Deion Sanders tracks down team who purportedly called Shedeur brash at combine: That was a lie

Colorado head coach Deion Sanders said he got to the bottom of a false report that his son, former Buffaloes quarterback Shedeur Sanders, came off as “brash” at the NFL Scouting Combine earlier this month in Indianapolis.At the time, NFL reporter Josina Anderson said she was “disappointed to hear that a quarterbacks coach from a team drafting in the top 7 referred to Shedeur Sanders as coming off ‘brash’ and ‘arrogant’ in his team interview and making his assessment known to a number of people.”During Wednesday’s installment of “The Skip Bayless Show,” Deion said he called the coach of the unnamed team, who said 23-year-old Shedeur had a “great” interview.“It didn’t anger me, but you know me, I’m gonna get to the bottom of it,” Sanders said.“So I called that team because I tracked it down.

I knew who it was.I called the head coach and we had a candid conversation.

“We were really cool.He said, ‘Prime, that never happened.’ He said, ‘Matter of fact, it was great.

We all walked out of there saying, ‘Damn, this kid got it.’ That never happened.“I said, ‘Yeah, but this guy on your staff lied and said it did.So you need you check him.’ And he did check him.

But it never happened.” Sanders added that he didn’t speak to the unnamed quarterbacks coach.“He knew I know.I never called him I just called his head coach… because that was a lie,” Sanders said.

He added, “I guess just because the last name is Sanders you gotta attack, and that don’t make sense because we’ve we’ve never attacked anybody in our lives.” The Pro Football Hall of Famer went on to explain that Shedeur, a potential top-three pick in this year’s draft, and former Colorado star Travis Hunter, another top prospect, were under a microscope at the scouting combine.“You never know if somebody is getting compensated from another agent to try and to down ours… How can I have the only two players [Shedeur and Travis] going into ...