Stephen A. Smiths wild conspiracy theory on Shedeur Sanders NFL draft slide: Kaepernick all over again
Stephen A.Smith has an uncomfortable theory regarding Shedeur Sanders’ stunning NFL draft freefall.The star Colorado quarterback and son of Hall of Famer Deion Sanders was not selected through the first three rounds of the 2025 NFL Draft after once being a consideration for the No.
1 overall pick. Smith thinks he knows why.The ESPN star posted to X on Friday night that someone texted him a message he believed was “absolutely correct.” “This is a bad look for the NFL.This feels like (Colin) Kaepernick-level collusion,” Smith wrote with regard to the message. He then went off on how damaging even the talk of collusion is for the NFL.“All the hard work the NFL League Office puts in to eradicate these kinds of perceptions, only to turn around and watch as the OWNERS look like they’re colluding, messing up everything,” Smith wrote.
“What has been done to Shedeur will outshine everything else in this draft.We’ll never believe this is about just talent evaluation again.”He wasn’t done.
Smith posted another rebuke of what he believes is being done to Sanders by the owners, as the second and third rounds concluded with him being undrafted. “This is a damn disgrace,” Smith wrote.“How in the hell is @Shedeur not off the board, not drafted yet.
Y’all still think this doesn’t have anything to do with teams hatin on @DeionSanders.This kid is a first rounder.
In a different way, this is Kaepernick all over again…..being kept out.A damn disgrace.
I don’t care what anyone says!”Smith is comparing the situation to the alleged collusion between NFL owners not to sign Kaepernick,, who led the 49ers to a Super Bowl, after the QB made headlines kneeling during the national anthem as a way to protest racial injustice and police brutality in 2016.He has not played in the league since becoming a free agent after the 2016 season.Kaepernick sued the NFL over the collusion and the case was settled in 2019.Sanders has seen five QBs taken ahead ...