SHEDEUR Sanders’ mistakes have been laid bare by ESPN draft analyst Matt Miller.
The quarterback, 23, had long been expected to be taken in the top 10 of last week’s NFL Draft.
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In a shocking sequence, however, Sanders went on to slide all the way into the fifth round, finally being taken 144th by the Cleveland Browns.
The Colorado Buffaloes star had finished eighth in Heisman Trophy voting, but was repeatedly passed on.
Sanders’ eventual selection even appeared to be an afterthought, with the Browns having already picked QB Dillon Gabriel out of Oregon in the third round.
Appearing on the Awful Announcing podcast, Miller attempted to shed some light on the situation.
“The NFL will humble anyone,” the ESPN star admitted.
“I didn’t think that they handled the process well. And that’s not just hindsight.
“I took a lot of heat for saying on ‘NFL Live’ right before the NFL Scouting Combine that he was making a mistake. He should be throwing at the NFL Scouting Combine.
“He should have worked out at the East-West Shrine Game that he accepted an invite to.
“The NFL has this new rule that if you accept an invite to an All-Star Game, you have to participate. And he didn’t.
“So I said on TV that they were not handling the process well.
“And I thought it would hurt him. People were not happy with me.”
After Sanders’ unbelievable slide, Miller was asked about how good the quarterback really is.
“I had a lot of messages,” he revealed. “I had a lot of responses to the video ESPN put out saying that.
“So I do think… Was he overrated as a player? Yes, based on the talents and the tools he has as a player, he was not a top two or three player in this draft class.
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“But then you get to the process part of it. And the NFL will humble anyone.
“How the NFL views you and evaluates you, they will humble every player.
“So I think for the Sanders camp, they had this perception of Shedeur as a lock two or three draft pick.
“And they approached the process that way.
“There was never anyone from the outside that could get through to him and say, ‘Wait a second, he’s not guaranteed to be a two or three draft pick.’
“And the fact that you are approaching the process that way is hurting him.”