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Chedur Sanders leaned against prayer and faith in this. Historic NFL Draft Slide.
However, some of his supporters leaned forward. Something else.
ESPN star host Stephen A. Smith, whether intentionally or not, helped with a heated discussion about the role of race in Sanders’ draft drama.
Smith revealed a text message from an associate in the X-Post that compared the situation since 2016 after his infamous knee in the national anthem, Colin Kaepernick has been out of the NFL. And Smith agreed to the comparison.
“This looks bad for the NFL. It feels like a Kaepernick-Revel Collusion,” Smith read the text, adding that the situation is beyond “human resources assessment.”
“All the efforts that the NFL league offices are working to eradicate these kinds of perceptions are making it seem like the owners are conspired with and ruining everything.
The mistake of the quarterback in the NFL Draft is that it shaped the league landscape.
Colorado Buffalo quarterback Chedure Sanders (2) will walk the tunnel for a warm-up before the Rocky Mountain showdown with the CSU Rams at Folsom Field on September 16, 2023. (Andy Cross/Medianews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
In a previous post, Smith wrote, “In another way, this is Kaepernick once more.”
Barstool founder Dave Portnoy called the ESPN host’s stance “indiscretionary” and “racetake” and targeted Smith in response. Portnoy confirmed that Chedur’s father, Dion Sanders, expresses “love” in his response to Smith, and also noted that the first quarterback, Black Miami quarterback Come Ward, was Miami quarterback Come Ward.
“This is insane. All of these races are crazy. I love Deion and I’ve been saying for two years that Chedur has been my first QB.
“The first pick was a black quarterback. If the team can think of Chedur and help him win the game more than anyone available on the board, they’ll draft him.
Other debates on this issue are deeply divergent into the political realm and are extremely furious.
Earlier on Friday, before Sanders passed the second and third rounds, former Democrat Jamal Bowman has more openly suggested that he had collapsed as “America continues to fear strong black men.”
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“I don’t like the NFL [Shedeur] Because Sanders, he wears gold chains and talks like a rapper. They don’t mind that he is the leader, intelligent, tough, and 77% of his passes have completed no O-Line or running games. He is eligible, but did Eli Manning have no rights when he refused to be drafted by San Diego? ” Bowman wrote in X.
“He’s not athletic, but it didn’t stop Joe Montana, Drew Brees, or Tom Brady. America continues to fear strong black men who come from means and have a strong sense of themselves, without submitting to the “dominant” culture. ”
The original Bowman post then received a community note pointing out the fact that the first pick in the last three drafts was the black quarterback.
Conservative filmmaker Matt Walsh chuckled the Bowman video with X’s sarcasmy rescissy.
ESPN radio host Peter Rosenberg posted a long-distance thread on X, claiming that the race was a factor in Sanders’ draft slides.
“Some people may not understand why lace becomes a conversation around Chedur. It may have nothing to do with what’s going on here, but America’s ‘Blush’ relationship has a deep history.
Meanwhile, TNT sports journalist Stanbecton went until he suggested that the New York Giants “don’t like” the black quarterback and passed Sanders for Jackson Dart.
“The Giants don’t like black QBs.
But Becton’s post also received community notes, pointing out the fact that there are two black quarterbacks on the roster.
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Colorado quarterback Shedure Sanders speaks with Mississippi quarterback Jackson Dart on Saturday, March 1, 2025 at the NFL Football Scouting Combined in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)
Conservative influencer Robbie Starbuck has dismissed the idea that Sanders is falling due to racism.
“Chedure Sanders will be great and the team may regret not choosing him, but the idea that he is not chosen for racism is just stupid. The #1 pick in the draft was a black QB. The best QB in the NFL is semi-black. Teams are scary by the circus, not by the race.”
Sanders’ family itself has not made such a proposal for race. Instead, they posted biblical poems and messages about thanking God.
After Sanders was chosen on Saturday, the family posted a video showing the loud celebration at their family home.
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