Stephen A Smith supports Shedeur Sanders

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ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith went off during First Take on what he feels is a disservice to Shedeur Sanders

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00:00I'm trying to remain composed and not really be as angry as I want to be.

00:12I'm fuming inside right now.

00:17What is he supposed to be?

00:19Insecure.

00:20As a quarterback entering the NFL.

00:23You can't be insecure and succeed as a quarterback in the NFL.

00:29You can't have doubts about your abilities and be successful as a quarterback in the

00:34NFL.

00:35If I know that, every single executive, even Mr. Shame Shine, whatever his name is, himself

00:44knows you have to have confidence.

00:49He has a resume that validates and backs up his confidence.

00:55I'm getting angry because young black man, highly successful, highly accomplished, an

01:03incomparable, impeccable pedigree is entering the NFL, is considered easily one of the top

01:10two quarterbacks entering the NFL draft.

01:14We hear about his lack of mobility, lack of arm strength, whether or not he can make the

01:18requisite throws.

01:19Oh no, we're hearing about his attitude.

01:21Ever been in trouble?

01:24Is there anything that has besmirched or stained his resume, his name in any way?

01:32The closest thing this brother has come to a crime is when Colorado State was talking

01:38smack to him and he refused to shake the quarterback's hand and said, I heard what you said, I heard

01:43what you said.

01:44Or when the coach was talking about primetime, his daddy, and he went at midfield, he was

01:48like this with the watch and all.

01:50That's about it.

01:51He's done nothing wrong.

01:53So why are we having this conversation about his character?

01:56I'm going to tell you why.

01:58Because you got people hating on his daddy.

02:01And they want any excuse that they can come up with.

02:04And let me remind America why Deion Sanders, we going to say this, this is why Deion Sanders

02:12is hated by some people because he was the greatest and he told you so.

02:19And then went out there and showed you so.

02:21And you were helpless to do anything about it.

02:24And then when he talked about it, not only could you not play better than him, you couldn't

02:29talk better than him.

02:30You couldn't articulate your thoughts better than him.

02:32You didn't have that swag, that flavor about you, that vibe about you.

02:36You couldn't resonate with an audience and gravitate them towards you the way that he

02:41could.

02:42And Deion knew it and you hated him for it.

02:45And so since you couldn't touch him, now you're trying to touch his son.

02:49This is low.

02:50The fact that this is a story, the fact that people are putting this stuff out there, I'm

02:54not blaming Josina Anderson, you or anybody else.

02:56I'm saying the fact that somebody would say this stuff is low.

03:00It's low.

03:01But that's all right.

03:03Because this is 2025 and Deion Sanders got cover all day every day.

03:10Right here with me, with him, and with any of us on any damn network who covers the NFL.

03:16We know who the hell Primetime is.

03:18Your brother's so Primetime, it's sacrilegious to talk about him in the daytime.

03:23That's how big time, Primetime is.

03:25And now his son is coming and they gonna use this as an excuse.

03:29Sorry asses, y'all make me sick.

03:32I'm talking about the people that put that stuff out there.

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