, to the Pittsburgh Steelers, who had a discussion about him on the board at No. 21, I think we may get a team that we never connected to him. And I don’t know what team that is. But I’ll give you some examples right now, and again I’m just hypothesising.

“A team that has him high on their board that never thought he would be available in Round 2. The Seattle Seahawks, the Arizona Cardinals and — hold onto your head — the Dallas Cowboys. I’m not telling you any of these teams are going to take him. What I am saying is that it will not surprise me if all of a sudden a team that takes him tonight is a team we just didn’t even connect to him and had him high enough on the board that when he was available at their spot, they couldn’t pass him up.”

Sanders’ name remains on the board after the opening two rounds. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images for ONIT)

That certainly sounds like Sanders’ outlook isn’t great heading into the second day.

Eyes were on the Saints at 40th overall in connection to Sanders, but they instead took Shough, the Louisville quarterback who has gotten some buzz lately.

Given the circus that will inevitably surround Sanders, it’s worth wondering whether any of the teams Schefter named as potential wildcards would want to put up with all of that for a quarterback who doesn’t have a path to starting.

If not, maybe it’s even possible that the Sanders slide continues on into the third day of the draft.

At least that would give ESPN a way to fill airtime on Sunday.

This article originally appeared on the NY Post and was reproduced with permission.

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